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The craziness of a US Presidential election

Ruth Tarrant

22nd January 2016

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I really like this article from the BBC that identifies a number of the more entertaining / unbelievable / gripping elements of the US Presidential "Race to the White House" - a great lesson starter would be for learners to read the article, and decide which bits they agree with or disagree with, and explaining why.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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