The Big Apple is a true global metropolis, and the beating economic and cultural heart of the United States. It is a city of stock exchanges and financial centres, making it an ideal city in which to inspire students of economics and business with the spirit of entrepreneurship.
Subject Focus:
- KS 4: See how New York became the economic centre of the US.
- KS 4: How businesses operate in and adapt to a competitive, global market environment.
- KS 5: The workings of financial markets and stock exchanges and how trading influences the economy and people's lives.
Student Outcomes:
- Observe businesses in the competitive world, and the methods adopted to enable them to prosper.
- Understand the outside influences that businesses have to react to.
- See what factors have made New York so important in the global market environment.
- Be inspired by the experience, adding relevance to their studies in the classroom.
