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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

A quick starter asking students to take a guess at the relative rankings of UK, USA, Norway and Japan on different indicators.

Another great article from Economics Observatory on promoting competition in Big Tech. It's a bit lengthier than their usual articles so...

I hadn't really thought much about virtual public goods until I read this article 'People may become less likely to contribute to a...

Discover Economic Careers is an event to showcase the exciting and varied opportunities open to economics graduates. The event will take...

Students are always trotting out the 'improve education' answer, but few do this is in a particularly specific way, and even when they...

Update: See this post for 2022 Year 10 Taster There have been lots of questions recently about what to do on 'taster days'. Uncontained...

On the agenda for May's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What do Economics teachers need to know about the Discover Economics campaign? How...

On the agenda for May's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What do Economics teachers need to know about the Discover Economics campaign? How...

This article on Sugar Taxes from the Economics Observatory is gold dust for teaching market failure and intervention! There are some...

This data-packed article from the NYT is great for illustrating inequality (and also practising interpreting graphs). There is a teacher...

On the agenda for May's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What do Economics teachers need to know about the Discover Economics campaign? How...

Following May's EconEdChat with Professor Sarah Smith on Discover Economics, I went back and revamped some of my Choose Economics posters...

Ian Marcousé and A-Z Business Training are running two 3-day 'Starting to Teach Economics' courses, one in-person event and one online....

On the agenda for April's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What are the most common misconceptions do students have in Economics and how can...

I really enjoyed this article from the Economics Observatory and made some accompanying activities. It requires no prior economic...

On the agenda for April's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What are the most common misconceptions do students have in Economics and how can...

I've had these in the pipelines for months, but finally finished them off last week. Essentially, they powerpoints with companion student...

On the agenda for March's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What strategies are effective for EAL students? How can we teach labour markets?...

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On the agenda for March's EconEdChat were 3 questions: What strategies are effective for EAL students? How can we teach labour markets?...

On the agenda for February's EconEdChat were 3 questions: How can we help students to develop their evaluation? How can we ensure...

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...

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...

On the agenda for February's EconEdChat were 3 questions: How can we help students to develop their evaluation? How can we ensure...

On the agenda for February's EconEdChat were 3 questions: How can we help students to develop their evaluation? How can we ensure...

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...

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...

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...

December's EconEdChat was slightly different from usual: Rather than the usual 3 questions about Economics education, Richard Davies ...

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...

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...

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...

On the agenda for October's EconEdChat were 3 questions: 1) How can we support students applying to study Economics-related University...