This gripping and intriguing Student Book combines an enquiry-led approach with factual narrative. Written by experienced Head of History, Aaron Wilkes in an approachable and understandable style, including: relevant and fascinating facts, interesting and motivating activities, and specific sections to extend or reinforce learning. Content has been thoroughly researched and revised in this popular 2nd edition.

 

This book is part of a book series called Ks3 History .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Oxford University Press .

Aaron Wilkes is an experienced author and History teacher at Castle High School, Dudley. 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

This book has the following chapters: WHAT IS HISTORY? ; INTO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ; BRITAIN AT WAR (1) ; AMERICA'S CENTURY ; HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING? 1 ; WHO RULES? ; DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP ; HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING? 2 ; BRITAIN AT WAR (2) ; COLD WAR ; BRITAIN ABROAD ; HOW TOLERANT IS MODERN BRITAIN? ; PROTEST AND TERROR ; CAN YOU GET JUSTICE IN MODERN BRITAIN? ; HOW RELIGIOUS IS MODERN BRITAIN? ; GOING GLOBAL ; LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK ; HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING? 3