AS-level Politics lesson (Edexcel): Introduction to the UK constitution, used with my Year 12s. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter asking what is a constitution? History of the development of the UK constitution Codified, uncodified, entrenched & unentrenched explained Practice questions and case study More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on efficiency (allocative efficiency; productive efficiency; dynamic efficiency; x-inefficiency) Includes: PowerPoint (with student tasks) Starter task Worksheet (with graphs to complete) Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

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 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 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

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 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

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

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

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

Measures to promote growth and development project / worksheet for A-level Economics. Students are required to analyse methods that could help a country of their imagination grow/develop economically. Covers topics including: *types of foreign aid (tied, bilateral, multilateral); debt relief; role of the IMF; market-orientated strategies; interventionist strategies; the role of the World Bank; FDI etc. * There is also a 20-mark practice question at the end for good measure. Used as revision after covering the final chapter of Unit 4 (Edexcel Student Book 2).

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 Politics lesson (Edexcel) introducing module on Voter behaviour & the media. 1-hour lesson introduces students to UK politics (constituencies, main parties, House of Commons etc) and includes: PowerPoint Voter behaviour worksheet Reading diary Link to recommended reading list Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

AS Politics lesson (Edexcel) discussing social class as part of Voter behaviour & the media module. 1-hour lesson includes: PowerPoint Starter quiz Student activities Homework Previous lesson (introduction to voter behaviour & the media) is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12578155 Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

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-level Business Studies lesson introducing Management & Leadership and Henry Mintzberg (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 12 students. Includes: Starter task PowerPoint Card sort task (some cutting up involved) Practice questions / worksheet

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering Business objectives. Lesson covers profit maximisation, revenue maximisation, sales volume maximisation, divorce of ownership from control. PowerPoint Starter task on business size Worksheet to fill in Homework/class task (depending on length of lesson) Took my Y13s about 2 hours to complete all told. Full shop: 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 lesson on Universal Basic Income used with my Year 13 Economics students. -Students read the BBC article on UBI -Try to fill in the table with some pros and cons (using their own knowledge) -Then I put the Financial Times video on (19 mins; free on YouTube) and asked students to update their table accordingly -Also resulted in a good discussion in my class after viewing I found this was a good way to help my students understand a real world issue that isn’t necessarily in the syllabus

Quick lesson on the merits of an annual wealth tax used with my Year 12 and 13 Economics students. -Students read the BBC article on a proposed wealth tax -Try to fill in the table with some pros and cons (using their own knowledge) -Then I put the Financial Times video on (20 mins; free on YouTube) and asked students to update their table accordingly -Also resulted in a good discussion in my classes after viewing I found this was a good way to help my students understand a real world issue that isn’t necessarily in the syllabus. I did something similar with Universal Basic Income here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12772087