Transition & INdependent learning

Remember to complete at least 4 hours if independent learning outside of lessons each week. I have included some suggestions for each term to help build this habit in Year 12.

Build in the following activities that are proven to lead to success, and links to these are on this site:

• Re-read slides and your notes after each lesson - does everything make sense? 

• Watch the EconDal videos for the topics we have been covering - add to your notes if need be.

• Complete questions from the topic packs on topics we'eve covered recently. Use the mark schemes to mark these.

• Read the Economic Review articles for each theme. 

• Read high quality newspapers - what is happening with the economy? You will have your login to The Financial Times, so you can read the site for free.

• Read books on my reading list. 

• Use the MASSOLIT playlists - these are great for stretch and challenge too.

Autumn - micro - week 1 - What is a market?, and the basic economic problem

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the playlist on MASSOLIT discussing the basic economic problem, and the factors of production.

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Autumn - micro - week 3 - Adam Smith, and individual choices

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on individual choices. Some of the concepts go beyond A-Level economics (budget constraints), but they should be accessible enough to spark a thought!

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Autumn - micro - week 5 - Nudges and alternative views on human behaviour, and opportunity costs

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on opportunity costs and production possibility frontiers.

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Autumn - micro - week 7 - dynamic pricing in concert ticketing, and supply and demand

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on supply and demand.

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Autumn - micro - week 9 - eating for a sustainable future, and behavioural economics

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on behavioural economics.

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Autumn - micro - week 11 - the sugar tax, and how economists think

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on how economists think. 

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Autumn - micro - week 11 - health care and the government, and market failure

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on market failure.

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Spring - macro - week 1 - the circular economy, and the economics of happiness

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on the economics of happiness. 

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Spring - macro - week 3 - older workers and economic inactivity, and how nations fail

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on how nations fail, and the importance of having sound and secure institutions. 

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Spring - macro - week 5 - productivity, and the circular flow of income

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on the circular flow of income and the multiplier. 

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Spring - macro - week 7 - how inflation is counted, and economic growth

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on economic growth, the economic cycle, and sustainability. 

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Spring - macro - week 9 - inflation and deflation, and sources of inflationary pressure

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on inflation, and the three main sources of inflationary pressure. 

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Spring - macro - week 11 - the economics of a robot workforce, monetary policy and central banks

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on monetary policy and central banks. 

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.

Spring - macro - week 13 - Covid, Keynes, and the national debt; fiscal and supply-side policies

• Read the article, and answer the ten questions at the end in as much detail as possible.

• Watch the MASSOLIT playlist on fiscal policy, and this playlist on supply-side policies. 

• Re-read your notes and the slides, and watch the relevant EconDal videos.