Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
For Unit 1: Introduction to Economics see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12681403
For standard level resource see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12684013
Everything that you need to teach Real-world issue 1 of Unit 2: Microeconomics of IB DP Economics (Higher Level).
Includes:
130 slide PowerPoint (broken down into individual lessons covering everything in the syllabus for teaching Real-world issue 1 - Higher Level)
Student activities and challenges throughout the presentations
Worksheets
Practice questions
Graph practice
Links to relevant videos and other external resources
Links to bespoke quizzes
Topics covered include:
Demand
The demand curve (movements & shifts)
Supply
The supply curve (movements & shifts)
Market equilibrium
Functions of the price mechanism
Consumers, producer & community surplus
Allocative efficiency
Price elasticity of demand
Behavioural economics
Business objectives
For Unit 1: Introduction to Economics see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12681403
For Unit 2 (Real-world issue 1): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12793808
Everything that you need to teach Real-world issue 2 of Unit 2: Microeconomics of IB DP Economics (Higher Level).
Includes:
240 slide PowerPoint (broken down into individual lessons covering everything in the syllabus)
Student activities and challenges throughout the presentations
Worksheets
Practice questions
Graph practice
Links to relevant videos and articles
Links to online quizzes
Topics covered include:
Perfect competition
Oligopoly & monopoly
Government intervention
Max and min prices
Taxes and subsidies
Externalities
Public goods
Also includes:
Economics reading diary (and recommended reading list)
Graph practice (for units 1 and 2)
AS-level Politics lesson (Edexcel) introducing the main UK political parties (Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats etc) as part of the module on Political Parties, used with my Year 12s. Includes:
Politics reading diary (with reading list)
Introduction to seats/constituencies
Introduction to the political spectrum (left wing & right wing)
Introduction to the main parties and their policies
Explanation of the main functions of political parties
Student activities throughout
Homework task (political compass test)
Other selected previous lessons:
Voter behaviour and the media (12-lesson bundle): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/voter-behaviour-and-the-media-12-lessons-worksheets-and-more-12633978
Human Rights Act: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/human-rights-act-as-politics-12673794
Statute Law: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/statute-law-as-politics-12658611
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on oligopolies. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Starter task (on perfect competition & monopolistic competition)
Practice questions and tables to complete
Collusion game
Link to relevant video
Practice 20-mark essay question (with planning sheet)
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Full lesson on AMS (additional member system) electoral system used with my Y12 Politics students (Edexcel), includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
AMS fully explained (plus pros and cons)
Video on AMS
Very challenging task to work out regional seat-allocation (using real data from Lothian). Answers provided for teacher!
Short homework task
Previous lesson on FPTP (first-past-the-post) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12859872
Full lesson on Single transferable vote (STV) and supplementary vote (SV) electoral systems used with my Y12 Politics students (Edexcel), includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Pros and cons explained (plus comparisons with other electoral systems)
Data & videos
Table to complete
Homework task
Previous lessons below:
FPTP (first-past-the-post): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12859872
AMS (additional member system): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12859879
Bundle of 7 lessons covering chapters 6-10 (Consumer Behaviour, Demand and Supply) of Edexcel AS-level Economics (Markets in Action).
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities) and are comfortably 1-hour long:
Lesson 1: Rational decision making
Lesson 2: Demand
Lesson 3: Price elasticity of demand (PED)
Lesson 4: Income elasticity of demand (YED)
Lesson 5: Cross elasticity of demand (XED)
Lesson 6: Supply & the supply curve
Lesson 7: Price elasticity of supply (PES)
Also includes:
1-hour assessment on all material taught so far
Reading diary
Selection of multiple choice questions from recent past papers (with answers)
Graph practice worksheet
Essay planner template
Introductory concepts bundle here (chapters 1-5) is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890
Four lessons for teaching Electoral systems topic (component 1; AS Politics; Edexcel).
Lesson 1: First-past-the-post
Lesson 2: Additional member system
Lesson 3: Single transferable vote & supplementary vote
Lesson 4: Referendums
All PowerPoints contain data, videos, student tasks etc.
See also:
Voter behaviour & the media bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12633978
A-level Business Studies lesson on Business communication (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout)
Practice questions
20-mark essay question
4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching previous chapter on further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on pricing strategies and price elasticity of demand (Cambridge, Unit 3) used with my Y11 students.
Lesson covers pricing methods (cost plus; penetration; promotional and price skimming) and includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint (with various learning activities throughout)
Worksheet
Practice questions
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IGCSE Business Studies lesson on how technology has affected the marketing mix (Cambridge, Unit 3) used with my Y11 students.
Lesson covers B2B, B2C and C2C buying and selling, opportunities and risks of e-commerce for businesses and consumers and includes:
PowerPoint (with learning activities)
Worksheets
Practice questions
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A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on normal & supernormal profit
Includes:
PowerPoint (with student tasks)
Starter task
Worksheet (A-level graph practice)
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A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on costs & imputed costs
Lesson covers: economic costs; imputed costs; fixed costs; variable costs; total cost, average cost & marginal cost.
PowerPoint (with student tasks throughout)
Starter task
Worksheet (with questions and tables to fill in)
Previous lesson (part 1) on diminishing returns here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582592
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AS Politics lesson (Edexcel) on UK political party manifestos as part of Voter behaviour & the media module.
Includes:
PowerPoint (discusses 1979 election manifestos and whether manifestos matter)
Starter task (on Winter of discontent; worksheet attached)
Another worksheet to fill in
Some prior knowledge is required so please see previous lessons below:
Introduction to voter behaviour & the media): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12578155
‘Typical’ party voters: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12578310
Understanding political data: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12580693
Ethnicity, gender & education: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12587224
Governing competence: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12591090
Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on short-run cost curves
Lesson covers: short-run cost schedules and teaches students to graph average cost, average variable cost and marginal cost curves.
PowerPoint (with student tasks throughout)
Starter task
Worksheet (with questions and tables to fill in)
Homework questions
Previous lesson on costs and imputed costs is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12587040
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
1 hour A-level Business Studies lesson on labour productivity, absenteeism and employee performance (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout)
Practice questions
4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
Full shop for other Business resources (as well as Economics and Politics): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on Market research (Cambridge, Unit 3).
Includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint (with various and varied learning activities throughout)
Practice questions
Lesson covers primary and secondary research, quantitative and qualitative data etc. and filled a full 2-hour lesson with my Year 11s.
Full shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
AS Politics lesson (Edexcel) introducing students to political data as part of Voter behaviour & the media module.
1-hour lesson includes:
PowerPoint
Word fill starter task
Student activities
Data worksheet (with questions)
Previous lessons:
Introduction to voter behaviour & the media): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12578155
‘Typical’ party voters: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12578310
Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
AS-level Politics lesson (Edexcel) covering The Human Rights Act as part of the module on development of the UK constitution, used with my Year 12s. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Starter on Human Rights in Europe
Teacher explanation of ECHR (1950) and Human Rights Act (1998)
Human Rights case study (Abu Hamza)
Other selected previous lessons:
Introduction to the UK constitution: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12622065
Statute Law: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12658611
Sources of the UK constitution: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12658617
Constitutional changes in the UK since 1997: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12667878
AS-level Macroeconomics lesson on circular flow of income (suitable for AS-level and IB Economics). Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Step-by-step student help for drawing the circular flow of income diagram
Recap of Production Possibilities Curves
Explanation of leakages and injections
Critical thinking student activities on how circular flow might change
Link to Keynes documentary and accompanying worksheet
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