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The Economics Balloon Debate - a starter activity for an introductory Economics class
Here's a starter activity that could be used as an introduction to Economics at either A level or GCSE over the coming days. The activity is called 'The Economics Balloon Debate' and asks students...
Economics teachers in the UK are invited to apply to join the Teacher Judging Panel for the RES Economics Essay Competition 2018. Judging will take place on Monday 3rd of September at the Holiday...
Here's 5 minutes of (educational!) fun for your classroom to celebrate the World Cup semi-final between England and Croatia on the 11th July.
Resources from the Reserve Bank of Australia
It is the time of year when teachers might be reviewing resources and schemes of learning in preparation for September (or having a well deserved rest!)
Mini model for teaching Balance of Payments
The Balance of Payments is often a stumbling block for students - not only in confusing it with government budget balances, but also in sorting out the difference between the current account and...
Continuing our World Cup theme, here's a Powerpoint activity that we've used before but have updated and altered slightly. The World Cup Debate activity is a fun resource that is aimed at...
Just a Minute!
The classic BBC Radio 4 programme returned to the airwaves in May. The aim, for the panel of contestants is to talk for 60 seconds on a given subject without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
Quizlet Economics Revision Activities
Are you a fan of Quizlet as a low-stakes way of revising core content for your exams? We have put together our growing collection of Economics quizlet resources into one folder to help! Click here
RES Economics Essay Competition 2018
The RES has announced details of its popular annual essay competition for A Level Economics students. Key details of the 2018 competition are provided below.
They have just arrived in the Tutor2u office available for immediate dispatch! This series of example essays for A Level Economics covers advanced macroeconomic policies. Lots of really interesting...
Here's a 5 minute activity you might to try as a classroom activity or as homework wen revising aggregate demand and supply. Find the 4 connections between the 16 phrases on screen. Connection Wall...
Labour Market General Knowledge Quiz
I'm just starting to teach labour market economics to my Year 12 Economists. Here is a ten question quiz I used to kick off our discussions to give them some introductory perspective.
This is a game I have created to get students thinking about how other people view their diagrams and hopefully getting them to make sure they have double checked them and they are as clear as...
EconoFun Update (2018)
Here is a welcome update from Serena Patel on her economics resource EconoFun. Great to hear that it is gaining increasing popularity among teachers and students.
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...
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