Cambridge Junior History
3 total works
Australia and its Peoples covers the period from the earliest inhabitants of Australia, over 40,000 years ago, to 1900. It explores the significant features of the various indigenous societies that have existed over this time, paying particular attention to everyday life, customs and beliefs, art and cultural expression, and economic and technological features such as trade and land management. Australia and its Peoples also looks at the arrival of the white colonists, the process of colonisation and its legacy for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, and explores the question of an 'Australian identity'. The book is full colour throughout, draws on a wide range of sources and contains learning outcomes and focus issues. The activities will help to build students' historical skills while ensuring that history remains fun!
Ancient Egypt covers the period from the Old Kingdom of 2686–2181 B.C. to the New Kingdom of the eighteenth to twentieth dynasties, 1567–1085 B.C., identifying each major period, or dynasty. It explores in detail the many aspects of Egyptian society including major events and people, environmental and architectural features such as the Nile river and the pyramids, and cultural developments including early writing tools, and the roles of certain social groups including pharaohs and scribes in everyday life. Ancient Egypt explores the origins of citizenship and government, and the features of the Egyptians' elaborate belief systems including gods and goddesses, and death and the afterlife, and explains the contribution of the Egyptians to the world's cultural heritage. The book is full colour throughout, draws on a range of sources and contains learning outcomes and focus issues. The activities will build students' historical skills while ensuring history remains fun!
Ancient and Medieval Japan covers the major events and people from the hunter gatherer society of 50,000 BC to the Tokugawa shoguns of 1603–1867 AD, with particular focus on the traditional or shogunate period. It explores the importance of different cultural practices, personalities, events and forces within early and traditional Japanese society, and describes everyday life and the role of certain social groups including peasants, samurai warriors and shoguns. Ancient and Medieval Japan also looks at the origins of Japanese government, citizenship, spirituality, values and attitudes and explains the contribution of the Japanese to the world's cultural heritage in terms of philosophy, art and literature. The book is full colour throughout, draws on a wide range of sources and contains learning outcomes and focus issues. The activities will help to build students' historical skills while ensuring that history remains fun!