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You can't beat past papers and tests when it comes to revising for exams but every so often it's nice to break your revision sessions up with a bit of a quiz. Here's one that revises 24 key macro...
Economics A Level CPD courses from tutor2u
If you haven't already seen our Economics A Level CPD events for the rest of this academic year, please have a look at the list and booking details here. Our selection includes: 'New to Teaching...
Here's a fun lesson starter from the furtive imagination of regular contributor Scott Thomas. This one is a variation on our Higher and Lower game that involves the whole class. The class are...
State of the UK Economy in 2016
What shape is the UK economy in as economics students prepare for their summer 2016 exams?
Calculation worksheet for Indirect tax and subsidies
Here's a 5 minute worksheet asking students to calculate various elements based upon figures shown in diagrams for an indirect tax and a subsidy for two normal goods. This would be a nice little...
Chinese Economy - the perspective of Professor Linda Yueh
Now, we're all big fans of Linda Yueh here at tutor2u. I was really lucky to recently watch her presentation on the growth of the Chinese economy at the Keele World Affairs forum (February 2016)...
I've blogged before about Econofun, the engaging board game aimed at supporting revision for A Level Economics students, but I'm now pleased to say that the game is available to purchase.
Slot Machine - A2 Micro Diagrams
Here is a version of the slot machine powerpoint activity covering key diagrams in A2 micro
Market failure and government intervention - revision resource
Following on from my blog post last week which contained a revision resource for AS students to practise their demand and supply diagrams, here's another diagram resource, but this time for some...
The world as 100 people
Here's a super infographic that can be used as a starting point for all manner of economics lessons on globalisation and economic development.
A demand and supply diagrams revision resource
This revision resource is designed for first-year A-level / AS economics students, and provides 15 real-world scenarios which lead to a change in the demand or supply of a product in a given...
How does the EU spend its money? A quick teaching resource
Perhaps you (and your students) are becoming a little tired about the EU referendum topic (only 101 days to go until the poll!)? However, here's a quick teaching resource to stimulate discussion...
Beyond the Bike - Fair Trade lesson ideas
Supporting Stuart's blog post this week on fair trade, here is a selection of RES-supported lesson resources on fair trade, and links to some super talks and clips on fair trade.
Supporting visually impaired students in economics
I received a request for advice last week from an economics teacher who was looking for guidance on best to support a severely visually impaired student through the complicated diagrams in 2nd year...
Invisible Hand in a Perfectly Competitive World
A nice little animation that illustrates the market mechanism in a perfectly and imperfectly competitive world.
Beyond the Bike Lesson Resource - dictators and their economic legacy
Following on from Stuart's earlier blog post about benign dictatorships, I've put together a simple lesson resource using the "speed dating" approach that is a firm favourite here at tutor2u. This...
Building Contextual Awareness - Country Profile Sheets
I have updated the country profile sheets used by my students as preparation for their A2 macro exams this summer. The resource is available as a free download.
Information failure, consumer behaviour and prices
Here's a good spot from regular t2u contributor Penny Brooks, who is highlighting to her students this week an article from the BBC on how businesses can confuse consumers with their price offers....
Zambian economy and the OCR F585 paper
As part of the Beyond the Bike project, I have been putting together learning resources to support the BtB journey - but many of these are also useful for teachers covering the OCR F585 June 2016...
Happiness in the UK - a new version of the Higher or Lower Game
Anyone who knows me will also know that if a set of ranking stats comes out I love to turn it into the 'beloved' Higher and Lower game. It's a simple idea - in this example, students just have to...