A-level Business Studies lesson on Organisation Structure (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students. Includes: Starter task Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout) Practice questions Lesson covers hierarchical and matrix structures (advantages and disadvantages of), span of control, chain of command, delegation, and pros and cons of centralised and decentralised structures. Part two on delayering here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12592361 4-lesson bundle for teaching earlier chapter on Further Human Resource Management (Unit 2, Cambridge) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582

AS Politics lesson (Edexcel) on influence of the media. Full lesson includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter task (looking at newspaper support during previous UK elections) Links to list of UK politics documentaries Past paper essay question Essay planning template 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 Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering functions of the price mechanism, consumer surplus & producer surplus, used with my Year 12 students. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Question sheet Past paper practice question (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

AS Politics lesson (Edexcel) on the 1979 UK general election as part of Voter behaviour & the media module. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter task (students must decipher 1979 election data) Homework task Some prior knowledge is required so please see previous lessons below: 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 Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

AS-level Politics lesson (Edexcel) introducing the main UK political parties (Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats etc) as part of the module on Political Parties, used with my Year 12s. Includes: Politics reading diary (with reading list) Introduction to seats/constituencies Introduction to the political spectrum (left wing & right wing) Introduction to the main parties and their policies Explanation of the main functions of political parties Student activities throughout Homework task (political compass test) Other selected previous lessons: Voter behaviour and the media (12-lesson bundle): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/voter-behaviour-and-the-media-12-lessons-worksheets-and-more-12633978 Human Rights Act: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/human-rights-act-as-politics-12673794 Statute Law: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/statute-law-as-politics-12658611

AS-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on government failure used with my Y12 students. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Recap of market failure and government intervention Video about consequences of government failure (landfill tax) Case study (with annotated help) 20-mark question with essay planner Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

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

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on market structures (pure monopoly, oligopoly & concentration ratios) Includes: PowerPoint (with student tasks) Starter task Worksheet Essay writing template Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

AS-level Politics lesson (Edexcel) on political party funding as part of the module on Political Parties, used with my Year 12s. Includes: Starter on the historical development of the UK’s main parties Explanations of how political parties are funded in the UK Key differences between Labour (unions) and Conservatives (wealthy individuals) Case studies (Ecclestone & Blair; big Tory donors) Past paper question on why party funding could be seen as controversial Other selected previous lessons: Voter behaviour and the media (12-lesson bundle): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/voter-behaviour-and-the-media-12-lessons-worksheets-and-more-12633978 Historical development of the UK’s main political parties: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12729930 Sources of the UK Constitution: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12658617

A-level YED, PED, XED Microeconomics worksheet (with answers) Used with Year 12 for revision of Income Elasticity of Demand, Price Elasticity of Demand and Cross Elasticity of Demand. Took my students a full hour to complete

IGCSE Business Studies lesson on Sources of finance (Unit 5, Cambridge) used with my Year 11 students (PowerPoint & student work booklet). Related resources: 8-lesson section 6 bundle here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395

Full lesson covering the start of Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): external influences on business activity PowerPoint takes students through main government objectives:** low inflation, low unemployment, economic growth & balance of payments**. Also attached is a worksheet with key terms table to fill in and questions to answer. Easily filled a 1-hour lesson. 8-lesson bundle (£4) here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395

For previous lessons see: Payback period: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12796450 ARR: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12796575 Quick lesson on Net Present Value (NPV) used with my Year 13 Business students. Includes: Starter quiz suggestion Discounted payback (worked example and practice questions) NPV (worked example and practice questions) Answers Finance topic revision videos playlist

Full lesson on FPTP (first-past-the-post) electoral system used with my Y12 Politics students (Edexcel), includes: 23-slide PowerPoint Full explanation of FPTP (with pros and cons and anomalies outlined) Learner activities throughout (with real data and examples to explore) Links to relevant articles and video on boundary changes

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on Revenue & revenue curves. Lesson covers total revenue, average revenue, marginal revenue, revenue curves and relationship between revenue and price elasticity. PowerPoint Starter task Worksheet to fill in Homework/class task (depending on length of lesson) Took my Y13s about 1.5 hours to complete - but could be done in an hour (or stretched to 2) Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on Government intervention in labour markets (used with my Year 13s). Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter task (on labour market failure) Methods of government intervention explained (minimum wage; maximum wage; regulation) with diagrams Video Practice past paper questions and mind map activity Ways to reduce geographic and occupational immobility of labour Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

A list of 35 things students can do to improve their A-level Politics grade (links to reading lists, podcasts, revision sites etc). Please feel free to report any broken links or make suggestions for me to add to the list (I will gladly include them).

Links to the microeconomics quizzes that I make on Quizizz. Students play on their own laptops and compete against one another. This is a live document: every time I create a new quiz, I will add it to the list.

Used this at the end of the Microeconomics course to help Year 13s plan their exam essays (Edexcel). Challenges students to make mind maps for a variety of past paper 20 mark essay questions (Unit 3, Edexcel). 10 past paper questions to do overall.