Economic Cycle in Images

We didn’t quite have time at the Economics Conference to develop this resource developed by Ruth using ideas drawn from the our delegates but I am sure there is huge mileage in experimenting with this image-based exercise linking different stages of the economic cycle to pictures sourced from creative-commons galleries. The trick I suspect is to find some really good leading and lagging indicators - although these tend to change over time! The resource can be used in many different ways - for example converted into a click and drag resource for an interactive whiteboard, or using old-fashioned but thoroughly effective techniques such as a print out (in colour?) some A3 paper (or even larger) and a healthy dose of Pritt stick or clear tape!

Don’t forget - Ruth and Amanda are busy planning their new-style AS economics training days for this Autumn.

And our web-based day for Economics teachers passionate about using the net as a source of teaching ideas is in Cambridge at the superb Moller Centre in November - full details will be posted up in the next few days.