Lesson 4 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - environmental and ethical issues. PowerPoint recaps government monetary policy and then discusses externalities caused by people and businesses. 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

Lesson 2 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - government economic objectives and policies PowerPoint recaps main government objectives: low inflation, low unemployment, economic growth & balance of payments and then explains government fiscal policy (direct & indirect taxes; public spending) & disposable income. 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

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

2-hour A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on Costs Lesson covers: the short run; the long run; law of diminishing returns; total, average & marginal product; returns to scale PowerPoint (with student tasks throughout) Starter task 5-page worksheet Previous lesson on revenue & revenue curves here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12580294 Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering the law of diminishing marginal utility used with my Year 12 students. Includes: PowerPoint 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

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on short-run cost curves Lesson covers: short-run cost schedules and teaches students to graph average cost, average variable cost and marginal cost curves. PowerPoint (with student tasks throughout) Starter task Worksheet (with questions and tables to fill in) Homework questions Previous lesson on costs and imputed costs is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12587040 Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering: Choice Opportunity cost Economic & free goods Full 1-hour lesson includes: PowerPoint Activities Worksheet Homework task Part of a series of lessons. Lesson 1 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528554 Lesson 2 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528577 Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890

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 Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering market equlibrium, used with my Year 12 students. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Question sheet Past paper practice questions (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 Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering types of economy (command, free market, mixed) Full 1-hour lesson includes: PowerPoint Worksheet (challenging students to write a letter to the North Korean leader explaining why he should move away from a command economy) Homework Part of a series of lessons. Lesson 1 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528554 Lesson 2 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528577 Lesson 3 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528586 Lesson 4 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528605 Lesson 5 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528624 Lesson 6 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528791 Lesson 7 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528794 Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890

Lesson 5 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - environmental and ethical issues PowerPoint looks at sustainable development and then asks students to think of the reasons how and why businesses ‘go green’ (pressure groups, consumer boycotts, change in law). Also attached is a worksheet with key terms table to fill in, questions to answer and loads of examples of consumer boycotts past and present. Easily filled a 1-hour class. 8-lesson bundle (£4) here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395

Lesson 6 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - environmental and ethical issues. PowerPoint looks at ethical issues (child labour; bribery; collusion) and asks students to think about what businesses have to gain from being ethical (and what damage might be done from being unethical). Students are then challenged to produce a ‘consumer boycott’ poster based on an unethical practice of their choosing. Worksheet with key terms table to fill in, questions to answer and poster instructions/ideas also attached. 8-lesson bundle (£4) here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering Types of Business. Lesson covers sole traders, partnerships, joint ventures, state-owned enterprises and includes: Starter worksheet PowerPoint Worksheet Homework task Took my Y13s about 2 hours to complete. Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering indirect taxes & subsidies, used with my Year 12 students. Includes: PowerPoint (with explanations and learner activities) Starter Graph practice Practice questions (with answers) 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

AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering rational decision making (inertia; habitual behaviour; consumer computation etc.) Full 1-hour lesson includes: PowerPoint Activities Worksheet Homework 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) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on external economies & diseconomies of scale Lesson covers: external sources of economies & diseconomies of scale, drawing SRAC and LRAC costs curves and the LRAC envelope. Includes: PowerPoint (with student tasks) Starter task Worksheet (with questions and graphs to complete) Part 1 on internal economies & diseconomies of scale is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12588440 Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on internal economies & diseconomies of scale Lesson covers: internal sources of economies & diseconomies of scale (marketing; purchasing; financial; managerial; technical), drawing the LRAC curve and minimum efficient scale. Includes: PowerPoint (with student tasks throughout) Starter task (short-run cost curves) Worksheet (with questions, case studies and graphs to complete) Homework question (with planning sheet) Previous lesson on short-run cost curves is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12587168 Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on cost & revenue curves. Includes: PowerPoint (with student tasks) Starter task Practice questions Case study examples (explains to students how firms such as Tesla, Spotify, Ryanair and more are able to sustain losses) Essay question (with planner sheet) Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on normal & supernormal profit Includes: PowerPoint (with student tasks) Starter task Worksheet (A-level graph practice) Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on costs & imputed costs Lesson covers: economic costs; imputed costs; fixed costs; variable costs; total cost, average cost & marginal cost. PowerPoint (with student tasks throughout) Starter task Worksheet (with questions and tables to fill in) Previous lesson (part 1) on diminishing returns here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582592 Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael