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12th grade social studies resources for Microsoft PowerPoint in English (UK)
All about me Social Media Character profiles
Get to know your students in a fun way they can relate to with these "get to know me" Social Media Profiles: EDITABLE Templates! They also work great as a character analysis! Simply add text boxes and type straight into them, for distance learning.The use of social media is very much a part of students’ lives in this day and age. Use this to your advantage in your lessons by encouraging them to tell you and their peers all about themselves at the beginning of the year or writing about a famous p
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3rd - 12th
EDEXCEL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY - A LEVEL POWERPOINT - REVISION
A powerpoint curated for students, for AS Level Edexcel Psychology with students recieving A*/A’s alongside other resourcesIncludes every topic from the Edexcel 2015 specification from content to research methods and more. Filled with exam style questions througout to encourage thought provoking on the content learnt and can be used as a summary revision powerpoint including everything to recieve an A*
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12th, Higher Education
Production Possibility Curves / Frontiers / Diagrams (PPC) - Opportunity Cost
This lesson looks at production possibility curves (PPC) and how they show opportunity costs. The lesson includes lots of examples, diagrams and tasks to really help explain this topic. The lesson includes numerous video clips to help consolidate the learning. I have included a group task to make this lesson more engaging. This lesson is perfect for Economics.
Lesson Aim: Students will fully understand how to analyse and draw production possibility curves.
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8th - 12th
Positive & Negative Externalities - Market Failure - Economics
This detailed lesson looks at both positive and negative externalities and how they can lead to market failure. The lesson includes lots of detailed theory, examples, videos, diagrams and tasks.
Lesson Aim: Students will understand what both positive and negative externalities are and how they can lead to market failure.
I have included a student copy of the lesson to work alongside the main PPT. I have included exam style questions and videos to help teach a tricky topic. A perfect lesson fo
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8th - 12th
Middle Age British Literature PPT FULL VERSION WORKSHEET EDITABLE NO PREP
EDITABLE PPT of British LITERATURE and HISTORY of the Middle Ages |FULL VERSION PPT + WORKSHEET + ANSWER KEY⚠️ STRAIGHT TO THE POINT & CLEAR INFOMATION- not overwhelming for students ⚠️✔️Slides are well organized and are helpful for introducing Middle Age British LITERATURE and HISTORY and the transition into Chaucer and "The Canterbury Tales" / "The General Prologue"✔️ It helps a lot with an online class, distance learning. ✔️ The slideshows work well with senior British Lit classes.✔️ Th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Income & Wealth - Inequality, Distribution of Income & Poverty - Economics
This lesson at the difference between income and wealth and how this has a major impact on the distribution of income in the UK. The lesson aims to help students cover the following objectives:
* Students will fully understand the difference between income and wealth and how it can impact inequality in the UK.
* All Students will understand the difference between income and wealth
* Most Students will understand and be able to analyse the different factors that cause an unequal distribution of
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8th - 12th
Break Even Analysis - Calculations, Theory & Graphs - Business Finance
A really detailed lesson (that could easily span over 2-3 lessons) on break-even. The lesson looks at the key theory behind break-even and how it is calculated. The lesson has loads of tasks throughout and gets students to complete tables, graphs and formulas to calculate a businesses break-even point. A great lesson includes a student handout which can be printed and used alongside the overall lesson PPT. The lesson includes examples and great revision tips on a potentially difficult financial
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8th - 12th
Positive & Normative Economic Statements - Economics
This lesson explains the clear difference between positive and normative economic statements. The lesson includes numerous examples, theory and tasks. The tasks include a positive and normative worksheet where students need to read statements and tick whether they are normative or positive (answer sheet also included). I have also included a case study on obesity where students need to highlight evidence of both positive and normative statements. The lesson concludes with a nice research task ba
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8th - 12th
Market Structures Key Theory: Perfect Competition, Oligopoly & Monopolies
This lesson focuses on the basic key theory of the main market structures (as listed below). The lesson includes theory, examples and tasks throughout.
* Perfect competition
* Monopolistic competition
* Oligopoly
* Duopoly
* Monopoly
The lesson then focuses on perfectly competitive markets and its key diagrams. The diagrams covered includes:
* Revenue curves in perfect competition
* Short-run equilibrium in perfect competition
* Profit maximisation in perfectly competitive markets
* Long-ru
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8th - 12th
Cretaceous Survival Quest: An Engaging Educational Journey
Step into the time machine and transport your students back to the awe-inspiring world of the Cretaceous period, where dinosaurs ruled the Earth! "Cretaceous Survival Quest" is an innovative and immersive educational activity designed to engage young minds and ignite their curiosity about prehistoric times.Journey Back in Time: Your students will embark on an exciting adventure, experiencing life as it was during the Cretaceous period. They'll encounter the most fascinating creatures that roamed
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How Poverty & Inequality is Measured - The Lorenz Curve & Gini Coefficient
This lesson at how poverty and inequality is measured. The lesson focuses heavily on both the Lorenz Curve and how the Gini Coefficient is used to measure a countries poverty and distribution of income. The lesson includes lots of detailed theory, diagrams, examples and tasks. The tasks include a nice gap fill worksheet. I have also included a nice worksheet based on the Gini Coefficient. The lesson concludes with past exam style questions. I have also included a student version of the PPT. This
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8th - 12th
Government Intervention in the Economy - Ways to Correct Market Failure
This detailed lesson looks at government intervention in the economy. The lesson includes lots of detailed theory, examples, videos, diagrams and tasks. The lesson looks at:
* Pro-Free Market Economists VS Interventionist Economists
* The main reasons for government intervention
* Ways to correct market failure
* The forms of government intervention
Lesson Aim: Students will understand what government intervention is and how it can help / hinder an economy.
I have included a student copy of t
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8th - 12th
Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) - A-Level Economics - PPT, Quiz & Worksheets
This bumper lesson looks at cost-benefit analysis in a lot of detail. The lesson looks at what a CBA is and how it impacts firms and governments. I have included all the key theory on the topic plus many great examples of when cost-benefit analysis was used. Below is a break-down of the lesson objectives:
ALL Students will understand the main pros and cons of carrying out a cost-benefit analysis.
SOME students to understand a few economic examples of when a cost-benefit analysis should be used.
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8th - 12th
British Industrial Revolution & Empire - 17 Lessons - Whole Semester of Work
Industrial Revolution:A Wolsey Academy Series of Lessons on the Industrial Revolution. Target is Middle School but all assessments throughout are geared at preparing students for higher-level questions. Each lesson contains a lesson plan, a quick start guide, printable resources, mini plenaries, challenge questions, mark schemes, writing frames, lots of differentiation, a nice mix of activity types, and a lesson specific EAL activity sheet. There are 14 lessons in total, but each lesson has enou
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6th - 12th
Economic Growth - How it is Measured - GDP & GDP Per Capita
This lesson will help students understand what economic growth means, the main benefits and drawbacks of economic growth, how economic growth can be measured and how it can effect an economy. This lesson includes numerous tasks and key theory. Below is a breakdown of the lessons objectives:
All: Students will know what economic growth is.
Most: Students will know the difference between GDP and GDP per capita.
Some: Students will know which countries have the highest and lowest GDP and GDP per c
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8th - 12th
Calculating MR = MC - Profit Maximistaion - Marginal Cost & Marginal Revenue
This lessons aims to help students fully understand how a firms maximum profits are calculated. The lesson looks at MR = MC and uses various graphs and table questions to help teach a tricky but essential topic. The lesson looks at each of the following key terms with straightforward explanations, examples and questions :
* Profit maximization
* Marginal revenue
* Marginal costs
* Theory of the firm
* Law of diminishing returns
I have also included two key diagram sheets; one covers profit ma
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8th - 12th
ENTIRE COURSE: AQA Microeconomics (4.1)
This resource contains all of the content required for the AQA Microeconomics A-Level course following the UK syllabus. INFORMATIVEOur powerpoints has been made with teachers in mind. We have included all of the key content required by the exam board, giving you ease of mind and helping you save time and preparation. LESS IS MOREOur powerpoints have been carefully tailored to aid understanding and memorisation, helping students to interpret information quickly without having to read a chunk of
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10th - 12th
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How the Economy Works - Introduction to Macroeconomics / Economics
A nice introduction lesson on teaching macroeconomics to GCSE Economic students. The lesson introduces vital economic key terms and basic theory. Below is a breakdown of the lesson objectives:
* All students will know the main measures of an economy
* Most students will have an idea of what the UK economy is currently like
* Some students will know how different factors can effect the UK economy
The lesson looks at the basics of the following macroeconomic concepts with definition, examples an
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8th - 12th
Market Failure, Government Intervention & Allocative Efficiency - Economics
A detailed lesson covering the key theory behind market failure. The lesson covers what is market failure, the main causes of market failure and the results of market failure. The lesson also looks at allocative efficiency and how it links to the market failure. The lesson then looks at how governments may try to intervene and fix market failure. I have also included a fun 'You Say We Pay' game to help re-cap on key topics from the lesson and linked lessons. I have also included a nice market fa
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8th - 12th
Total, Marginal & Average Revenues - Revenue of a Firm - Profit Maximisation
A nice lesson that looks at a firms revenue and how profit maximization (MR=MC) can be achieved and calculated. This lesson looks at all the key theory for microeconomics and has numerous tasks - including gap fill questions, calculation tasks and graphs. I have included a teacher version and a student version of the resource. The teacher presentation includes answers to set questions. A great resource for teaching Economics.
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8th - 12th
Beowulf Introduction: A Brief History of the British Isles to the Anglo-Saxons
This PowerPoint presentation moves quickly through the history of the British Isles, ending with the Anglo-Saxon period.
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9th - 12th
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The Economic Problem - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost & Choice - Capital & Goods
A nice lesson that covers the economic problem. The lesson looks at scarcity and choice and how resources are allocated. The lesson looks at opportunity cost and includes a nice task on this topic. I have also included a Mars Bar utility task which will keep students engaged. I have also included a keyword scramble and a nice factors of production gap fill task. I have also included a nice worksheet based on topics around the economic problem - this worksheet includes matching tasks, gap fills a
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8th - 12th
Market Failure - Introduction & The Main Causes of Market Failure
This lesson is a perfect introduction to market failure. The lesson includes lots of detailed theory, diagrams, examples and tasks. The lesson starts with a look at productive and allocative efficiency. The lesson then explains what market failure is and why it is a big problem. The lesson then looks briefly a the following types of market failure:
* Externalities
* Merit and Demerit Goods
* Public goods
Main lesson aim: Students will understand what market failure is and the main causes of ma
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8th - 12th
Government Intervention - Price Floors, Price Ceilings, Subsidies & Gov Failure
This detailed lesson looks at government intervention in the economy through price floors, price ceilings and subsidies. The lesson also looks at government failure. The lesson includes lots of detailed theory, examples, videos, diagrams and tasks. The lesson looks at:
* Price ceilings
* Secondary markets
* Price floors
* Minimum legal prices
* Government failure
* Subsidies
Lesson Aim: Students will understand how the government can impose price floors, price ceilings and subsidies.
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8th - 12th
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