Stretch and challenge your students with SHP's longest-lived and bestselling series for GCSE History. This SHP Official Text is a comprehensive and authoritative development study for use with all GCSE specifications. It is written by experts who understand both how to design good teaching material and how to cover the GCSE assessment objectives thoroughly. The book combines: - Clear explanation of content - Classroom-trialled activities that really motivate students - Extensive and intriguing source material and case studies With an engaging, enquiry-based approach, this book will enliven any history course.

Author Biography

Ian Dawson is Publications Director of the Schools History Project and creator of the website thinkinghistory.co.uk which is pioneering work on active learning in History. He has been adviser to QCA on a wide range of issues in History teaching including the teaching of chronology. Ian Coulson is History Inspector in Kent and a nationally recognised expert on historical archives and has been closely involved in the development of the National Archives Learning Curve.