IB Economics
Poverty and the Credit Crunch
A report published today by UNSECO highlights the fact the current global economic crisis is hitting the income of the world’s poorest the most.
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Crowding Out Short Answer
An outline answer for a short answer question from the November 2001 Higher Level Economics paper.
read more...»Dairy Milk Goes Fairtrade
A colleague today pointed out an article that ties in nicely with my previous Fairtrade blogs.
read more...»Income Tax Short Answer Question
An outline answer of Q4 from Higher Level Paper 2, May 2008.
read more...»Exam Question Resources
Alongside the revision worksheets for IB students and teachers I will also be developing a bank of suggested answers for past IB exam questions.
read more...»Development Economics Book
One again this week The Sunday Times Culture section has a review of a book that may be of interest to students and teachers currently covering the development economics section of the IB syllabus.
read more...»Marshall-Lerner and the J Curve
A revision worksheet for the higher level topic (Section 4.7) the J-Curve and Marshall-Lerner condition.
read more...»IB Economics Week 6
The week 6 revision ticklist for IB U6th economists
read more...»More Fair Trade News
Following on from my last blog at the start of the week there was an interesting article on the BBC website this week focusing on a recent report from the Fairtrade Foundation.
read more...»Fairtrade Fortnight
Whilst listening to the radio yesterday my attention was drawn to a piece highlighting a two week event that begins today that promises to be full of development economics.
read more...»Lewis Dual Sector Model
A revision worksheet on the Lewis Dual Sector Model.
The_Lewis_Dual_Sector_Model.pdf
Development Economics Charts
A resource that I make regular use of is the Daily Chart on the Economist website.
read more...»Development Economics Book
Whilst reading the Sunday papers today I came across a book recommendation that might be a useful resource when teaching the pros and cons of aid as a development strategy.
read more...»IB Economics Week 5
Here is the U6th week 5 revision ticklist for students and teachers alike.
read more...»Harrod- Domar Revision Worksheet
As many IB students and teachers come towards the end of their two year course one of the final topics covered is Growth and Development Strategies (section 5.4). This is a topic area needed by both higher and standard level students. Over the coming 10 days I will publish a set of revision worksheets relating to material found in this section. I hope they are of use.
The_Harrod_Domar_Growth_Model.pdf
Accelerator Revision Worksheet
A revision worksheet on the accelerator model. This is a higher level topic from section 3.4 of the IB syllabus.
Accelerator_Revision_Worksheet.pdf
Multiplier Revision Worksheet
A revision worksheet for the higher level topic The Multiplier. This is a topic found in Section 3.4 of the IB syllabus.
Multiplier_Revision_Worksheet.pdf
Teaching the WTO
Section 4.4 on the IB syllabus asks students to look at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in terms of its functions and its successes and failures.
This year when teaching the topic I made use of the excellent video resources avaliable on the WTO website. The selection of videos cover all of the points outlined in the syllabus. (The Virtual Tour and the Heart of the WTO are particuarly good videos)
I then divided my students into groups to produce short powerpoint presentations either arguing the WTO as a success or as a failure.
IB Economics Week 4
The week 4 revision ticklist
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The week 3 revision ticklist.
read more...»IB Economics Week 2
The Week 2 revision tick list for U6th IB economists.
read more...»Teaching Development Economics
I always find the Development Economics section of the IB is one that teachers find the trickiest to teach due to the range and scope of possible issues to cover. For the past couple of years I have made use of a two major projects to keep students hooked.
read more...»IB Economics Week 1
My Upper Sixth IB economists have today started their revision in preparation for their final exams in May. Over the coming eight weeks we will revisit all of the material through a combination of revision lectures, class discussion and past paper practice. I will post a weekly blog giving a check list of material covered and suggestions for possible exam questions which will hopefully be of use for students sitting the papers next term.
read more...»IB Economics Resources
Over the coming few days we will be significantly developing resources aimed at students studying the IB, particularly IB economics. I would be very interested to hear from students or teachers as to the type of things they would find useful. I have also set up a discussion for teachers in the new tutor2u teacher forum. Let me know your thoughts
