A Level Economics · Edexcel A level Economics A (9EC0), Theme 3
Quillmoor Fibre: government intervention and a Theme 3 judgement
The only full-fibre network in a rural valley. The tools of intervention, price caps and their limits, and a mixed Theme 3 recommendation to the council.
- 3 lessons of about 55 minutes
- 22-page student workbook
- 13-page teacher guide
- PDF and editable Word
- Teacher guide with full worked answers
- Checked page by page and recalculated before release
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Quillmoor Fibre: one network, many decisions. Edexcel A level Economics (9EC0), Theme 3. Match the tool to the problem. Lesson 1: Which tool for which problem?. Work out the monopoly profit. Lesson 2: What does the tool do, and where does it fail?. Draw the diagram and test the price caps. Unregulated monopoly against a price cap. Judge the price cap. Quality cuts, asymmetric information, regulatory capture. Compare three policy packages. Lesson 3: Which package should the council back?. Write a recommendation. Which package should the council back?. What you get: Student workbook + teacher guide, Full worked answers, PDF and editable Word. The Business School. Free sample on the pack page.
What is inside
One original, fictional broadband network for three lessons of about 55 minutes with Year 12 or 13.
In Lesson 1 students match the tools of government intervention in specification 3.6.1 to situations, test a merger and a competitive tender with figures and judge a privatisation. In Lesson 2 they find the profit-maximising output of the monopoly, test price caps on a diagram and in a table, and meet the limits of intervention: quality cuts, inflated cost reports (asymmetric information) and regulatory capture. In Lesson 3 they bring Theme 3 together (natural monopoly, economies of scale, sunk costs, allocative efficiency, mergers), compare three policy packages with consumer and total surplus and write a recommendation of about 180 words with the figure at which the decision would change.
Each lesson plan counts the written work against the minutes; questions that do not fit are named as homework.
- Lesson1
Which tool for which problem?
Eleven tools of intervention matched to situations, a merger test with figures, a tender with a 98% uptime rule, a 70-word privatisation judgement.
- Lesson2
What does the tool do, and where does it fail?
The unregulated monopoly on a table and diagram, price caps in a table and a two-panel diagram, quality cuts, asymmetric information and regulatory capture.
- Lesson3
Which package should the council back?
One network or two, sunk costs, three packages compared with consumer and total surplus, tipping points, a 180-word recommendation.
| File | Pages | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| Student workbook PDF Word | 22 (A4) | A three-page data pack (seven extracts, two tables), then every lesson's tasks with ruled answer space, a matching task, diagrams to mark, tables, exit tickets and the final recommendation. |
| Teacher guide PDF Word | 13 (A4) | Curriculum fit with page references, before-you-teach notes, three 55-minute plans with homework rows, full worked answers, completed diagrams with accepted ranges, indicative guidance with a 173-word example recommendation, support and stretch. |
Mapped to Pearson specification (Issue 2) sections 3.6.1 and 3.6.2, with a mixed Theme 3 task.
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About this pack
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- An original, fictional case. Every business, person, figure and quote is invented; nothing is real data.
- Timings are estimates. The lessons are not yet classroom-trialled.
- Written tasks come with indicative guidance and an example answer, not a mark scheme.
- The Word files were laid out and checked in LibreOffice, not Microsoft Word. Small layout differences are possible when you open them in Word.
- A classroom resource for teaching and practice. It does not replace a textbook or a scheme of work.
- Assumes students have already met monopoly, costs and revenue, MR = MC and consumer surplus.
- Written for Edexcel A level Economics A (9EC0), Theme 3, Business behaviour and the labour market, against the Pearson specification (Issue 2). Please check it against the specification you are teaching.
- Classroom teaching and practice only. It is not a Pearson set task and does not reproduce Pearson assessment materials.
- Not endorsed by Pearson. Contains no mark schemes.
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What exactly do I get?
A student workbook and a teacher guide for one original, fictional case. Both come as PDF and as editable Word files. The teacher guide has the lesson plans, full worked answers, completed diagrams and indicative guidance for the written tasks.
Can I edit the files?
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No to both. The teacher guide gives full answers for calculations and tables, and indicative guidance plus an example answer for each written task. It is not an exam board mark scheme, and the pack awards no marks or grades. It is mapped to the specification by section but is not endorsed by Pearson, and contains no exam board questions.
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