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Behavioural Economics Teaching Resource - The Importance of Altruism
This teaching & learning resource is designed to support students exploring behavioural economics in their A Level & IB Economics classes. It is just one of the many resources provided to...
The benefits of an entry level job - much more than the wage?
The merits of increasing the minimum wage is one of my favourite topics to discuss with a class as it usually as a direct relevance to their pay packets at their part-time jobs as well as having a...
Beyond the Bike Lesson Resource: Stages of Economic Integration
This week's second Beyond the Bike resource encourages students to deepen their knowledge of the ins and outs of the different levels/stages of economic integration between countries, and then...
Beyond the Bike Lesson Resource: roads and development
One of the Beyond the Bike resources this week encourages students to practise their quantitative skills and analyse the possible relationship between road quality and the level of development in...
A Lession resource: Using bicycles to promote economic development
The second lesson resource this week focuses on the role that ownership, or at least shared ownership, of bicycles can play in causing rising economic growth and development in LDCs. There is...
Beyond the Bike - lesson resource on development in landlocked countries
Earlier this week, Stuart and Claire travelled down the coastline of Tanzania by ferry. Transport and logistics are much easier when countries have a coastline - but what is the impact on countries...
Costing the Earth
This super interactive graphic and quiz from the BBC Earth team provides a neat starter to the topic of externalities.
Swipe-it! Internal and External Economies of Scale
Using the Rugby World Cup to look at Index Numbers
Here's a nice resource from the furtive imagination of regular tutor2u contributor Penny Brooks. Like many of you, Penny is looking to ensure that general numeracy and other quantitative methods...
Swipe-it! Positive and Normative Statements
A couple of weeks into the first year of a new Economics course should just be about the right time for teachers to explore the concept of positive and normative economic statements. Here's a...
Teacher PowerPoints for Year 1 (AS) of the New A Level Economics
Our range of topic PowerPoints for the Year 1 (AS) teaching content for the new A Level Economics specifications is now completed and available for immediate despatch to teaching colleagues.
10 Minute Quiz for your New AS/Yr 1 students
Here's a 10 minute activity to include in your first (or second) lesson with brand new students to economics. Meet Bernard, a lovable chimp who challenges your students to a quiz. Now, as clever...
Econofun - a Board Game for A level and IB Economics students
If you attended our Economics Teachers National Conference at the RBS Headquarters in June 2014 you have met or seen a young entrepreneur called Serena Patel. Serena was showcasing Econofun - a...
Internal and External Economies of Scale - a quick fire quiz
If you are delivering the AQA version of A level economics you should be aware that the new specification requires students to differentiate between internal and external economies (and...
Concentration Ratio Pyramid - Lesson Activity
Here's a classroom activity on concentration ratios for those of you planning your lessons for your A2 business economics classes. The activity can be used as an investigation into the...
Lesson Starter: Macro Top Trumps
This is a great way to introduce your students to, and engage them with some macro data.
Opportunity Cost - Some Numerical Examples as a Worksheet
So, you're planning for your lessons for the start of the new term (because teachers do not take 6 weeks off during the summer, do they?) and your first topic is the Economic Problem and...
A2 Economics Diagram Conundrum - a short activity on diagrams
You may have seen the AS version of this activity blogged yesterday. If not, don't worry! The full version (with AS and A2 diagrams) is here.
Teaching real-world economics to undergraduates
This Financial Times video looks at the emergence of a new undergraduate degree in economics being taught at UCL and elsewhere in which economics students are taught the subject as if it had...
Knocking at No. 11 - Lesson Starter to recap on major items of the Budget for March 2015
Here's our annual engaging lesson starter to help recap on the major policies introduced by George Osborne as part of his last Budget before the May 2015 General Election. Use this to promote...