History First is an unparalleled course for Key Stage 3 that combines narrative, rich sources and vivid artwork to engage pupils in History. Created by an expert team of authors, including Alf Wilkinson of the Historical Association.

Helps pupils develop a true understanding of chronology

Easy-reference time-lines and revisiting of themes develops strong chronological understanding and encourages pupils to look back at earlier learning and evaluate change over time

Gives pupils a more in-depth knowledge of the past

Activities encourage pupils to further investigate characters and reinforce the significance of historical events

Deepens pupils' engagement with History

Strong and provocative historical personalities and narratives encourage analysis of past events and evaluations of different historical interpretations

Enriches whole-class and group learning

Lively, interactive lesson starters and plenaries, PowerPoint presentations, editable activities and a bank of photographs and artwork on the Teacher's CD-ROMs

Saves valuable planning time

Editable teaching support material and creative ICT activities provided on the Teacher's CD-ROMs

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 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Pearson Education Limited .