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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
Business and finance
Payback period (A-level Business)
Quick payback period lesson used with my Year 13 Business students. PPT includes:
Starter quiz on finance formulas
Payback period (explanation and worked example)
Student practice questions (and answers)
Link to relevant short video
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AS-level Microeconomics bundle: Unit 1 (Edexcel) - chapters 11-20 (8 lessons + worksheets)
Bundle of eight lessons covering chapters 11-20 of Edexcel AS-level Economics (Student book 1).
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities).
Lesson 1: Market equilibrium
Lesson 2: Functions of the price mechanism
Lesson 3: Law of diminishing marginal utility
Lesson 4: Indirect taxes and subsidies
Lesson 5: Market failure (moral hazard; information gaps; under-provision of public goods etc.)
Lesson 6: Externalities
Lesson 7: Government intervention
Lesson 8: Government failure
Also includes:
Diagram practice (max & min prices and more)
Links to whole class quizzes
Selection of multiple choice questions from recent past papers
Mind maps for planning 20-mark essay questions
Essay planning template
Economics reading diary
Externalities (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering externalities, used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with explanations and learner activities)
Starter (Microeconomic definitions)
Welfare loss graph practice worksheet
Practice essay question (with mark scheme)
Essay planning template
Link to related FT article and documentary (YouTube) with task for students to apply their knowledge
Enough for a double lesson (1h 50m).
15-lesson bundle covering the first 10 chapters of Edexcel Student Book 1 (introductory concepts, consumer behaviour and demand and supply) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/as-level-microeconomics-bundle-edexcel-chapters-1-10-15-lessons-worksheets-12602164
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A-level Microeconomics bundle: Unit 3 (Edexcel) - Business Behaviour (11 lessons + worksheets)
Bundle of 11 microeconomics lessons covering chapters 1-7 (Types & Sizes of Business; Revenue, Costs & Profit) of Edexcel A-level Economics: student book 2 (Unit 3: Business Behaviour).
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities):
Lesson 1: Types of Business
Lesson 2: Size of Business
Lesson 3: Business objectives
Lesson 4: Revenue
Lesson 5: Costs
Lesson 6: Costs (part 2)
Lesson 7: Short-run cost curves
Lesson 8: Internal economies & diseconomies of scale
Lesson 9: External economies & diseconomies of scale
Lesson 10: Normal & supernormal profit
Lesson 11: Costs & revenue curves
Individual lessons (plus more Economics, Politics and Business Studies material) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Herzberg, Vroom & McClelland on motivation (AS-level Business)
AS-level Business Studies lesson on Motivation (Herzberg, Vroom & McClelland) used with my Year 12 students (Cambridge, Unit 2).
Includes:
Starter task (on Taylor, Mayo, Maslow)
PowerPoint (with learning tasks)
Practice questions
Worksheet
Link to relevant short video
Previous lesson on Taylor, Mayo and Maslow is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12585435
Business communication (A-level Business)
A-level Business Studies lesson on Business communication (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout)
Practice questions
20-mark essay question
4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching previous chapter on further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
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A-level Business Studies: Further Human Resource Management (4 lessons + worksheets)
Bundle of 4 A-level Business Studies lessons covering Further Human Resource Management (Cambridge, Unit 2, Chapter 13) used with my Year 13 students
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities)
Lesson 1: Hard & soft HRM (2 hours)
Lesson 2: Labour productivity, absenteeism (1 hour)
Lesson 3: Labour laws & workforce planning (1 hour)
Lesson 4: Trade unions (2 hours)
Buying the bundle saves 50% on buying individually
Full shop for more Business, Economics and Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
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Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity (8 complete lessons)
Eight lessons covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies, Section 6
Each lesson is comfortably 1-hour long (what they don’t finish I set for homework) and includes a PowerPoint plus various activities and/or worksheets.
Lesson 1 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12494613
Lesson 2 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12494998
Lesson 3 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12495450
Lesson 4 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12499066
Lesson 5 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12505357
Lesson 6 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12507546
Lesson 7 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12509139
Lesson 8 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516750
Labour laws & workplace planning (A-level Business)
1 hour A-level Business Studies lesson on labour laws and workplace planning (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout)
Practice exam question (with insert and mark scheme)
4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
Full shop for other Business resources (as well as Economics and Politics): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Maslow, Mayo & Taylor on motivation (AS-level Business)
1-hour AS-level Business Studies lesson on Motivation (Maslow, Mayo & Taylor) used with my Year 12 students (Cambridge, Unit 2).
Includes:
Starter task (on Goleman, McGregor, Mintzberg)
PowerPoint (with learning tasks)
Practice questions
Link to relevant 7-min Ted Talk
Previous lesson on Theory X & Theory Y and emotional intelligence is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12583931
Earlier lesson on leadership styles (autocratic, democratic etc) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579237
Earlier lesson on Mintzberg here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579229
Market research: IGCSE Business
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on Market research (Cambridge, Unit 3).
Includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint (with various and varied learning activities throughout)
Practice questions
Lesson covers primary and secondary research, quantitative and qualitative data etc. and filled a full 2-hour lesson with my Year 11s.
Full shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Government intervention in labour markets (A-level Economics)
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
SWOT & PEST (A-level Business)
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
Costs & break-even: IGCSE Business
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on costs & break-even (Unit 4, Cambridge) used with my Year 11 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Worksheet (students need to fill in key words, answer questions, complete tables and engage in break-even graph practice etc)
Related resources:
8-lesson section 6 bundle here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395
75-slide marketing mega PowerPoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12598254
YED: Income elasticity of demand (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering income elasticity of demand (YED).
Full 1-hour lesson includes:
Starter worksheet
PowerPoint
Activities
Previous exam practice questions
Worksheet
Graph practice homework sheet
7-lesson bundle covering all 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
Hard & soft HRM (A-level Business)
2-hour Business Studies lesson on Hard and Soft Human Resource Management (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Three learning activities during the PowerPoint
Case study (with 12-mark question)
Application task at the end of the presentation
Students learn about the role of HR, differences between hard & soft HRM, the different types of contracts (zero hours, temporary etc.), the advantages/disadvantages to the business and worker of these contracts.
4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
Decision trees (A-level Business)
A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) on decision trees used with my Year 13s. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Starter on strategic analysis techniques
Decision trees explained
Decision trees example
Decision trees student task
Practice questions
Strategic management glossary / worksheet
Previous lessons:
SWOT & PEST: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621941
Boston Matrix: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621952
Porter’s Five Forces: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621959
Ansoff Matrix: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621967
Force-field analysis: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621974
More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Monetary policy: IGCSE Business
Lesson 3 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - government economic objectives and policies.
PowerPoint recaps** fiscal policy** & government tax / spending and then explains government monetary policy & supply-side policies.
Also attached is a worksheet with key terms table to fill in and questions to answer.
Easily filled a 1-hour class.
8-lesson bundle (£4) here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395
Globalisation: IGCSE Business
Lesson 7 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - Globalisation.
PowerPoint introduces globalisation (free trade versus import quotas and protectionism) and asks students to think about the opportunities and threats it presents for business.
Also attached is a worksheet - in which students must fill in the key terms, complete an opportunities and threats of globalisation table and then write a letter to a world leader explaining why globalisation would be good for his/her country.
8-lesson bundle (£4) here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395
P.S. I borrowed some graphics (and the starter activity) from this resource by g9921317: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/introduction-to-globalisation-12104545
Exchange rates: IGCSE Business
Lesson 8 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - Exchange rates.
PowerPoint introduces exchange rates and explains how changing money from one currency to another works (using holidays abroad as an example). Students are then shown how appreciating or depreciating exchange rates affect the cost of raw materials for businesses.
Also attached is a worksheet - in which students must fill in the key terms, research exchange rates (explaining why they are important for a business), and then say why other factors (other than exchange rates) might be more important for business success.
8-lesson bundle (£4) here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395