KS3 History by Aaron Wilkes: Renaissance, Revolution & Reformation Student Book (1485-1750)
No. of pages 144
Published: 2008
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This book is part of a book series called Ks3 History .
There are 144 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2008 by Oxford University Press .
Aaron Wilkes is an experienced author and history teacher at Castle High School, Dudley. James Ball is an ex-journalist and retrained history teacher based in the West Midlands Aaron Wilkes is an experienced author and History teacher at Castle High School, Dudley.
This book has the following chapters: WHAT IS HISTORY ; HERE COME THE TUDORS! ; HOW RELIGIOUS WERE THE TUDOR MONARCHS? ; A WORLD OF DISCOVERY ; HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING? 1 ; COULD YOU GET JUSTICE IN TUDOR ENGLAND? ; LIFE IN TUDOR ENGLAND ; ENGLAND ABROAD ; QUEEN ELIZABETH 1 ; EXIT THE TUDORS - ENTER THE STUARTS! ; ENGLAND AT WAR ; HOW TOLERANT WERE CROMWELL'S COMMONWEALTH ; LIFE IN RESTORATION ENGLAND ; HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING? 2 ; THE APPLIANCE OF SCIENCE ; WHO RULES? ; WHAT WAS BRITAIN LIKE BY 1750? ; HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING? 3
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...the cartoon illustrations and the 'stop to think, relate this to yourself' type questions are very engaging, especially for the younger user...The overall layout and use of primary information sources is very effective, as are the 'work' sections. The book is an easy read with mission objectives clearly set out, sections which reinforce the key words and information, it also shows the gory stuff too, children love that. I liked the fact that analytical skills are greatly encouraged throughout, I learned one or two things along the way too, the information is presented in a colourful, exciting, easy to imagine yourself there, manner. * TES Review Bank *
This is a fabulous, child-friendly history book. It is my 11-yr old's school history text book and she loves it so much that I bought her a copy of her own and intend to build up the range for her. The facts are all in there but presented in a fun, light-hearted manner with great diagrams - the gruesome after-effects of the beauty treatm
