Bring the topic of the American West to life with this Dynamic Learning resource, designed to be used alongside any American West course for all GCSE specifications. CD-ROM 1: Investigations and Enquiries, provides a series of activities to cover the key content of the American West. Activities range from Flash-based animations and source-based labelling activities, to MovieMaker and Voting exercises. Image and Source Banks are also provided. CD-ROM 2: Review and Revise, comprises activities to enable students to review and consolidate their learning, test their knowledge and develop their revision and examination skills. Features such as 'Maps in the American West' enable students to develop a clearer picture of the overall story of this period in American history. The activities provided on both CD-ROMs offer alternative outcomes for higher and lower ability students, and with the inclusion of the Image and Source Banks the Lesson Builder can be used to adapt the resources to your own class' needs. [This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].

 

 

This is volume 1 in Discovering the Past For Gcse .

This book 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 2010 by Hodder Education .

Sally Burnham is an experienced author and trainer and teaches History at Carre's Grammar School in Sleaford. Sally Burnham - former Head of History at Deacon's School, Peterborough; Dave Martin - History advisor, formerly in Dorset, now in East Sussex. Also involved in teacher training for the OU; Nigel Watt - Head of History at All Saints Church of England Comp. School, Weymouth