"Living Through History" is a complete Key Stage 3 course which brings out the exciting events in history. The course is available in two different editions, Core and Foundation. Every core title in the series has a parallel Foundation edition. Each Evaluation Pack includes the Assessment and Resource Pack and a free compendium volume student book. The resource packs include a variety of tasks which students should find interesting and enjoyable. They also include differentiated exercises to provide support for less able students and challenging work for more able students. Assessment exercises for the compulsory study units aim to help teachers monitor progress through NC levels.

 

This book is part of a book series called Living Through History .

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 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Pearson Education Limited .

Jane Shuter was a primary school teacher for many years before becoming a full-time writer of children's non fiction. Her fascination with ancient Egypt began at the age of eight, when she saw her first mummy. She has written many books on the subject. Colin Shephard and Rosemary Rees are experienced examiners and accomplished textbook authors.

This book has the following chapters: Twentieth Century WorldChapter 1 The modern world: an introduction1. 1 The First World War 1914-181. 2 The First World War: the trenches1. 3 Cowards and traitors?1. 4 The suffragettes go to war1. 5 The Treaty of VersaillesChapter 2 2. 1 The rise of dictators2. 2 The Second World War2. 3 The battle for Britain2. 4 Bombs, bombs, bombs2. 5 Keeping the children safe2. 6 Winnie's war2. 7 The secret armies: the resistance movements in occupied Europe2. 8 The secret armies: the Special Operations Executive2. 9 Collaborators and traitors2. 10 Secrets and spies2. 11 The GIs: a different kind of invasion2. 12 Germany - a divided nation2. 13 The Japanese Empire - short-lived sucess2. 14 The HolocaustChapter 33. 1 The Cold War3. 2 The Cuban missile crisis 3. 3 Europeans go home 3. 4 The war in Vietnam3. 5 The United Nations: an organisation for peace?3. 6 The United Nations: an organisation for war?3. 7 Postwar Britain: early childhood memories 1947 - 523. 8 Postwar Britain: schoolgirl memories 1952 onwards3. 9 South Africa - a united nation?