Investigating History is a programme for Key Stage 3, which provides thematic coverage of key periods and uses historical enquiries as a means of examining change over time. Elements of the Key Stage 3 Strategy are included throughout as a means of enhancing the study of history. Investigating History: Britain, 1750-1900 Teacher Resource CD-ROM contains guidance and support materials for teachers. Including: Lesson plans to accompany each enquiry and summative activity Clearly defined objectives relating to the History Programme of Study and the Key Stage 3 Strategy Guidance on how to use the series most effectively in relation to differentiation and assessment A range of support activities that can be used by pupils of varying ability to complete enquiries and summative tasks (usable as either electronic or print-based tasks) Self-standing homework activities

 

This book is part of a book series called Investigating 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 was published 2004 by Hodder Education .

John D Clare is Deputy Headteacher at Greenfields Comprehensive School, Newton Aycliffe and a well-known author of educational textbooks.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction - what can Jack the Ripper tell us?; an age of wonder - how did the Victorians feel about the Industrial Revolution?; a case of murder - did the Industrial Revolution destroy its own children?; "A Tale of Two Cities" - what was life like in Dickens' London?; Victorian religion - did God die in the 19th century?; ruling Britannia - did the Victorians invent democracy?; heroes in the hunt for health - who did most for medicine in the 19th century?; the empire - should Britons be proud of the British Empire?; postscript - what did Jack the Ripper ever do for us?