Landmarks: Civil War
This book is one of a series featuring line drawings keyed to the text, narrative and stage-by-stage illustrations to depict the development of a town through the centuries. Each book features a reconstruction of the history of an imaginary town in a different part of the world, having a distinctive character that relates to the region in which it is situated. This book deals with a seaport in Northern Europe. It takes the reader on a journey through the centuries, tracing the port's development...
Enable students to succeed in their exam with From Kaiser to Fuhrer. This study aid contains all the key information that students need for Edexcel History A2 Unit 3 Option D1, clearly laid out with Examiners' and Essential notes. Also included are graded essays with full comments from experienced examiners on how to secure a higher grade. From Kaiser to Fuhrer: Germany, 1900-45 covers all the content and skills your students will need for their Edexcel A2 Unit 3 Option D1 examination,...
A New Town and Its Industrial Heritage: Telford (Themes, places & skills in geography & history)
by David Flint
Explores the civilization of the Vikings, discussing their epic voyages, festivals, and daily lives.
100 Things You Should Know About Vikings (100 Things You Should Know About...)
by Fiona MacDonald
This hugely successful series is now available in a new smaller flexi format. From cover to cover beautifully detailed artwork will mean that even the most reluctant of readers will be totally absorbed by the fun activities, such as projects and quizzes. Humorous cartoons add a lighter touch, while the wealth of perfectly pitched information reads clearly and fluently. This series really is the perfect introduction to these fascinating subjects.
This fascinating book reveals how various civilizations, Greek gods, and Greek wars influenced Greek culture. The beautiful images, stunning facts, and supportive text work together to teach readers about Greek philosophy, the city-states of Greece, Athens, Sparta, Acropolis, Minoan civilization, and Plato. Readers will be captivated by the vibrant photos and engaging facts about such incredible Greek creations that are still in our world today, like The Acropolis, The Illiad, and The Odyssey. A...
Queen Victoria and the British Empire (European Queens)
by Nancy Whitelaw
Britain 1750-1900 Single User CDROM (History)
Heinemann Explore offers online resources for the study of key curriculum areas. Each area includes extensive text, images and activities that can be tailored to the needs of students and lesson plans. Key stage 3 history provides a wealth of material for study, including written and pictorial primary sources, and supports the QCA scheme of work.
Kenilworth Castle (Family Discovery Packs S.)
by Gail Durbin, Liz Hollinshead, Ross Jellicoe, and Peter Stone
Aimed primarily at family groups, this series of packs is also intended as a useful resource for teachers planning site visits. Each one contains two activity cards which encourage observational skills, and a wallchart with practical ideas to use in the classroom. Focusing on Kenilworth Castle, the activities in this pack help children to understand why changes were made to the castle in the past, and might be needed in the present, to conserve the buildings. The wallchart shows how to make your...
Visiting the Past Pack B of 4
This visually stunning series focuses on world heritage sites, representative of different eras, peoples, places and historical events. The reader is given a narrative tour of each site to discover what can be learned from the surviving evidence - why and how the place was built, the daily lives of the people who lived there and the surviving evidence that can help us to reconstruct the place when it was in use.
Leading Lives Mikhail Gorbachev (Leading Lives)
"Leading Lives" covers key leaders in history and explores their lives and achievements. Each book examines the person's early years, studies and interests, professional life, low points, and considers the links between that individual and the history and events of the time. An underlying theme is whether an individual can change the course of history.
"Tudors" is part of the "History Insights" series for 7-11 year olds, linked to the National Curriculum. This volume examines a pivotal period in British history, and contains contemporary pictures and authentic detail which gives an insight into all aspects of Tudor life including the family, health and hygiene, education, exploration, entertainment, fashion and religion. It is designed for children studying the "Tudors and Stuarts" core study unit of the National Curriculum.
Roman and Saxon Gallery at the Yorkshire Museum (Longman museum activity guides)
by H. Cox
Russia (DK Eyewitness Books) (Eyewitness Books (Knopf Hardcover))
by Kathleen Berton Murrell
An overview of the land, people, history, and culture of Russia from its earliest days to the present.
Medical Care and Public Health (Studies in British social & economic history)
by Alastair McIntosh Gray
This source book aims to provide material for assessment and coursework as a back-up to normal classroom teaching. Drawing on such sources as paintings and film stills, memoirs, speeches and fictional reconstructions, the text examines the role of medicine in the 19th century.
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...
Comprehensive notes and activities to support New Explore History, including curriculum correlation.