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How does the EU spend its money? A quick teaching resource
Perhaps you (and your students) are becoming a little tired about the EU referendum topic (only 101 days to go until the poll!)? However, here's a quick teaching resource to stimulate discussion...
Beyond the Bike - Fair Trade lesson ideas
Supporting Stuart's blog post this week on fair trade, here is a selection of RES-supported lesson resources on fair trade, and links to some super talks and clips on fair trade.
Supporting visually impaired students in economics
I received a request for advice last week from an economics teacher who was looking for guidance on best to support a severely visually impaired student through the complicated diagrams in 2nd year...
Invisible Hand in a Perfectly Competitive World
A nice little animation that illustrates the market mechanism in a perfectly and imperfectly competitive world.
Beyond the Bike Lesson Resource - dictators and their economic legacy
Following on from Stuart's earlier blog post about benign dictatorships, I've put together a simple lesson resource using the "speed dating" approach that is a firm favourite here at tutor2u. This...
Building Contextual Awareness - Country Profile Sheets
I have updated the country profile sheets used by my students as preparation for their A2 macro exams this summer. The resource is available as a free download.
Information failure, consumer behaviour and prices
Here's a good spot from regular t2u contributor Penny Brooks, who is highlighting to her students this week an article from the BBC on how businesses can confuse consumers with their price offers....
Zambian economy and the OCR F585 paper
As part of the Beyond the Bike project, I have been putting together learning resources to support the BtB journey - but many of these are also useful for teachers covering the OCR F585 June 2016...
Happiness in the UK - a new version of the Higher or Lower Game
Anyone who knows me will also know that if a set of ranking stats comes out I love to turn it into the 'beloved' Higher and Lower game. It's a simple idea - in this example, students just have to...
Engaging Lesson Starter - Conveyor Belt Memory Game
Here's a fun and engaging lesson starter for your next Economics lesson called 'Conveyor Belt Memory Game' (hat tip to Paul Hoang from Sha Tin College in Hong Kong for the concept).
Run the...
Uber's surge pricing and economic models
There have been a number of recent blog posts on the rise of Uber and whether its surge pricing benefits society. There are arguments for and against but an approach that uses the basic supply and...
Teaching Labour Market Economics at A Level - Course Resource Pack
Labour market economics now takes a more prominent place in the teaching content of A Level Economics specifications. Delegates at our recent CPD course on Labour market economics were able to...
Teaching Behavioural Economics at A Level - Course Resource Pack
Behavioural Economics is a fascinating new element for some A Level Economics specifications and delegates attending our recent CPD course had time to explore a wide range of new resources to...
Economics Scattergories
Looking for something different to get your Economics students thinking? Try this version of the popular game as a starter or revision exercise - you can download the editable word file to suit!
Interactive Oil Supply Curves
Have you ever tried to plot a supply curve? Can you illustrate the positive relationship of higher prices stimulating a greater quantity supplied? Teachers or students covering this topic might...
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Beyond the Bike lesson resource - analysing the impact of Uber
This week's Beyond the Bike lesson resource provides students with the opportunity to examine Uber more closely using their Theory of the Firm knowledge, as well as assessing the growth and...
Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Lesson Resource
A great idea to get students thinking about AD-AS using Pinterest.
The economic impact of airport hubs - lesson resource
This week's Beyond the Bike resource provides a perfect data response lesson for those teaching transport economics or globalisation at the moment, as we consider the economic impact of airport...
Beyond the Bike and the role of sport in an economy
The Beyond the Bike project continues post-Christmas with a theme that might appeal to those of us with New Year's Resolutions to "be more active"! Stuart's blog post this week focuses on the role...
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