A-Level Economics & History

Argue it properly, with evidence that holds up.

Both subjects are marked on the quality of an argument, not the quantity of facts. Lumi will take the line you want to argue, push back where the reasoning thins out, and show you the diagram or the source that would carry it.

Lumi teaches A-Level Economics and History by pressure-testing your argument, drawing the diagrams and working through sources, so essays are built on reasoning rather than recall.

Exam boardsAQAEdexcelOCRWJEC

What Lumi covers in Economics & History.

Economics — micro

  • Supply, demand and elasticity
  • Market failure, externalities and public goods
  • Government intervention and its unintended effects
  • Business objectives, costs and revenues
  • Market structures and competition
  • Labour markets and wage determination

Economics — macro

  • Aggregate demand and aggregate supply
  • Inflation, unemployment and the Phillips curve
  • Fiscal, monetary and supply-side policy
  • Economic growth and the business cycle
  • International trade, exchange rates and the balance of payments
  • Development economics

History — skills

  • Reading and weighing primary sources
  • Historical interpretations and why historians disagree
  • Causation, consequence and significance
  • Structuring an argument across a long essay
  • The NEA: framing a question you can actually answer

History — common papers

  • Tudor and Stuart Britain
  • Industrialisation and social change
  • Russia and the Soviet Union
  • Nazi Germany and the Second World War
  • The Cold War and decolonisation
  • Civil rights and protest movements

Questions about Economics & History.

Can Lumi draw economics diagrams?

Yes. Curves are drawn and shifted step by step, so you can see which way a change moves the market before you have to reproduce it under exam conditions.

Will it help with source analysis?

Upload the source and Lumi will work through provenance, tone and purpose with you, rather than handing you a paragraph to copy.

Can it help with my NEA or coursework?

It will help you narrow a question, find the shape of the argument and stress-test your reasoning. It will not write it for you — that is your work, and examiners can tell.

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