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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)

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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
Constitutional changes in the UK since 1997 (AS Politics)
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Constitutional changes in the UK since 1997 (AS Politics)

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AS-level Politics lesson (Edexcel) covering Constitutional changes in the UK since 1997 as part of the module on development of the UK constitution, used with my Year 12s. Includes: 2x PowerPoints (with learner activities) Starter recap on sources of the UK constitution Scottish devolution, Welsh devolution, Freedom of Information Act and House of Lords reform explained Homework past paper question 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
SWOT & PEST (A-level Business)
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SWOT & PEST (A-level Business)

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A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) on SWOT analysis & PEST analysis used with my Year 13s. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter on corporate strategy and Chandler’s M-form SWOT template & activity on Ford motor company PEST template and questions Previous lesson ‘Introduction to strategic management’: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621935 More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Costs & break-even: IGCSE Business
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Costs & break-even: IGCSE Business

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IGCSE Business Studies lesson on costs & break-even (Unit 4, Cambridge) used with my Year 11 students. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Worksheet (students need to fill in key words, answer questions, complete tables and engage in break-even graph practice etc) Related resources: 8-lesson section 6 bundle here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395 75-slide marketing mega PowerPoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12598254
Market equilibrium (AS-level Economics)
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Market equilibrium (AS-level Economics)

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AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering market equlibrium, used with my Year 12 students. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Question sheet Past paper practice questions (with mark scheme) 7-lesson bundle covering chapters on consumer behaviour, demand, and supply can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12535155 8-lesson bundle for previous chapters (the economic problem; factors of production; functions of money; specialisation/division of labour; production possibility frontiers etc) is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890
Functions of money (AS-level Economics)
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Functions of money (AS-level Economics)

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AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering the functions of money and role of financial markets. Full 1-hour lesson includes: PowerPoint Quick quiz on key concepts so far Worksheet (challenging students to research whether Bitcoin satisifies the functions of money) Role of financial markets (video and mind map) Practice 4-mark question (with mark scheme) Part of a series of lessons. Lesson 1 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528554 Lesson 2 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528577 Lesson 3 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528586 Lesson 4 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528605 Lesson 5 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528624 Lesson 6 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528791 Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890 P.S. I adapted the worksheet from a site called econedlink. The original can be found here: https://econedlink.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Money-Checklist.pdf
Introduction to Microeconomics (AS-level)
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Introduction to Microeconomics (AS-level)

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Introduction to AS Microeconomics (Edexcel) Full 1-hour lesson includes: PowerPoint Critical thinking questions / worksheet Reading diary Homework task Chapter bundle (8 lessons and worksheets) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890
Hard & soft HRM (A-level Business)
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Hard & soft HRM (A-level Business)

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2-hour Business Studies lesson on Hard and Soft Human Resource Management (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students. Includes: Starter task Three learning activities during the PowerPoint Case study (with 12-mark question) Application task at the end of the presentation Students learn about the role of HR, differences between hard & soft HRM, the different types of contracts (zero hours, temporary etc.), the advantages/disadvantages to the business and worker of these contracts. 4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
Disillusion & apathy (AS Politics)
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Disillusion & apathy (AS Politics)

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AS Politics lesson (Edexcel) on disillusion & apathy:. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Links to relevant videos Previous lessons that may be of interest: 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 Party manifestos: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12591103 1979 UK general election: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12591105 Political advertising & single issue voting: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12591230 British politics in the 1980s & 1990s: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12600509 Tory sleaze: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/tory-sleaze-as-politics-12600514 Influence of the media on voter behaviour: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621283 Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Decision trees (A-level Business)
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Decision trees (A-level Business)

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A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) on decision trees used with my Year 13s. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter on strategic analysis techniques Decision trees explained Decision trees example Decision trees student task Practice questions Strategic management glossary / worksheet Previous lessons: SWOT & PEST: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621941 Boston Matrix: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621952 Porter’s Five Forces: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621959 Ansoff Matrix: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621967 Force-field analysis: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621974 More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Act of Parliament 1911; Act of Parliament 1949 (AS Politics)
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Act of Parliament 1911; Act of Parliament 1949 (AS Politics)

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AS-level Politics lesson (Edexcel) on Parliament Act 1911 & Parliament Act 1949 as part of the module on development of the UK constitution, used with my Year 12s. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter recap of previous developments (Magna Carta, Bill of Rights etc.) 1911 Parliament Act explained 1949 Parliament Act explained Development of the UK constitution glossary / worksheet Previous lessons: Characteristics of a constitution (entrenched, codified etc): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12622065 Magna Carta & Bill of Rights: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12622083 Act of Settlement; Act of Union: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12622116
Supply of labour (A-level Economics)
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Supply of labour (A-level Economics)

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A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on supply of labour used with my Y13 students. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter (on oligopolies) Explanations of factors affecting supply of labour (net migration, government regulation, trade unions etc) Essay question / case study Essay planning template Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Market failure (AS-level Economics)
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Market failure (AS-level Economics)

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AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering market failure, used with my Year 12 students. Includes: PowerPoint (with explanations and learner activities) 3 short past paper questions (with answers) Link to relevant video Article about moral hazard in banking 15-lesson bundle covering the first 10 chapters of Edexcel Economics Student Book 1 (introductory concepts, consumer behaviour and demand and supply) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/as-level-microeconomics-bundle-edexcel-chapters-1-10-15-lessons-worksheets-12602164
Monetary policy: IGCSE Business
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Monetary policy: IGCSE Business

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Lesson 3 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - government economic objectives and policies. PowerPoint recaps** fiscal policy** & government tax / spending and then explains government monetary policy & supply-side policies. Also attached is a worksheet with key terms table to fill in and questions to answer. Easily filled a 1-hour class. 8-lesson bundle (£4) here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395
Globalisation: IGCSE Business
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Globalisation: IGCSE Business

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Lesson 7 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - Globalisation. PowerPoint introduces globalisation (free trade versus import quotas and protectionism) and asks students to think about the opportunities and threats it presents for business. Also attached is a worksheet - in which students must fill in the key terms, complete an opportunities and threats of globalisation table and then write a letter to a world leader explaining why globalisation would be good for his/her country. 8-lesson bundle (£4) here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395 P.S. I borrowed some graphics (and the starter activity) from this resource by g9921317: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/introduction-to-globalisation-12104545
Exchange rates: IGCSE Business
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Exchange rates: IGCSE Business

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Lesson 8 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - Exchange rates. PowerPoint introduces exchange rates and explains how changing money from one currency to another works (using holidays abroad as an example). Students are then shown how appreciating or depreciating exchange rates affect the cost of raw materials for businesses. Also attached is a worksheet - in which students must fill in the key terms, research exchange rates (explaining why they are important for a business), and then say why other factors (other than exchange rates) might be more important for business success. 8-lesson bundle (£4) here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395
Costs & diminishing returns (A-level Economics)
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Costs & diminishing returns (A-level Economics)

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2-hour A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on Costs Lesson covers: the short run; the long run; law of diminishing returns; total, average & marginal product; returns to scale PowerPoint (with student tasks throughout) Starter task 5-page worksheet Previous lesson on revenue & revenue curves here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12580294 Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Voter behaviour & the media (AS Politics)
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Voter behaviour & the media (AS Politics)

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AS Politics lesson (Edexcel) introducing module on Voter behaviour & the media. 1-hour lesson introduces students to UK politics (constituencies, main parties, House of Commons etc) and includes: PowerPoint Voter behaviour worksheet Reading diary Link to recommended reading list Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Business objectives (A-level Economics)
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Business objectives (A-level Economics)

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A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering Business objectives. Lesson covers profit maximisation, revenue maximisation, sales volume maximisation, divorce of ownership from control. PowerPoint Starter task on business size Worksheet to fill in Homework/class task (depending on length of lesson) Took my Y13s about 2 hours to complete all told. Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
IB Economics (HL) - Microeconomics - Unit 2 (Real-world issue 1)
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IB Economics (HL) - Microeconomics - Unit 2 (Real-world issue 1)

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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
Contestability (A-level Economics)
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Contestability (A-level Economics)

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A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on contestability. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter task (on sunk costs) Lots of examples of contestable markets and what makes them contestable Practice questions Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael