Présentation de l'éditeur
The second pupil book in a groundbreaking Key Stage 3 series designed to grab pupils’ attention with its fresh approach to traditional conten
Presenting the Past 2 includes: Elizabeth I and her problems Who were the Tudors? What should Elizabeth do first? A Spanish view of the Armada
Charles I and Oliver Cromwell The Execution of Charles I: film versus historian Was Oliver Cromwell a war criminal?
How close to success did the Jacobites come? Who fought at the Battle of Culloden? Who needs the Stuarts?
Images of an age What can we learn from portraits 1500-1750? Can we use modern films as historical evidence?
Revue de presse
‘’…bursting with exciting tasks, thinking skills and historical games….A blast of fresh air for history teachers everywhere.’’
The Teacher
Quatrième de couverture
• This ground-breaking series for 11–14 year olds brings a fresh approach to traditional content.
• Supports literacy skills, with imaginative use of texts and images.
• Makes a clear contribution to citizenship teaching.
• Helps History teachers implement the QCA Scheme of Work in a creative way.
• The balance of briefings, narratives and investigations will inspire and motivate pupils.
• Dramatic stories told in colourful detail with stimulating activities will enable pupils to develop thinking skills.
• Investigations, with an emphasis on how interpretations are made by historians, film-makers, novelists and museum curators, will encourage pupils to interact with primary source material.
• Highly-illustrated design intergarted iwith a carefully controlled language level will engage less-able pupils.
Opposrtunities for sophisiticated historical analysis, extended writing and oracy will meet the needs of more-able pupils.
Biographie de l'auteur
Andrew Wrenn, History Adviser, Cambridgeshire; co-author of Minds and Machines (Longman Think Through History);
Keith Worrall, Humanities Adviser, Doncaster; co-author of History Investigations
