5 resources worth taking a look at
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1.    EconBulletin - takes current news and turns it into exam-style questions, helping students to practice their exam technique whilst raising awareness of current affairs and applying their theory to new scenarios. Teachers can track class progress and spot misconceptions, and there are also built-in essay planners. At the moment it has solid functionality for AQA and Edexcel A-Level and iGCSE.
2.    Bizomics new features - some great new features here over the last few months. The diagram flashcards are a good revision tool for this time of year, students can put them on the screen and flip for the explanation, or print them off to build their own diagram bank. You can filter to select specific diagrams, and choose whether to generate them with just the title or with the explanation too. Keyword bingo is always nice for revision. Alongside that there's an Economics in Context section, a searchable definition bank, and a diagram reveal game. Worth a proper explore if you haven't logged in in a while
3.    Econdoctor examples flashcards - Sylvain Hours over at Econdoctor has produced a set of printable flashcards that are technically designed for IB, but most of the content is relevant for A-Level too. What I particularly like is that each flashcard includes the country and the date of the example, which means you can get students to order them chronologically or by region - a nice way to build a sense of economic history and regional trends and comparisons alongside the content itself. You'll need to make a free account and then head to Resources then use the password it gives, which will send you to a set of files. I'd recommend a mooch of the files in general, but this particular document is filed under 'IB'.
4.    Tutor2U Application Matrix - Whereas the resources above give a breadth of examples, this one gives depth into individual countries and markets. The micro section covers profiles of a nice selection of markets, with each market including notes on structure, barriers to entry, externalities and government intervention, plus some nice behavioural economics examples. There is also a handy concept-to-context tool where you can select something like PED or price discrimination and pull up real examples across multiple industries, which is great for comparison and pretty useful for your own lesson planning. The macro section has economy profiles spanning developed, emerging and developing countries, with the option to compare two economies side by side. Needs no login, which is always a bonus.
5.    Tutor2U Livestream PowerPoints - not necessarily new, but worth remembering at this time of year. These are reliable go-to for those last few lessons before the end of term. They're a mix of a bit of contextual information and largely fast-paced revision games, and because they're organised by topic you can mix and match depending on where your students need the most work. A good answer to the perennial question of what to actually do in revision lessons.