A Level Economics · Edexcel A level Economics A (9EC0), Theme 3
Sandrith Care Homes: the labour market
A care home group that cannot fill its care assistant jobs because a new depot pays more. Labour demand and supply, elasticity, a pay cap and a minimum wage.
- 3 lessons of about 55 minutes
- 23-page student workbook
- 14-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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Sandrith Care Homes: the labour market. Edexcel A level Economics (9EC0), Theme 3. Plot a home’s demand for care assistants. Lesson 1: Why do homes want care assistants, and how many?. What shifts demand? A rise in the fee. Derived demand for care assistants. Shift the supply curve. Lesson 2: Why can’t Sandrith find enough staff?. Draw the diagram. Care assistants and nurses, then check the completed diagram. Read equilibrium and elasticity of demand. Lesson 3: What should the council do?. Write a recommendation. Advise the adult care committee. 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 care home group for three lessons of about 55 minutes with Year 12 or 13. A new parcel depot pays more than the care homes and Sandrith cannot fill its care assistant jobs.
In Lesson 1 students work out the marginal revenue product of each care assistant, plot a demand curve for labour and decide which events shift it. In Lesson 2 they shift the supply curve, find the shortage on a diagram, calculate the elasticity of supply of labour and compare care assistants with nurses, linking elasticity to occupational immobility and to policies that tackle it. In Lesson 3 they read a pay cap and a minimum wage on a diagram, calculate the elasticity of demand for labour, compare five options for the county council with figures (weekly wage bill, extra jobs, cost per extra job) and write a recommendation of about 170 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
Why do homes want care assistants, and how many?
The marginal revenue product of each care assistant, a demand table, a grid to plot a home's demand for labour, a shift or movement sort, a 70-word judgement.
- Lesson2
Why can't Sandrith find enough staff?
A supply shift and the shortage on a diagram, elasticity of supply of labour, care assistants against nurses, occupational immobility and policies to tackle it.
- Lesson3
What should the council do?
A pay cap and a minimum wage on a diagram, elasticity of demand for labour, five options compared with cost per extra job, a 170-word recommendation.
| File | Pages | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| Student workbook PDF Word | 23 (A4) | A three-page data pack (six extracts, three tables, five options), then every lesson's tasks with ruled answer space, a plotting grid and diagrams to complete, exit tickets and the final recommendation. |
| Teacher guide PDF Word | 14 (A4) | Curriculum fit with page references, before-you-teach notes and simplifications, three 55-minute plans with homework rows, full worked answers, completed diagrams with accepted reading ranges, indicative guidance with a 165-word example recommendation, support and stretch. |
Mapped to Pearson specification (Issue 2) sections 3.5.1, 3.5.2 and 3.5.3.
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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.
- Sandrith and all its data are fictional, including the minimum wage figures.
- Assumes students have already met supply and demand diagrams and elasticity.
- 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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