Free starter pack · Economics

Start A-Level Economics ready

Four free beginner decks for Year 11 students and new Year 12s. Each one teaches a core topic with real UK examples, 16 keywords, a worked example and a practice question with a model answer.

  • 4 decks, about 20 slides each, as PDFs you can keep
  • Simple English, with every keyword explained
  • Real UK businesses, prices and news, checked and dated
  • Works for AQA, Edexcel and OCR students

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What is in the pack

What Is Economics? title slide
DECK E1

What Is Economics?

Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost, through a Saturday shift, Birmingham's budget crisis and the HS2 decision.

Demand and Supply title slide
DECK E2

Demand and Supply

How prices are set: Oasis tickets, the PS5 shortage, cocoa and chocolate, and Uber surge pricing.

When Markets Fail title slide
DECK E3

When Markets Fail

Externalities, public goods and how the state steps in: the sugar levy, the plastic bag charge and the vape ban.

Maths for Economics and Business title slide
DECK S1

Maths for Economics and Business

Percentage change, percentage points, index numbers, mean and median: every step worked out for you.

Inside every deck

16 keywords

Two keyword slides with every term explained in plain words, ready for A-Level.

Real examples

UK firms, prices and policies you will recognise, each one checked and dated.

Practice

A worked example with numbers, a model exam paragraph, and a short question with a model answer.

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These decks come from the Foundations course in the CC Inner Academy, our online community for A-Level Business and Economics with weekly live lessons. You do not need to join to use the free pack.
Next step: read the free Economics topic library