This lesson is designed around the iGCSE Business Studies curriculum (Cambridge) however could easily be used for other exam boards. This lesson focuses on Laissez-faire, autocratic, and democratic leadership styles. There is a printable starter and main activity included.
Included:
PPT (with bell ringer & plenary included)
Starter
Main Activity
*Because of copyright issues I have not included examples of real world ‘leaders’ however I would recommend doing so to contextualize the issue for students.
Included:
PPT (with bell ringer, starter, and plenary)
Main activity
Homework activity
*Notes are included in the PPT (notes section) to assist with delivering the lesson.
PowerPoint (with bell ringer, starter, & plenary).
separate worksheet for main activity included.
This is quite an ‘active’ lesson and involves students moving around the school to interview members of staff. It could be tailored differently but I’ve found students in the past enjoy it if you can add a competition element to it (who can accurately draw the schools organisational chart first).
*Ideally you need to print off a few extra sheets to complete the first activity. However, these points could be discussed (teacher led) as appose to students moving around the room, if this isn’t possible.
This lesson is focused around what a Trade Union is, alongside the benefits and limitations for the employee and the employer. This lesson is best completed on a computer, however if you have five minutes to print some quick articles about Trade Unions it could easily be completed in the classroom.
The aim of the lesson is for students to create their own research/writing on Unionism and then to record it and print a character with a QR code (which could be presented in a subsequent lesson. I have added notes onto some of the slides also for extra clarity.
Included:
PPT (with bell ringer, starter, main activity and plenary questions)
Printable bell ringer
This lesson looks at different barriers to communication and the advantages and disadvantages of different messages of communication. It also discusses how there can be problems with the sender/method of communication.
Included:
Bell ringer, starter, plenary within PPT.
Main activity worksheet.
(Full lesson)
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Bell ringer, starter and exam style plenary included. Alongside additional ‘diamond 9’ activity to get students to assess communication methods.
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Students should be able to explain the different ways that businesses can grow, and the various ways that business size can be measured. Each activity aims to build upon students understanding of business growth and the advantages and disadvantages of a business choosing to expand.
Learning Objectives
•To be able to explain the various ways to measure business growth.
•To be able to explain the reasons why some businesses choose to remain small.
Included:
PowerPoint
Starter
Three Main Activities
Plenary
Lesson Plan
This resource contains a power point with a starter activity, information on theorists & plenary activity. It explains the main activity however does not contain the worksheet. If needed that is available on my store also or as part of the ‘motivational theories’ bundle.
I hope you find this resource useful.
6.1 Government economic objectives and policies
Lesson about Government economic objectives and policies;
Included inside: Starter, main activity, and plenary.
Worksheet or homework resource for the Cambridge iGCSE unit 6 Government Economic Policies and Objectives chapter. The resource is comprised of three different sections (ranging in difficulty), encouraging students to attempt a range of questions with varying command words.
Lessons included;
1.1.1 Business Activity
1.2.1 Classification of businesses
1.3.1 Enterprise and entrepreneurship
1.3.1 Business planning
1.3.2 Measuring business size
Each lesson includes powerpoint, starter, plenary, main activity with a range of discussion points.
There are also a choice of homeworks to use within the unit.
This lesson is focused on students being able to compare the uses of different types of software, and how they are beneficial in a business setting.
Included:
PPT
Worksheet
Starter activity
Lesson that gets students to write a professional business letter using the correct formatting techniques. Teacher can create a thought cloud with students as to what the ‘exam criteria’ should be.
Included:
PPT x2
Main activity
This lesson gets students to discuss what an ‘agenda’ is, and then they have to create one together acting as different stakeholders.
The roles are not included in this PPT, however I previously got students to base their activity around the potential opening of an airport. I have added in a video clip that interviews local residents, this could be used to brainstorm the different stakeholders in this situation before planning out the agenda and conducting the meeting (each student acting as a stakeholder in the scenario).
Included:
PPT
Main activity
Starter
Youtube stakeholder clip
This lesson allows students to compare a range of business objectives, research business objectives, and then question the ethical issues relating to business.
Lesson includes;
PPT (starter and plenary included)
Main activity separate
iGCSE 1.5.1 (However could be used for the normal GCSE syllabus)****
• Need for business objectives and the importance of them
• Different business objectives, e.g. survival, growth, profit and market share
• Objectives of social enterprises