Motivate and thoroughly prepare your pupils for Common Entrance history exams with these ISEB-endorsed textbooks.
Medieval Realms for Common Entrance and Key Stage 3 covers the popular topic Medieval Britain - especially focusing on: - Good and bad monarchs from William I to Richard III - Religious life - including life in monasteries and convents and the Crusades - Social life - village life, town life and medieval medicine.
Key features of our approach: - A bold, meaty and authoritative narrative providing clear explanation of the content - Carefully constructed tasks developing pupils understanding of the content and building their extended writing skills - particularly preparing them for the challenge of the Common Entrance essay - Source Investigations on each of the current and planned nominated topics in the syllabus - Advice on how to prepare for the Common Entrance examination.
Additional features: - 'What?' and 'Who?' boxes throughout the text develop historical vocabulary and biographical knowledge. - 'Did you know?' boxes focus on fascinating, amusing, or illuminating details of history - trivia with a purpose.
The Middle Ages: an overview SECTION 1 GOOD AND BAD MONARCHS What made
a good medieval monarch? Unit 1 How did William and the Normans conquer
England? Unit 2 Matilda or Stephen: who should reign? Unit 3 Who made the
biggest mistakes: John or Henry III? Unit 4 Edward I: why was he such a
success? Unit 5 Richard II and the Peasants' Revolt: was he brave or
devious? Unit 6 Who was the real Henry V? Unit 7 The Wars of the Roses: an
overview Unit 8 Richard III: wicked uncle or loyal brother? SECTION 2
RELIGION IN THE MIDDLE AGES Welcome to Canterbury Unit 9 Church and State:
Henry versus Becket Unit 10 A visit to Canterbury Cathedral Unit 11 Monks
and nuns: what did they do and why did they do it? Unit 12 Why was the
Church so important to peasants? Unit 13 What do Crusades tell us about the
power of religion in the Middle Ages? SECTION 3 HOW DID ORDINARY PEOPLE
LIVE? The medieval market place Unit 14 Villages and towns: how did they
change and why? Unit 15 Health and medicine: how did medieval people cope
with disease? Unit 16 Law and order: how was it enforced? Unit 17 What
about the women? Answering questions on a Common Entrance paper Practice
source exercises
Colin Shephard was formerly the Director of the Schools History Project. He is Chief Examiner for OCR GCSE Modern World History, and is leading the development of the new and innovative History GCSE Specification being piloted from 2006-2008. much in demand as trainer for GCSE and IGCSE. He was the Series Editor of the Discovering the Past series for both Key Stage 3 and GCSE.
