The Netherlands is well known as a producer of tulips, but students might not be aware of how big the business is. The north of Holland's markets, ports and breweries make a huge contribution to European and national economies and can teach groups valuable lessons about trading and organisation.
Subject Focus:
- KS 4: The organisation of manufacturing.
- KS 4: How businesses interact and adapt to local markets.
- KS 4: The differences and similarities of European businesses.
- KS 5: The workings of financial markets and stock exchanges and how trading affects the economy and peoples' lives.
Student Outcomes:
- Understand how markets affect and are affected by businesses.
- Explore the possibilities of doing business in a European organisation.
- Place the role of stock markets and commodities in economies.
- Appreciate the scale and structure of global trading patterns and their role in national, European and global economies.
