This core book is aimed at average and above average ability Key Stage 4 National Curriculum pupils. All the material for the core unit is covered in such a way as to enable the most able to attain the highest levels, while it also remains accessible to those of average ability.

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford History For Gcse .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 4. KS4 covers school years 10 and 11, and ages 15-16 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.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 1994 by Oxford University Press .

J A Cloake, L Pellow and P M Johnson are experienced examiners and teachers.

This book has the following chapters: PART 1: DEMOCRACY AND SOCIETY IN BRITAIN 1901-1939; Who were the Edwardians?; Social reform, 1906-1939; The Liberals and the House of Lords; The suffragettes; The rise of the Labour party; The General Strike, 1926; The Depression: Britain and Germany; Politics and Depression; The Irish Free State; Women: roles and opportunities; PART 2: BRITAIN SINCE 1945; The impact of the Second World War; The Welfare State and nationalism; The motor car; Popular culture; Immigration and race relations: Britain and the USA; Britain and Northern Ireland; Labour and politics in the 1970s; The decline of the British economy, 1950-1975; The Thatcher years, 1979-1990; The Falklands War; Computers, technology and change; People and politics; PART 3: BRITAIN AND THE WIDER WORLD; Britain and India: The struggle for independence; The Suez crises, 1956; France and Algeria; The Cold War: origins and motives; Superpower relations; The United Nations; The EEC; Britain's changing world role since 1945; Winston Churchill: The role of the individual