Exam Board: EduqasLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed by EduqasBring out the best in every student, enabling them to develop in-depth subject knowledge and historical skills with the market-leading series for Eduqas, fully updated to help you navigate the content and assessment requirements for the 9-1 GCSE.> Maps the content against the key questions in the 2016 specification, with thorough and reliable course coverage written by a team of e...
Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Series Editor: Angela Leonard This Student Book: covers the essential content in the new specification in an engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material uses the 'Thinking Historically' approach and activities to help develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, throug...
Immigrants and Exiles (Hodder Intermediate History)
by Sydney Wood and Duncan Toms
The "Intermediate History" series is aimed at Intermediate 1 and 2 students. The emphasis in each book is on the source-based approach required, with a range of activities including recall, evaluation, deriving data from sources and extended response questions. Text and activities are differentiated to give full support to Intermediate 1 students. This title looks at immigrants and exiles in Scotland from 1830 to 1940.
Fully updated to support the new 2013 GCSE History B specification
New for the 2013 specification, this Edexcel GCSE History A Student Book has been written to support the new Unit 3C: The transformation of British society c1951-1979. New, engaging content thoroughly covers the material in the 2013 specification. Contemporary design, with a variety of sources throughout, appeals to students from a range of ability levels. Learning objectives provide a clear overview of what students will learn in each chapter. Activities provide extend and suppo...
Prelude to the Holocaust (The Holocaust)
This series looks at all aspects of the Holocaust, from the early racial doctrines of the Nazis and step-by-step dehumanization of the Jews, to the implementation of the Final Solution and the aftermath of the Holocaust. The series offers: - considerable emphasis on first-hand accounts and other primary source material. - An excellent resource for students researching this area of study.
Excavating The Past: The Viking World Paperback (Excavating the Past)
Contents: The Viking Age (Learning more from archaeology); Viking Society (The Oseberg ship burial, Rich and poor, How society was governed, Discovering Thingvellir, Law, crime, and punishment, Religion); Daily Life (Discovering Brattahlid, Food and farming); Trade and Towns (Discovering Birka, Town life); Vikings at War (Discovering Repton, Warriors and weapons); Ships and Seafaring (Discovering Roskilde, Shipbuilding and navigation, Vikings around the world, Discovering L’Anse-aux-Meadows); Ar...
Holocaust Art Music & Writings of Hol (The Holocaust)
This series looks at all aspects of the Holocaust, from the early racial doctrines of the Nazis and step-by-step dehumanization of the Jews, to the implementation of the Final Solution and the aftermath of the Holocaust. The series offers: - considerable emphasis on first-hand accounts and other primary source material. - An excellent resource for students researching this area of study.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Adventures in Time)
by Dominic Sandbrook
Take a journey to a vanished world with the ADVENTURES IN TIME* series - stories so exciting you won't believe they're all true'Winter has come; and in a far distant land, a warrior queen is expecting a child...' Step through these pages into the Tudor world: a dangerous place, where one miss-step could cost your life. Through the eyes of Henry VIII's six very different queens, from a brave Spanish princess to a wise English widow, historian Dominic Sandbrook takes us on a thrilling journey thr...
Edexcel GCSE History (9-1): Early Elizabethan England 1558-88 Student Book (Edexcel GCSE History (9-1))
by Tim Williams and Elena Stevens
Early Elizabethan England 1558-88 Student Book is part of Oxford's brand new Edexcel GCSE History series. This textbook series provides the most up-to-date Edexcel exam practice and a tried-and-trusted accessible approach to help students get the best grades they are capable of, and enjoy their history lessons. This textbook is written as part of our commitment to the inclusive presentation of diverse histories, and developed by a team of practising teachers with Edexcel examining experience a...
The third book of teacher’s resources in a groundbreaking Key Stage 3 series designed to grab pupils’ attention with its fresh approach to traditional content. In addition to the series of photocopiable worksheets, this teacher’s guide includes recommendations for further extension activities. These suggestions will support less-able pupils and stretch the more-able.
WJEC GCSE History: The Elizabethan Age 1558–1603 and Depression, War and Recovery 1930–1951
by R. Paul Evans and Steven May
Exam Board: WJECLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Endorsed by WJECHelp every student to develop the in-depth knowledge and historical skills they need to achieve their best with the market-leading series for WJEC GCSE History.> Guides you through the key questions and content in the specification, with thorough and reliable course coverage from a team of expert examiners, teachers and authors> Builds understanding of Welsh, British and wider-world h...
History Eyewitness: Christabelenberg Bielenberg and Nazi Germany (Paperback)
Britain and the Great War: a depth study (Discovering the Past for GCSE)
by Greg Hetherton
'I am truly a child of both countries and both cultures.' Born to an Indian father and an English mother, Jamila Gavin's childhood was divided between two worlds. Her earliest memories are of India, where she lived in a crumbling palace built for a prince, and learned to steal sugar cane and suck mangoes. But she would spend much of her childhood in England, where she picked blackberries, got chilblains, and learned to recognise doodlebug bombs. And between the two there were unforgettable jou...
From the Cradle to the Grave (Hodder Intermediate History)
by Simon Wood and Claire Wood
"From the Cradle to the Grave" is the second most popular module in the new Intermediate History courses run in Scotland under the Higher Still programme. There are currently no books written for this topic, so this text will fill the gap. The book deals with social history during the period 1890 to 1951, focusing in particular on the changing role of government in tackling the problem of poverty, and dealing with a new relationship between the people of Britain and their government.
What They Don't Tell You About the Blitz (What They Don't Tell You)
by Robert Fowke
'The Blitz brought out the best in people. Neighbours who hadn't spoken to each other for years passed cups of tea over the garden fence...' Opening with crucial details on how events in Germany led to World War II, the book then launches into a fascinating look at what life was like during the Blitz. Topics include evacuation, gas masks, bomb shelters, food rationing, the home guard and GIs. The book gives an excellent all-round view of the war, with information on how the British forces fought...
Turning Points in History: 1066 - A Decisive Battle (Cased) (Turning Points in History)
by Richard Tames
Designed to tie in with the National Curriculum, this study of the Battle of Hastings is one of a series examining major historical watersheds. The book recounts the chain of events leading up to the battle, and the repurcussions, both immediate and long-term. It also discusses the concept of an historical turning point, assessing in what way this really was one. Interpretations throughout aim to show how history is informed by a complicated web of divergent views.
Groundbreakers Charles Babbage (Groundbreakers)
by Neil Champion
A biography of Charles Babbage. As well as providing his life story and analysis of his work, the text places his achievements in context by looking at the technological and historical context of the time. The book includes quotes and writings from newspapers and journals of the time; a look at the ongoing impact of his work; and information about his rivals and the men and women who affected his life and work.
Groundbreakers Christopher Columbus Paperback (Groundbreakers)
by Struan Reid
An exploration of the life and achievements of Christopher Columbus. As well as providing a full life story and analysis of his work, the author places his achievements in context by looking at the technological and historical context of the time. The title is part of a series examining the lives and achievements of important inventors and pioneers. Each volume includes: a biography illustrated with colour maps and photographs; a look at the ongoing impact of the subject's work; quotes and writi...
This series uses a variety of sources to give an insight into a particular period. The aim is to provide a history resource with a strong emphasis on evidence, using eye witness accounts from a range of source material, including diaries, letters and newspapers. An initial section introduces the period and the sources available. An extended quotation for the source is on one page, facing a commentary giving the historical background. The reliability of the sources is considered.