Ensure your pupils are thoroughly prepared for the new-style Common Entrance History examinations with this revised edition of a best-selling, ISEB-endorsed textbook.

The first edition of Making of the UK became a best-seller because of the way it combined step-by-step building of pupils' historical understanding and skill with thoughtful and targeted exam preparation. This second edition faithfully retains that approach while thoroughly revising the exam advice to cover the new approach to source evaluation required for the Common Entrance examinations from 2015.

Key features of our approach:
- Read! The bold, meaty and authoritative narrative provides clear explanation of the content
- Think! For each topic carefully constructed tasks build pupil's understanding of the content
- Prepare! There is also extensive advice and practice in how to write Common Entrance essays and how to evaluate historical sources to ensure pupils are thoroughly prepared for the Common Entrance examination.

Plus a new feature for the second edition: 'An historian writes..' - accessible but stimulating insights from secondary sources which contribute to pupils' wider understanding of the topic and expose them to historical viewpoints on the events they are studying.

This book is part of a book series called History For Common Entrance .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 216 pages in this book. This is a study guide book. This book was published 2014 by Hodder Education .

Martin Collier is Headteacher of St John's School, Leatherhead; was formerly Head of History at Oundle School and is an experienced marker of Common Entrance History papers Colin Shephard and Rosemary Rees are experienced examiners and accomplished textbook authors.

This book has the following chapters:

• • Introduction: what was England like in 1500?
• Section 1: The Tudors: power and religion
• • Unit 1: Henry VII: how secure was he?
  • Unit 2: What really mattered to Henry VIII?
  • Unit 3: Edward VI: unfinished business!
  • Unit 4: Mary I: she did it her way!
  • Unit 5: Elizabeth I: what made her successful?
• Section 2: The Stuarts: Civil War and Commonwealth
• • Unit 6: Introduction to the Stuarts
  • Unit 7: The causes of the English Civil War
  • Unit 8: The English Civil War
  • Unit 9: Oliver Cromwell: hero or villain?
• Section 3: 1658-1750: Restoration and settlement
• • Unit 10: Charles II: had things really changed?
  • Unit 11: How glorious was the Glorious Revolution?
  • Unit 12: Who were John Churchill and Robert Walpole?
  • Unit 13: A united kingdom?
  • Unit 14: Widening horizons: exploration and settlement
  • Conclusion: a changing society 1500-1750