I have taught A Level Economics at a range of schools using different pedagogical techniques. I want to make my lessons as interesting and engaging as possible and so create all my own content from scratch, which I am keen to share with you. I try to push boundaries, be creative in my approach and give students a learning experience that goes beyond simply passing their exams.
I have taught A Level Economics at a range of schools using different pedagogical techniques. I want to make my lessons as interesting and engaging as possible and so create all my own content from scratch, which I am keen to share with you. I try to push boundaries, be creative in my approach and give students a learning experience that goes beyond simply passing their exams.
This resource includes powerpoint presentations for every topic in AQA Unit 1 Microeconomics new specification. The powerpoints are:
1. PPF Curves
2. Supply and Demand
3. Price Determination
4. Costs of Production in the Short Run
5. Economies of Scale
6. AS Monopoly
7. AS Perfect Competition
8. Division of Labour and Specialisation
9. Price Elasticity of Demand
10. Consumer and Producer Surplus
11. Taxes and Subsidies
12. Price Mechanism and Market Failure
13. Externalities
14. Public Goods
15. Other Market Failures
16. Correcting Externalities
17. Price Controls
18. Government Failure
Also check out my other resources. I have at least one worksheet available for every one of these topics and lesson activities for most on TES as well.
This resource is made up of a powerpoint presentation on inflation, a worksheet looking at who is hurt by inflation and a lesson activity getting students to discuss and rank costs of inflation to firms.
A model answer to the question from the AQA June 2015 Unit 3 Question Paper
Using the data and your knowledge of economics, assess the arguments for and against the UK electricity industry being brought back into public ownership (25 marks)
Four presentations covering economic growth, inflation, unemployment and the balance of payments.
Each presentation includes definitions, diagrams, causes and consequences, as well as evaluation that could be used.
A fun starter activity, digging deeper or extension task.
The answers are:
- Imposing a tax on a negative externality in production
- Excess supply resulting from a minimum price above the market equilibrium
- External economies of scale
- Imposing a tax on a negative externality in consumption (demerit good)
- An increase in the productive potential of the economy shown on the PPF curve from either an increase in the quantity or quality of the factors of production
- Deriving average total cost from average fixed cost and average variable cost
Following the Autumn Statement 2016 delivered by Philip Hammond we conducted a debate in class on whether or not the NLW should be increased.
This resource includes a worksheet for students to construct their arguments, some answers that could have been raised including evaluation and a powerpoint presentation on national minimum wage that we had looked at the previous lesson.
A model answer for the question:
With the help of an appropriate diagram, explain how the price elasticity of demand for road travel will affect the total revenue that the government receives if it increases the taxes on fuel (10 marks)
Question taken from AQA Unit 1 Question Paper January 2013
A pdf worksheet that gets students to consider which of the trade unions demands the firm should agree to. Start off with £150m profits, if students choose to reject more than three demands they will only receive £75million because the workers will go on strike. Increasing training increases productivity and therefore increases the firms profits. Decide on figures for each of the options and combinations of agreements. Also included a powerpoint that explains the role of trade unions in a competitive and monopsony labour market.
A worksheet getting students to apply their knowledge of factors that shift the demand and supply curves and the subsequent impact on price and quantity. Challenges students to look at both single shifts and double shifts.
Economies of Scale Worksheet - A worksheet for AS economics asking students to identify types of internal and external economies of scale. There is an extension task built in where students can apply their knowledge to Lego.
A two page applied economics worksheet that looks at whether or not the UK should remove 1p coins from circulation and includes suggested answers.
It is a useful worksheet in testing students understanding and looks at both macroeconomic and microeconomic arguments for removing them.
After the success of my first higher or lower game I thought I would make a second one for the labour market which often is a dull topic. Students must use their knowledge to decide whether the next occupation will have higher or lower wages than the previous job. They can then be asked to explain their reasoning by drawing on concepts such as MRP, wage elasticity and non-pecuniary benefits.
There are two sets of 10 occupations so the students can be divided into two groups and compete against one another.
This resource is a game that gets students to work together and solve the tasks to find the letters for the eight letter password to the safe.
However, it is a very secure safe and the password will change every five minutes, so students must work efficiently and together in order to break it.
There are six tasks that need to be completed
Task 1 - Cost push or demand pull inflation
Task 2 - AS macroeconomics definitions
Task 3 - Index numbers and other calculations (multiplier and real values)
Task 4 - General macroeconomics questions
Task 5 - Automatic stabilisers
Task 6 - Shifts in SRAS and AD
They vary in difficulty and so tasks can be given to differentiate between different abilities. You can also do it as a challenge by spitting the class into two groups and seeing who gets the answer first. Or you could just use the different tasks as worksheets or revision activities.
I would get the students to prove how they got the answer, as if they get the first 4 letters they may be able to guess the remainder without working it out for themselves.
I have uploaded all tasks in word format and editable pdf formats. It took my quickest group 25 minutes to solve and my slowest group 45 mins.
An income elasticity of demand lesson starter activity where students have to guess why demand fell for these goods during the 2008 recession. I have also included some potential answers on a second worksheet.
