Students will understand production and productivity. The lesson covers role of producers, profit, the importance of production and productivity, calculating productivity and the potential costs of productivity. The lesson includes many tasks, videos and examples.

Students will understand the key economic theory of evaluating monetary policy. Students will reflect on how monetary policy can impact investment, savings, borrowing and consumer spending. The lesson also includes a task based on the financial crash in 2008. The lesson includes tasks, examples and videos.

Students will understand the key economic theory of fiscal policy, the national debt and budgets. Students will learn about the difference between budget deficit and budget surpluses. Students will learn about the income and wealth plus the pros and cons of progressive taxes. The lesson includes tasks, examples and videos. The lesson also includes a nice worksheet to help consolidate learning.

Students will understand the key economic theory of subsidies. The lesson covers the pros and cons of subsidies and the likely impact on the market, with supply and demand diagrams. The lesson includes tasks, examples, exam style questions and videos.

Students will understand the key economic theory of economic growth and the economic cycle. The lesson covers what is economic growth, the pros and cons of economic growth and the likely impact of economic growth to various stakeholders. The lesson also overs the stages of the economic cycle and what can cause a change in the cycle. The lesson includes deep theory, many tasks, examples and videos. This lesson is aimed at higher level Macroeconomic teaching and includes high mark essay style questions.

Students will understand the key economic theory of employment and unemployment. The lesson covers the types of unemployment and how it is measured. The lesson also covers ‘stick wages’ and how this links to voluntary and involuntary unemployment. The lesson covers the natural rate of unemployment, NAIRU and the consequences of unemployment. The lesson includes deep theory, many tasks, examples and videos. This lesson is aimed at higher level Macroeconomic teaching and includes high mark essay style questions.

Students will understand the key economic theory of the circular flow of income. The lesson reflects on value added and national income. The lesson also includes theory the difference between nominal and real data and the goods and factor markets. The lesson includes a clear run through of how the circular flow if income is connected, and the different leakages and injections into an economy. The lesson includes deep theory, many tasks, examples and videos. This lesson is aimed at higher level Macroeconomic teaching and includes a fun group task.

Students will understand the key economic theory of the short-run aggregate supply curve. The lesson cover show aggregate supply is calculated and how it can be show on AS curves. The lesson covers how AS curves can move and shift. The lesson includes deep theory, many tasks and examples. This lesson is aimed at higher level Macroeconomic teaching and includes a great task at practising AD/AS curves and predicting shifts in curves.

Students will understand the key economic theory of economic growth and development. The lesson covers the characteristics of less developed economies, the main indicators of development, and the main factors affecting growth and development. The lesson also covers the government policies to promote economic growth and development. The lesson includes deep theory, many tasks, examples and overview revision tasks. This lesson is aimed at higher level Macroeconomic teaching and includes high mark essay style questions.

Students will understand the key economic theory of monetary policy and how this links into central banks. The lesson covers what monetary policy is and the different policies available, including changing interest rates and quantitative easing. The lesson covers the Monetary Policy Committee. The lesson includes deep theory, many tasks, examples and overview revision tasks. This lesson is aimed at higher level Macroeconomic teaching and includes high mark essay style questions.

A nice lesson that teaches the theory behind good customer service. The theory is backed up with good clear examples and numerous activities. This lesson looks at the main advantages of a business offering good customer service and what this could lead to. There are also links to relevant videos. I have also included a detailed worksheet that covers key questions based around this topic. Perfect for the operations topic in GCSE Business Studies.

A bumper selection of resources to help you teach the price and pricing strategies of the marketing mix. This detailed PPT looks at price and key information on this topic. There are clear definitions for each of the main pricing strategies each with relevant examples. There are numerous tasks and relevant examples throughout the presentation to keep students engaged. The PPT includes a nice task where students need to read a business scenario and recommend what pricing strategy should be used. I have also included a nice quiz on marketing as a great lesson starter. A perfect lesson for GCSE Business Studies.

A bumper selection of resources to help you teach the ways to improve a businesses cash flow. This lesson follows on really well after you have taught how to calculate cash flow forecasts. The PPT looks at the main strategies a typical business can look to improve it’s cash flow; lower costs or increase revenues. There are many examples to help make this information accessible for students. I have also included a nice lesson starter where students need to look at very seasonal businesses and think about how this may impact a businesses cash flow throughout a year. I have also included a detailed cash flow worksheet that includes finance questions and written questions all based on cash flow. Perfect for GCSE Business Studies.

A nice lesson on non-financial methods of motivation. The lesson has many tasks throughout, including a nice movie motivation starter task and a worksheet on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The lesson includes all the key non-monetary motivation theory with examples. I have also included a nice motivation worksheet that fits in well after the lesson is taught. Perfect for the People in Business topic for GCSE Business Studies.

A good lesson to help teach sources of finance to larger businesses and companies. The PPT focuses on theory of the main types of finance raised by LTD’s and PLC’s. The lesson finishes with a great scenario finance task. Students need to read an exam style business scenario and then recommend the correct source of finance for that companies needs, and explain their choice. This lesson builds on from sources of finance needed for smaller businesses and is perfect when looking at growing businesses. Perfect for GCSE Business Studies.

A great lesson on teaching business ethics. The lesson starts with students asked to decide whether it is right that Nike uses sweatshops to increase profits - students write down their response on a post-it note and add it to the whiteboard. Students are then shown a great 20 minute documentary on Nike and Sweatshops (link to video included) and then they get an opportunity to change their view. This lesson then looks at the pros and cons of businesses operating ethically and how it may impact their image. The PPT includes examples of some of the least ethical businesses. The lesson then looks at the evidence of whether McDonald’s is ethical or not. Students then consolidate their learning with the 2 page worksheet. A great fun and interactive lesson that helps cover the Growing as a Business topic in GCSE Business Studies.

A great lesson on teaching four of the main leadership styles in the world of business. There is clear theory on the importance of a good leader and how that can influence how businesses and companies are run. There is detailed theory on the pros and cons of demographic, autocratic, paternalistic and laissez-faire leaders. I have included examples for each type of leader. The lesson starts with a great leadership quiz, this will determine what type of leader each student is (I like to do a tally of the results on the board and see which type of leader is the most common). I like to refer back to the leadership quiz throughout the lesson after each type of leader is properly covered and see if students agree with their results. I have also included a nice task where students need to vote the leadership styles of famous entrepreneurs. The lesson finishes with a task where students need to read different scenarios and vote which type of leader would be best and explain why. Perfect for GCSE Business Studies.

A bumper lesson that looks at the many different reasons people are paid different wages / salaries across the country. The lesson looks at key theory from compensating wage, different skill levels, trade unions, discrimination to the elasticity of the supply and demand of labour. The lesson includes relevant examples to help easily explain each wage differential. The lesson builds up to a past exam question where students need to answer why doctors get paid more nurses. A perfect lesson for GCSE Economics and Business Studies and could easily be used / adapted for A-Level lessons.

A detailed lesson on the objectives of firms, the different business models, a brief introduction to the theory of the firm, satisficing and profit maximization. This is a great introduction lesson to A-Level Economics and Business Studies. This 38 slide lesson includes key theory and relevant examples. The lesson looks at the main objectives of firms - including profit maximization. The lesson also looks at the pros and cons of typical business models such as sole traders, partnerships, LTD’s and PLC’s. I have also included a condensed student copy of the presentation which includes key theory and tasks. I have also included a nice gap-fill worksheet on the theory covered to help students reflect on the topics covered (answers included on separate document). This lesson is perfect for A-Level Economics / Microeconomics and can also be used for Business Studies.

A detailed lesson (61 slides) looking at the various costs of a firm. The lessons has clear theory, examples and tasks (many calculation and graph based questions) for the following costs: Fixed costs Variable costs Marginal costs Average costs Total costs Sunk costs Short-run costs The lesson is perfect for Microeconomics and A-Level Economics. The lesson also includes a student version of the lesson which is streamlined and works alongside the PPT.