This pupil's book is part of a history unit designed to suit pupils of all abilities who are investigating the powerful events of the Great War. It embraces all strands of the Attainment Targets of the National Curriculum in Key Stage 3 - particularly Years 8 and 9 (ages 12 and 13). The pupil's book is accompanied by a teacher's evaluation pack which gives teachers guidance on National Curriculum Attainment Targets and assessment, together with photocopiable worksheets for homework and to support exercises in the pupil's book. "Britain and the Great War" is part of the "Discovering the Past" seris, an integrated series of full-colour textbooks covering National Curriculum history for ages 5 to 16.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Discovering the Past For Gcse .

There are 72 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 1993 by Hodder Arnold .

This book has the following chapters: Section 1 Introduction: Edwardian Britain - the Golden Age; was the Golden Age coming to an end?. Section 2 The war begins: why did war break out in 1914?; steps to war; why wasn't it "all over by Christmas?"?. Section 3 What was life like on the Front?: what was life really like on the Western Front?; the Western Front - the view from Britain; coming home; images and impressions of the war; Field Marshall Haig - "the butcher of the Somme"?; did technology help break the stalemate?. Section 4 The Home Front: how was Britian organized to fight the war?. Section 5 did anything change as a result of the war?: what kind of country did the soldiers come back to?; was the war a turning point for women?.