GCSE Business (9-1) - J204 Teaching from 2017

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Support highlights A comprehensive collection of resources to help you quickly get up to speed in the classroom and support your students in preparing for exams. These materials will focus your teaching on individual abilities of students, help determine their capabilities and above all save you time. PDF 708KB
Mapping GCSE Applied Business to GCSE (9-1) Business A guide showing how GCSE Applied Business maps to the new GCSE (9-1) Business. DOCX 131KB
Mapping GCSE Business and Communication Systems to GCSE (9-1) Business A guide showing how GCSE Business and Communication Systems maps to the new GCSE (9-1) Business. DOCX 132KB
Mapping GCSE Business Studies to GCSE (9-1) Business A guide showing how GCSE Business Studies maps to the new GCSE (9-1) Business. DOCX 129KB
Scheme of work three year planner This scheme of work offers an example of how the new OCR GCSE (9-1) Business course could be organised over three years. DOCX 531KB
Scheme of work two year planner This scheme of work offers an example of how the new OCR GCSE (9-1) Business course could be organised over two years. DOCX 537KB

Finance J204 - This guide suggests approaches for delivering the Finance section of the specification. Student worksheets for the activities in this guide are in a separate folder. PDF 1MB
Finance - student resources J204 - Activity worksheets for the Section 5, Finance delivery guide. ZIP 57MB
The interdependent nature of business J204 - This guide suggests approaches for delivering the interdependent nature of business section of the specification. Student worksheets for the activities in this guide are in a separate folder. PDF 1MB
The interdependent nature of business - student resources J204 - Activity worksheets for the Section 7, The independent nature of business delivery guide. ZIP 2MB
Influences on business J204 - This guide suggests approaches for delivering the Influences on Business section of the specification. Student worksheets for the activities in this guide are in a separate folder. PDF 1MB
Influences on business - student resources J204 - Activity worksheets for the Section 6, Influences on business delivery guide. ZIP 23MB

Business Check-In This checkpoint task contains questions on the business topic to assess students' current level of knowledge. DOCX 1MB
Finance Check-In This task contains questions on the finance topic to assess students' current level of knowledge. DOC 798KB
Influences Check-In This task contains questions on the influences in business topic to assess students' current level of knowledge. DOCX 1MB
Interdependence Check-In This task contains questions on the interdependent nature of business topic to assess students' current level of knowledge. DOC 1MB
Marketing Check-In This checkpoint task contains questions on the marketing topic to assess students' current level of knowledge. DOCX 1MB
Operations Check-In This task contains questions on the operations aspect of business topic to assess students' current level of knowledge. DOCX 1MB
People Check-In This task contains questions on the people of business topic to assess students' current level of knowledge. DOCX 1MB

Guide to finance calculations This guide is designed to help teachers prepare candidates for the finance calculations in the GCSE (9-1) Business specification. PDF 302KB
Teachers' guide to GCSE (9–1) Business specification This document provides guidance on the content in the GCSE (9–1) Business specification. PDF 273KB

Qualification factsheet Aimed at students and parents, this factsheet outlines some of the key benefits of studying OCR's business qualification. PDF 624KB

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