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Here's a 5-10 minute classroom resource that you might find useful if you are revising internal and external economies and diseconomies of scale. The Powerpoint file has 10 examples scrolling past...
Globalisation and the spread of knowledge
There is a fantastic piece for Economics students by Martin Wolf in today's FT - if you haven't already registered for FT for Schools, it is worth doing so now (you can find the link here).
Evaluating government intervention
Listening to Radio 4's 'Yesterday in Parliament' this morning, I heard a 4-minute report about a debate around what can be done to cure the issue of fly tipping in rural and urban England. This...
Chart Analysis - 'Chart Headlines' Activity
Here's an activity that you may like to try with your returning students to get them back into analysing charts and offering some evaluation.
Called 'Chart Headlines' it offers a newspaper...
Balance of Payments - "Key Term Match Up" activity
There are not many activities out there for testing knowledge of Balance of Payments. Here is one of our Key Term Match Up activities testing knowledge of the components of the Balance of Payments...
Diagram in Your Pocket online resource
Here's a quick reminder to any teacher or student who hasn't spotted this, we have an online 'Diagram in your pocket' resource that gives you a selection of some of the key diagrams A level...
Year 13 Micro diagrams - 'Da Vinci Code' activity
Here's a nice starter activity for your returning Year 13 students as they revise for their exams.
Revision Flashcards for Edexcel A Level Economics
The entire Edexcel A Level Economics (A) specification (Themes 1, 2 3 & 4) is covered by this superb series of revision flashcards written by Geoff Riley of tutor2u Economics.
Chart Analysis - 'Four Corners' Activity
Here's a great activity suggested by economics teacher Katherine Fay aimed at drawing out analysis of charts. The example here has been called 'Four Corners' as it presents a chart and then space...
Business Economics Revision Activity - "Keepy Uppy" Activity
If you're looking for an unusual way to test your knowledge on key phrases from the Business Economics (including Theory of the Firm) topic then try this 'Keepy Uppy' activity. Players are given 10...
Is QE a Magic Money Tree?
I think that many A level students would agree that QE can be quite hard to get their heads around. It's a help when they realise that it is not a process of 'printing money', as many journalists...
UK Economic Performance - "Dial up" activity
With Brexit continuing to dominate the news headlines, here's an activity that compares the UK's current economic performance with other EU and G20 countries.
Strangest Things - Starter or plenary for lesson on global economics
If you, or your students, are a fan of the Netflix sensation 'Stranger Things', you might like this resource.
Webinars focusing on synoptic economics
Join @tutor2uGeoff on Wednesday 17 January (830pm) for the first in a new series of webinars focusing on synoptic economics for Year 13 Economists.
UK Economy Databank
Thoughts often turn to teaching macro in the New Year (or revising it!) and it's always helpful to have up-to-date data to use. I have put together an excel spreadsheet with over 20 data series on...
Using tutor2u Economics Collections for Revision
This video shows how you can use the Collections area of the tutor2u economics channel to help focus your revision on particular topics.
Economics Christmas Lesson Activities for 2017
Here is Present Drop Challenge - the tutor2u Economics Christmas game for 2017!
Resources for teaching trade
With Theme 4 teaching awaiting after the Christmas break, I’ve started to review my materials for teaching trade. Section 4.1.3 of the Edexcel A specification requires students to learn ‘Factors...
Living Diagram part 2
This was a bit more difficult than my first effort and didn't come out quite as good but the students appreciated it and (mostly) recognised what it was supposed to be. Many of them took a bite of...