Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) covering R&D (research and development) and new product development used with my Year 13s. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
R&D mind map
Links to videos (R&D at Microsoft; TED Talk)
Links to relevant news articles (on UK govt funding for R&D)
Question worksheet
Essay homework question (with differentiated help grid)
The whole lot takes about 3 hours lesson time to complete.
Previous lesson on Elasticities: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12605612
More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: 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
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
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
For Unit 1: Introduction to Economics see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12681403
For Unit 2 (Real-world issue 1): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12793808
Everything that you need to teach Real-world issue 2 of Unit 2: Microeconomics of IB DP Economics (Higher Level).
Includes:
240 slide PowerPoint (broken down into individual lessons covering everything in the syllabus)
Student activities and challenges throughout the presentations
Worksheets
Practice questions
Graph practice
Links to relevant videos and articles
Links to online quizzes
Topics covered include:
Perfect competition
Oligopoly & monopoly
Government intervention
Max and min prices
Taxes and subsidies
Externalities
Public goods
Also includes:
Economics reading diary (and recommended reading list)
Graph practice (for units 1 and 2)
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
A-level Business Studies (Cambridge) lesson on social and environmental audits (and how/why businesses use them) used with my Year 13s. Includes:
-Starter
-Social audits explained (plus activity)
-Why social/environmental audits are important (pressure groups; ethical business practice; sustainability etc.)
-Greenwashing
-Corporate social responsibility practice questions
-Worksheet for students to create their own environmental audit
Other lessons from this unit:
Business strategy pack (SWOT, PEST, Porter’s etc): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12742325
Corporate culture: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12650698
Privatisation & nationalisation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12743838
Full lesson on referendums in the UK used with my Y12 Politics students (Edexcel), includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Pros and cons explained
In-depth look at Scottish independence referendum
Research task into UK referendums since 1997
Homework videos (Brexit movie & documentary)
Previous lessons below:
FPTP (first-past-the-post): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12859872
AMS (additional member system): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12859879
STV & SV: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12862233
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
AS Politics lesson (Edexcel) on the political advertising & single issue voting as part of Voter behaviour & the media module.
Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Essay writing tips for writing about 1979 general election
Election campaign posters for students to discuss and rate
Homework task (with link to political advertising documentary)
Homework worksheet
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
1979 UK general election: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12591105
Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on pricing strategies and price elasticity of demand (Cambridge, Unit 3) used with my Y11 students.
Lesson covers pricing methods (cost plus; penetration; promotional and price skimming) and includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint (with various learning activities throughout)
Worksheet
Practice questions
Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on distribution methods (Cambridge, Unit 3) used with my Y11 students.
Lesson covers distribution methods (direct distribution; retail distribution; wholesale distribution and distribution through agents) and includes:
PowerPoint (with learning activities)
Worksheet
Practice questions
Previous lesson on price, pricing strategies & price elasticity of demand here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12597322
Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
A-level Business strategic analysis & strategic choice bundle (Unit 6, Cambridge).
L1: Introduction to strategic management
L2: SWOT & PEST
L3: Boston Matrix
L4: Porter’s Five Forces
L5: Ansoff Matrix
L6: Force-field analysis
L7: Decision trees
Worksheets and activities included with each lesson.
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
AS Politics lesson (Edexcel) on UK political party manifestos as part of Voter behaviour & the media module.
Includes:
PowerPoint (discusses 1979 election manifestos and whether manifestos matter)
Starter task (on Winter of discontent; worksheet attached)
Another worksheet to fill in
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
Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
2-hour A-level Business Studies lesson on Trade Unions (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout)
Practice questions
4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering:
Factors of production (land, labour, capital, enterprise)
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Full 1-hour lesson includes:
PowerPoint
Worksheet
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
Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890
Quck (1 hour-ish) IGCSE Business Studies lesson on Market segments (Cambridge, Unit 3).
Includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint (with learning activities)
Card sort task (some cutting up required)
Practice questions
Students also have to guess which market segments might have been targeted during a Super Bowl advert break (and then watch a YouTube video to find out how many they guessed correctly)
AS-level Business Studies lesson on leadership styles (Cambridge, Unit 2) covering Autocratic, Democratic, Paternalistic and Laissez-faire used with my Year 12 students.
Includes:
Starter task (on Mintzberg so some previous knowledge required)
PowerPoint (with learning tasks throughout)
Practice questions / worksheet
Homework task
Took my Year 12s about 1.5 hours all told.
Previous lesson here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579229