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    • Mar 24

    Spring Statement

    Here are two activities on the Spring Statement for your A-Level Economists. The first looks at the economic context of the statement and...
    • Jan 30

    Subsidy Diagram Dominoes

    Nothing special, just some dominoes for A-Level students to practice identifying different areas of subsidy diagrams:
    • Jan 30

    Economics A-Level Taster sessions

    Last year, I collected some ideas about Economics taster sessions here. Tomorrow, I have a session with some of Year 10 'academic...
    • Jan 10

    Diversity in the Economics Curriculum

    Like many, I'm currently looking at diversifying the Economics A-Level curriculum, but so far haven't been able to find anywhere with...
    • Dec 15, 2021

    Christmas Economics Resources

    Some festive classroom favourites for end of term! The 12 Days of Christmas Index is always a good one. You can use it for some...
    • Nov 28, 2021

    Using letters to talk about graphs

    Nothing special, but I couldn't find anything like it elsewhere so I made one up quickly. Students just need to use letters to describe...
    • Nov 28, 2021

    FDCO Next Generation Economics Competition

    FDCO have announced this year's Next Generation competition, open for UK students in Years 10-13 (or equivalent). With a limit of 800...
    • Nov 28, 2021

    Market Structures Chains of Analysis

    8 questions to practise mapping chains of analysis. Great for a revision lesson as they identify gaps in understanding as well as giving...
    • Nov 28, 2021

    Year 1 Micro Video QRs

    I've put QR codes to all of EconPlusDal's amazing Year 1 Micro Videos on one sheet. Works as the bones of a revision checklist or as a...
    • Oct 31, 2021

    7 Activities for the 2021 Autumn Budget

    I've mentioned in the past how I've had very mixed results when setting vague 'Research the Budget' tasks for homework. The last few...
    • Oct 17, 2021

    Economics at Open Evenings

    I really love Open Evenings - once I get on my Economics soapbox, it's hard to shut me up. However, they always seem to creep up on me...
    • Sep 26, 2021

    Types of Innovation

    I've shared this graphic before, but I wanted to make it into a task. Plus some of Doblin's innovation strategies are pretty interesting...
    • Sep 26, 2021

    Evaluating Business Objectives

    Some variation of 'Is profit maximisation a valid assumption?' is a really common essay question, but I've found that students struggle...
    • Sep 26, 2021

    Production, Costs, Revenues and Profits Recall

    I've finally gotten around to updating and uploading recall questions for this topic: Questions - Question Booklet - Suggested Answers - ...
    • Sep 12, 2021

    Classroom Posters

    Some of these I've shared before, but thought it would be useful to have them in one place. 1) Nobel Prize Winners - Posters explaining...
    Read this before you teach...Introduction to Economics
    • Aug 23, 2021

    Read this before you teach...Introduction to Economics

    I always think there is a lot riding on the first few weeks: Getting to know them, helping them transition from GCSE, setting routines...
    WTO Heist
    • Jul 13, 2021

    WTO Heist

    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, 2021

    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, 2021

    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, 2021

    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, 2021

    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, 2021

    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, 2021

    Public Goods Game and other Taster Day activities

    Update: See this post for 2022 Year 10 Taster There have been lots of questions recently about what to do on 'taster days'. Uncontained...
    Finding and Using Data
    • May 30, 2021

    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...
    Economics before A-Level
    • May 30, 2021

    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, 2021

    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, 2021

    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...
    Encouraging Diversity in Economics
    • May 16, 2021

    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...
    Choose Economics Posters
    • May 16, 2021

    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, 2021

    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....
    Teaching Financial Economics
    • Apr 27, 2021

    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, 2021

    Vaccine Allocation

    I really enjoyed this article from the Economics Observatory and made some accompanying activities. It requires no prior economic...
    Misconceptions in Economics
    • Apr 24, 2021

    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...
    New in the Shop: Elasticity Resources
    • Apr 3, 2021

    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...
    Extra-curricular activities for Economics students
    • Mar 19, 2021

    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?...
    Teaching Labour Markets
    • Mar 19, 2021

    Teaching Labour Markets

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    Teaching Economics to EAL Students
    • Mar 19, 2021

    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?...
    Teaching Elasticity
    • Mar 6, 2021

    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, 2021

    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, 2021

    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...
    Retrieval and Recall in Economics
    • Feb 14, 2021

    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...
    Developing Students' Evaluation Skills
    • Feb 7, 2021

    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...
    Helping Economics Students at the Lower End
    • Jan 18, 2021

    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...
    Using the Extract
    • Jan 14, 2021

    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...
    5 Useful and 5 Not-So-Useful lessons from 'The Writing Revolution'
    • Jan 8, 2021

    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...
    EconEdChat with Richard Davies
    • 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 ...
    Starters in Economics
    • 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...
    Teaching Market Structures
    • 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...
    Helping Students with Diagrams
    • 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...
    Teaching Behavioural Economics
    • 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...
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