The UK still in recession - some great resources
As it was announced today that the UK remains in recession with the economy unexpectedly contracting 0.4% between July and September, there are some great resources around for teaching economic growth and GDP. The graph below from the BBC shows this recession and the last.
More interactive unemployment data
I am really getting into using all of the interactive economic data on the internet. Today I found this excellent resource on sky news. Pupils can look at job gains and losses across the country. The information also categorises jobs into industries. This would be a great resource for using when studying unemployment. It would also be good for using at the beginning of the course when looking at industry sectors.
New GCSEs - globalisation
As most of us are now enjoying the summer break and therefore not in front of a class, I thought I would turn the attention to preparing for the new GCSE’s which start in September. Over the holidays we will look at some of the new topics and also some of the old ones.
Today is the turn of the OCR GCSE in Economics.
Economic recovery in three words
This BBC article is really interesting. The BBC have asked people to explain in three words how they will know when the recession is over. There are some really good ideas like ‘selling my house’ and ‘jobs for graduates’.
This would be a really good starter activity in the new academic year. It could be used to start the Year 11 students off on macroeconomic topics or as a general lead in for the new Year 10 students.
