The Making of the UK for Common Entrance and Key Stage 3 (History for Common Entrance)

The Making of the UK for Common Entrance and Key Stage 3 (History for Common Entrance)

by Colin Shephard (Author), Martin Collier (Author), Colin Shephard (Author), Martin Collier (Author), Rosemary Rees (Author)

Synopsis

Motivate and thoroughly prepare your pupils for Common Entrance history exams with these ISEB-endorsed textbooks. The Making of the UK for Common Entrance and Key Stage 3 covers the Early Modern period of British History - especially focusing on: - The Tudors - the challenges, successes and failures of Tudor monarchs - The Stuarts - particularly the causes and consequences of the English Civil War - The Restoration - the return of the king and changes taking place in the United Kingdom. Key features of our approach: - A bold, meaty and authoritative narrative providing clear explanation of the content - Carefully constructed tasks developing pupils understanding of the content and building their extended writing skills - particularly preparing them for the challenge of the Common Entrance essay - Source Investigations on each of the current and planned nominated topics in the syllabus - Advice on how to prepare for the Common Entrance examination. Additional features: - 'What?' and 'Who?' boxes throughout the text develop historical vocabulary and biographical knowledge. - 'Did you know?' boxes focus on fascinating, amusing, or illuminating details of history - trivia with a purpose.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Publisher: Hodder Education
Published: 25 Jan 2008

ISBN 10: 0340899832
ISBN 13: 9780340899830
Book Overview: Motivate and thoroughly prepare your pupils for Common Entrance history exams with these ISEB-endorsed textbooks.

Author Bio
Colin Shephard was formerly the Director of the Schools History Project. He is Chief Examiner for OCR GCSE Modern World History, and is leading the development of the new and innovative History GCSE Specification being piloted from 2006-2008. much in demand as trainer for GCSE and IGCSE. He was the Series Editor of the Discovering the Past series for both Key Stage 3 and GCSE.