George's Marvellous Business Studies & Economic Resources
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Please check out my quality teaching resources that cover both Business Studies and Economics. I have been a teacher for over 10 years and always aim to produce high quality worksheets, activities and presentations. I have taught both Business Studies and Economics from GCSE to A-Level. Please come back often to see my latest and greatest resources.
Please check out my quality teaching resources that cover both Business Studies and Economics. I have been a teacher for over 10 years and always aim to produce high quality worksheets, activities and presentations. I have taught both Business Studies and Economics from GCSE to A-Level. Please come back often to see my latest and greatest resources.
This lesson looks at how the growth of firms impacts economies of scale. The lesson looks at the following topics with key theory and examples:
Economies of Scale
Plant Level Economies of Scale
Firm Level Economies of Scale
Technical Economies of Scale
Multi Plant Economies of Scale
The lesson has numerous tasks throughout and includes both a teacher and student copy of the PPT. I have also included a nice keyword loop game - simply cut up the keywords / definition slips and get students to loop them together to create a full chain (full instructions on worksheet). Perfect lesson for A-Level Economics.
This lesson focuses on the basic key theory of the main market structures (as listed below). The lesson includes theory, examples and tasks throughout.
Perfect competition
Monopolistic competition
Oligopoly
Duopoly
Monopoly
The lesson then focuses on perfectly competitive markets and its key diagrams. The diagrams covered includes:
Revenue curves in perfect competition
Short-run equilibrium in perfect competition
Profit maximisation in perfectly competitive markets
Long-run equilibrium in perfect competition
There are tasks, examples and clear theory for each diagram. The lesson then looks at monopolies and looks at marginal and average revenue curves in a monopoly. The lesson concludes with an exam style question. I have also included a student copy of the PPT. This 48 page PPT can easily stretch across a number of lessons. I have also included a nice keyword quiz. Perfect for A-Level Economics.
This lesson focuses on the four alternative theories of the firm. The lesson re-caps on the main theory of the firm; profit maximization and then looks at four other potential aims for a firm:
Revenue maximisation
Sales maximisation
Managerial theory
Organisational theory
Each alternative theory of the firm has clear theory, diagrams and examples. I have also included a past exam style question and a mark scheme. I have included a teacher and student copy of the PPT. This lesson is perfect for A-Level Economics.
This lesson focuses on the growth of firms and looks at the many different ways a firm can grow. The lesson looks at the pros and cons of the different ways to grow and includes many tasks throughout the lesson.
This lesson covers the following topics in a lot of detail, with relevant theory, examples, videos and diagrams:
Internal growth
External growth
Horizontal integration
Vertical integration
Lateral growth
Mergers
Takeovers
I have included both a student and teacher copy of the lesson resources. I have also included a nice worksheet on the lesson that has numerous questions on the topic. This lesson is perfect for A-Level Economics and can also be used for Business Studies.
This lesson on inflation helps students fully understand what inflation is and how it can effect the economy. I have included enough theory that this attached lesson could easily stretch across 2-3 lessons. The lesson looks at what inflation is, how it is measured, a brief history of UK inflation, the problems of inflation and the causes of inflation. The lesson sets out to answer the following learning objectives:
All Students will know how inflation levels are measured
Most Students will know the different problems caused by inflation
Some Students will know the difference between cost push and demand pull inflation
The lesson helps students fully understand the key concepts of inflation and covers the following topics in good detail:
Inflation
Retail Price Index (RPI)
Cost push inflation
Demand pull inflation
Price stability
The 2nd lesson then goes on to link key theory to the housing market (a typical exam topic) and how inflation can impact that industry. The lesson looks to cover the following learning objectives:
All Students will know what deflation is
Most Students will know the different ways of solving inflation
Some Students will know how inflation can effect the UK housing market
The lesson concludes with various questions based on the theory covered. This lesson is perfect for GCSE Economics and could be sued for A-Level Economics.
A nice lesson that covers the economic problem. The lesson looks at scarcity and choice and how resources are allocated. The lesson looks at opportunity cost and includes a nice task on this topic. I have also included a Mars Bar utility task which will keep students engaged. I have also included a keyword scramble and a nice factors of production gap fill task. I have also included a nice worksheet based on topics around the economic problem - this worksheet includes matching tasks, gap fills and questions. I have also included a student version of the lesson. This lesson can be used for either GCSE or A-Level Economics.
Lesson aim: Students will fully understand the economic problem and how resources are allocated.
This lesson at the difference between income and wealth and how this has a major impact on the distribution of income in the UK. The lesson aims to help students cover the following objectives:
* Students will fully understand the difference between income and wealth and how it can impact inequality in the UK.
* All Students will understand the difference between income and wealth
* Most Students will understand and be able to analyse the different factors that cause an unequal distribution of income and wealth in an economy
* Some students will be able to answer a past exam question.
The lesson includes lots of detailed theory, diagrams, examples and tasks. The tasks include a nice whiteboard starter activity and a brief re-cap on elastic and inelastic supply of labour tick sheet. I have also included a nice worksheet that gets students to fully look at the clear difference between income and wealth. Students also look at the main causes of inequality in the distribution of income & wealth in the UK. The lesson concludes with a past exam style question - with a useful template to help answer the question properly. I have included a nice worksheet that follows the PPT very carefully. I have also included a student version of the PPT. This lesson is perfect for looking at poverty and how their is clear inequality in the UK and the World. This lesson is perfect for A-Level Economics and could also be useful for Geography and Business Studies. This is lesson 1 of 4 covering poverty and the inequality of the distribution of income.
An extension of aggregate supply theory and a detailed look at LRAS, the banking system and the labour market.
Main aim: Students will expand their theory of AS and look at how focus on detailed reason how LRAS can be impacted in an economy. Students also assess both the Classical and Keynesian view.
This lesson covers the following areas:
Re-cap on aggregate supply
Keynesian vs Classical
Aggregate Supply & the Institutional Structure of the Economy
The Labour Market & LRAS
Keynesian Economists & Wage ‘Stickiness’
The lesson includes numerous written tasks with two essay-based exam questions at the end. This lesson could easily last 2+ hours.