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 .

There are 160 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 2009 by Oxford University Press .

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

This book has the following chapters: WHAT IS HISTORY ; BRITAIN BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ; FROM FARMING TO FACTORIES ; HOW WAS TRANSPORT IMPROVED? ; THE AGE OF INVENTION ; TERRIBLE TOWNS ; COULD YOU GET JUSTICE IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN? ; HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING? 1 ; BRITAIN AT WAR ; A CHANGING NATION ; HOW RELIGIOUS WAS VICTORIAN BRITAIN? ; BRITISH CULTURE ; HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING? 2 ; BRITAIN ABROAD ; HOW TOLERANT WAS VICTORIAN BRITAIN? ; WHO RULES? ; WHAT WAS BRITAIN LIKE BY 1900? ; HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING? 3