Understanding People in the Past" is a series of books specifically developed to meet the requirements of the Scottish 5-14 curriculum in History. Each book consists of accessible text integrated with a range of illustrative material and a variety of pupil activities. The texts enable pupils to become familiar with a range of sources of evidence and the change, continuity, cause and effect. An understanding of time and sequence, an appreciation of heritage and the influence of the past on the present are also developed. This text examines medieval times in Scotland and is structured around stories of key monarchs and their roles. However, the book also takes a personalized approach, enabling pupils to understand the lives of ordinary people and how it felt to live in those times.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Understanding People in the Past .

There are 48 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 1996 by Hodder Arnold .

This book has the following chapters: Making a kingdom: who lived in Scotland 1000 years ago?; how do we know about them?; a warrior and a queen; David, maker of Scotland 1124-1153; De Morville's new castle; working the land; the idea of Scotland; the builders of Glasgow Cathedral. Defending a kingdom: troubled times; William Wallace; the Battle of Stirling Bridge 1297; attacking a stone castle; Robert Bruce; the Battle of Bannockburn 1314; good King Robert? 1306-1329. Living in a kingdom: life in a castle; the townspeople of Aberdeen; life in a medieval town; the monks of Melrose; the abbey's sheep farms; the Highlanders; the border.