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Starter activity - Why is it funny?

Jim Riley

26th June 2009

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Many thanks to Anne Logan (Methodist College Belfast) for suggesting a simple starter activity that can get GCSE Econ students engaged with breaking economics news stories. The idea is very simple - show a recent Kipper Williams cartoon and ask the students to explain “why is it funny”?

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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