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	NEGOTIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MINI UNIT This mini-unit looks at the fascinating topics of conflict and negotiation. It seeks to explain why conflict occurs, and how students can learn to manage it effectively by employing a range of conflict management and negotiation strategies and tactics. Click on the image to the left to see all of the details of the activity on teacherspayteachers.com
	CLASSROOM NEGOTIATION ACTIVITY This activity provides students with the opportunity to practice a negotiation activity with their peers. Four countries are competing to try to gain control of scarce resources in a fictional ocean. Students are broken into groups and provided with a set of goals for the negotiation, as well as a range of negotiation strategies that they should aim to employ. Click on the image to the left to see all of the details of the activity on teacherspayteachers.com
	INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS - MONOPOLY ACTIVITY This activity uses the classic board game of monopoly to gently introduce students to a variety of economic ideas such as pricing, subsidies, demand & taxation. Click on the image to the left to see all of the details of the activity on teacherspayteachers.com
	FINANCIAL PLANNING ASSIGNMENT This assignment provides a range of case studies of a client with their annual expenditure. The information is used to produce a report that advises the clients on how best to allocate their spending. Click on the image to the left to see all of the details of the activity on teacherspayteachers.com
	INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS - REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY This activity uses the idea of the classic housing auction to teach students about demand and pricing. Click on the image to the left to see all of the details of the activity on teacherspayteachers.com

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DEMOCRACY 3 - HOW DID THE ACTIVITY GO?

I recently posted about an activity that I was attempting to implement for the first time in my politics and economics class. In the previous post, I had introduced the game Democracy 3 to my students to familiarise them to how the game functions. Since the first introductory class, I have introduced an assignment whereby students are required to record and analyse every decision that they make in the simulation. I had some trepidation as I distributed the assignment to the students. I desperately wanted the class to enjoy the activity, as the game acts as a perfect tool to bring together the political and economic concepts that I had sought to share. Ninety-minutes later, it was clear that the activity was a success. Almost too much of a success. The students were so engrossed in the activity that it was taking far longer than I had anticipated. As I had set the task to be completed in pairs, the students were discussing every decision and considering a range of alternativ...

WHO OWNS THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SEATS? GREAT DISCUSSION POINT FOR ECONOMICS IN CLASS

An interesting article from 'The Economist' entitled 'Recline and fall: Who owns the space between reclining airline seats ( http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2017/05/recline-and-fall) recently piqued my interest as a discussion class discussion. Any economic discussion that students can relate to is always good fun. This is definitely going to be a great lesson idea that I will write up in the near future!

MIDDLE SCHOOL ECONOMICS

Since first studying economics at university, it has always fascinated me. I initially struggled with the concept of self-interest, as I believed it contrary to the how people actually behaved. However, the more I considered the concept, the more I came to believe the concept to apply to the real world. As an idea that intrigued me, I had always thought to introduce the subject with a discussion on self-interest. However, what fascinates me and what fascinates students is often quite different and when I have tried this approach, it has been less successful than I had hoped. When developing a new middle school subject at my school, I hit upon the idea of using real estate instead. Real estate is relatively easy to understand, for almost everyone in the western world lives in a house or apartment. As a ‘good’ it is easy to understand why it is valuable, and factors that can impact upon its value. With this in mind, I developed a resource that enab...

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