This collection of non-fiction extracts has been selected to meet the National Curriculum and GCSE requirements to study non-fiction texts. The extracts included have been chosen to interest and motivate 14-16-year-old students and cover a range of genres.

 

This book is part of a book series called New Windmills .

There are 144 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2000 by Pearson Education Limited .

This book has the following chapters:

Section 1 The Time of Our Lives

Children and the War by Agatha Bowley

Super-sleuths Wanted! Anchor Trust

When Daddy Came Home, by Barry Turner and Tony Rennell

The Millennium: A Rough Guide to the Year 2000 by Nick Hanna

'50 Revolutions per Minute', The Face

Section 2 Transforming Influences

And When Did You Last See Your Father? by Blake Morrison

Heard on the Radio

The Lisa Potts Story by Lisa Potts

Crazy Horse by Larry McMurtry

War Diaries and Letters edited by Jon E. Lewis

Section 3 Making Connections

Teen Sex? by Hester Lacey

Siblings for Sale! by Sarah Gill

Physical Education, by Pat Browne, Lene Matzen and Janie Whyld

Aleppo Hamam, by Angela Barrs

Men are Hopeless at Talking. by John Diamond and Nigella Lawson

Section 4 My Place

In Residence by Mark Morriss

Neighbour Noise Problems, National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection

Air Pollution, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Floodline, The Environment Agency

Climate Action in Calderdale, Treesponsibility

Section 5 Citizens of the World

Winners Who Lost Everything, by Fergal Keane

An interview with Rachel O'Connor

This is Your Last Chance to Support Our Team, Christian Aid

Speaking Out: Black Girls in Britain, edited by Audrey Osler

Last Month Paul Helped Install. a Well in Mozambique, Oxfam