WTO Murder Mystery (Limited Time Freebie)
I could never find a decent text for my students to read on the WTO, so I ended up writing one. There are two versions: a standard one...
- Jun 28
Country Rankings
A quick starter asking students to take a guess at the relative rankings of UK, USA, Norway and Japan on different indicators.
- Jun 28
Big Tech Competition and Regulation
Another great article from Economics Observatory on promoting competition in Big Tech. It's a bit lengthier than their usual articles so...
- Jun 25
4 Resources on Virtual Public Goods
I hadn't really thought much about virtual public goods until I read this article 'People may become less likely to contribute to a...
- Jun 23
Discover Economics Careers Event for GCSE and A-Level Students
Discover Economic Careers is an event to showcase the exciting and varied opportunities open to economics graduates. The event will take...
- Jun 13
Adult retraining activities
Students are always trotting out the 'improve education' answer, but few do this is in a particularly specific way, and even when they...
- Jun 13
Public Goods Game and other Taster Day activities
There have been lots of questions recently about what to do on 'taster days'. Uncontained subject enthusiasm normally does the trick, but...
- May 30
Finding and Using Data
On the agenda for May's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What do Economics teachers need to know about the Discover Economics campaign? How...
- May 30
Economics before A-Level
On the agenda for May's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What do Economics teachers need to know about the Discover Economics campaign? How...
- May 25
Sugar Taxes
This article on Sugar Taxes from the Economics Observatory is gold dust for teaching market failure and intervention! There are some...
- May 24
Inequality in the US - Data Detectives
This data-packed article from the NYT is great for illustrating inequality (and also practising interpreting graphs). There is a teacher...
- May 16
Encouraging Diversity in Economics
On the agenda for May's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What do Economics teachers need to know about the Discover Economics campaign? How...
- May 16
Choose Economics Posters
Following May's EconEdChat with Professor Sarah Smith on Discover Economics, I went back and revamped some of my Choose Economics posters...
- May 15
Discounted CPD Course
Ian Marcousé and A-Z Business Training are running two 3-day 'Starting to Teach Economics' courses, one in-person event and one online....
- Apr 27
Teaching Financial Economics
On the agenda for April's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What are the most common misconceptions do students have in Economics and how can...
- Apr 25
Vaccine Allocation
I really enjoyed this article from the Economics Observatory and made some accompanying activities. It requires no prior economic...
- Apr 24
Misconceptions in Economics
On the agenda for April's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What are the most common misconceptions do students have in Economics and how can...
- Apr 3
New in the Shop: Elasticity Resources
I've had these in the pipelines for months, but finally finished them off last week. Essentially, they powerpoints with companion student...
- Mar 19
Extra-curricular activities for Economics students
On the agenda for March's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What strategies are effective for EAL students? How can we teach labour markets?...
- Mar 19
Teaching Labour Markets
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- Mar 19
Teaching Economics to EAL Students
On the agenda for March's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What strategies are effective for EAL students? How can we teach labour markets?...
- Mar 6
Teaching Elasticity
On the agenda for February's EconEdChat were 3 questions: How can we help students to develop their evaluation? How can we ensure...
- Mar 6
Interactive Graphs
econgraphs.org is a website from the US which has some interactive graphs. It's not 100% perfect, but it might show at least some of the...
- Mar 3
Budget 2021 Activities
I've updated last year's Budget Activities for 2021. Reading of varying detail BBC: 10 Ways the Budget Affects You BBC: Key Points at a...
- Feb 14
Retrieval and Recall in Economics
On the agenda for February's EconEdChat were 3 questions: How can we help students to develop their evaluation? How can we ensure...
- Feb 7
Developing Students' Evaluation Skills
On the agenda for February's EconEdChat were 3 questions: How can we help students to develop their evaluation? How can we ensure...
- Jan 18
Helping Economics Students at the Lower End
On the agenda for January's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How can we help students to make good use of extracts in exams? 2) How can we...
- Jan 14
Using the Extract
On the agenda for January's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How can we help students to make good use of extracts in exams? 2) How can we...
- Jan 8
5 Useful and 5 Not-So-Useful lessons from 'The Writing Revolution'
Hochman and Wexler's book The Writing Revolution (TWR) has come up in conversation a few times among Econ Teachers over the last month or...
- Dec 8, 2020
EconEdChat with Richard Davies
December's EconEdChat was slightly different from usual: Rather than the usual 3 questions about Economics education, Richard Davies ...
- Nov 29, 2020
Starters in Economics
On the agenda for November's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How can we help students get to grips with diagrams? 2) How can we teach...
- Nov 28, 2020
Teaching Market Structures
On the agenda for November's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How can we help students get to grips with diagrams? 2) How can we teach...
- Nov 15, 2020
Helping Students with Diagrams
On the agenda for November's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How can we help students get to grips with diagrams? 2) How can we teach...
- Nov 14, 2020
Teaching Behavioural Economics
On the agenda for October's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How can we support students applying to study Economics-related University...
- Nov 3, 2020
Effective Feedback in Economics
On the agenda for October's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How can we support students applying to study Economics-related University...
- Nov 1, 2020
Supporting Economics-related University Applications
On the agenda for October's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How can we support students applying to study Economics-related University...
- Oct 27, 2020
Setting Economics Homework
On the agenda for September's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How can we develop notetaking skills in students? 2) How can we introduce...
- Oct 13, 2020
Updated: Short Run Costs Slides
I've spotted an error in the Short Run Costs PowerPoint, and have now fixed this. If you've previously purchased: Short Run Costs Slides...
- Oct 10, 2020
Introducing Macroeconomics
On the agenda for September's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How can we develop notetaking skills in students? 2) How can we introduce...
- Oct 6, 2020
Notetaking in Economics
On the agenda for September's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How can we develop notetaking skills in students? 2) How can we introduce...
- Oct 5, 2020
Teaching Monetary Policy
On the agenda for July's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How are we approaching teaching for Year 13 next year? Do teachers feel that...
- Oct 4, 2020
Improving Essay Writing in Economics
On the agenda for July's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How are we approaching teaching for Year 13 next year? Do teachers feel that...
- Sep 21, 2020
Early Assessment
I don't know if I like doing an early assessment in Econ, but at my last two schools it has been compulsory. I like to test 3 things: Can...
- Sep 10, 2020
Updated: Year 1 Macro Notebooks
If you haven't already had a look at my Year 1 Macro Notebooks, you can read about them here. I have now added a PDF with suggested...
- Jul 7, 2020
Preparing to return from Remote Learning
On the agenda for July's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How are we approaching teaching for Year 13 next year? Do teachers feel that...
- Jun 26, 2020
Updated: Year 1 Micro Notebooks
If you haven't already had a look at my Year 1 Micro Notebooks, you can read about them here. After several requests, I have added a PDF...
- Jun 20, 2020
What do we wish we had known when we started teaching Economics?
On 3rd June we had another casual meeting for Econ teachers. On the agenda were 3 questions: 1) How can we best sequence the Economics...
- Jun 13, 2020
How can we attract students to Economics at A-Level?
On 3rd June we had another casual meeting for Econ teachers. On the agenda were 3 questions: 1) How can we best sequence the Economics...
- Jun 11, 2020
How can we structure the Economics Curriculum?
On 3rd June we had another casual meeting for Econ teachers. On the agenda were 3 questions: 1) How can we best sequence the Economics...
- Jun 1, 2020
In the pipeline...
I've put the Year 2 Macro Notebook on hold because I fell down a bit of a rabbit hole reading about economics between the wars, and...