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ID:
007052
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Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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32pLight Blue Spine
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Explore History
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Summary/Abstract |
Each double-page spread poses a question about an aspect of history and then answers it with the help of written and pictorial primary sources. Explores the effects of the Second World War on children, including topics such as Blitz and evacuation, and looks at the changes that have taken place in British life since the end of the war.
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What was it like for children in the Second World War?
What was the Second World War?
What was the Blitz?
Why were children evacuated?
What was it like to be an evacuee?
What did people eat during the war?
In what other ways might the war have affected people?
What were children's experiences of the war?
What has been done since to prevent another world war?
How has life in Britain changed since 1948?
How can we begin to find out about change since the Second World War?
What are the changes in work and home life since 1948? When did these change happen?
What are the changes in technology and popular culture since 1948? When did these change happen?
What are the changes in Britain's population since 1948? When did these change happen?
What links and connections can we make between the changes in British life since 1948?
Timeline
Glossary
Index
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0431102163 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
007538 | 941.084/SHU | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
007196
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Publication |
Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2002.
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64pCream Spine
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Leading Lives
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Summary/Abstract |
This book gives a fascinating account of how Emmeline Pankhurst defied the authorities and much of society around her, becoming the strongest female voice to call for women's right to vote. It further explores her leadership of the suffragette movement and the lasting impact she had on the course of history.
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A strange welcome home
Childhood and youth
Marriage and London
Coming into her own
The WSPU
'We women are roused'
Fighting the good fight
The suffragette war
World War I
Crusader without a crusade
Legacy
Timeline
Key people of Pankhurst's time
Places to visit and further reading
Glossary
Index
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0431138699 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
007644 | 921/PAN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
006366
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Oxford, Heinemann Educational Publishers, 2004.
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223pPurple Spine
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Think History!
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Summary/Abstract |
Designed to support pupil's of all abilities and to improve their performance using Assessment for learning.
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Revolutions -
1. Were the changes in agriculture a revolution?
2. Were the changes in industry a revolution?
3. Working-class reactions : did everyone agree with the changes in agriculture and industry?
4. What political hurdles did people have to overcome to gain the vote?
Rights and freedom -
5. From slavery to civil rights : what was the black person's experience of the USA?
6. How 'great' was the British Empire?
7. How did life change for Jews living in Europe, 1914-45?
The changing nature of warfare in the twentieth century -
8. Why do wars happen?
9. How and why did twentieth century warfare change?
10. Has the impact of war on civilians changed during the twentieth century?
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0435313708 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
006844 | 941.07/BEE | Main | On Shelf | Teacher Resources | Teacher Resource |
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ID:
007694
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Edition |
2008 (Reprint)
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Publication |
Great Britain, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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272pGreen Spine
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Cambridge History Programme
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Summary/Abstract |
Matches the Core requirements of the OCR GCSE specifications and is also suitable for other GCSE History specifications.
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International Relations 1919-1989 -
The Origins of the First World War
The First World War
The Russian Revolution
Paris 1919
The Treaty of Versailles
The other peace treaties
Aftermath: the immediate consequences of the treaties
A harsh treaty
Review: the peace treaties of 1919-23
Setting up the League of Nations
Reparations:the Dawes and Young Plans
The spirit of Locarno
The Rise of Hitler
The Depression and international politics
Crisis in Manchuria
Mussolini and Italian fascism
The conquest of Abyssinia
Review:the rise and fall of the League of Nations
From the Rhineland to the 'Anschluss'
Munich and the destruction of Czechoslovakia
Different views of Appeasement
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
Hitler's War
Review: the 1930s-the road to war
The Second World War
The fall of the European Empires
The roots of the Cold War
1945: the breakdown of the wartime alliance
The Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshal Plan
American motives at the start of the Cold War
The Berlin Blockade and NATO
The start of the Cold War
Communist China
The Korean War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cold War and the Middle East
The Vietnam War
Review: Containing Communism
Tito and Stalin
The Red Army in Budapest and Prague
Building the Berlin Wall
Solidarity
Gorbachev and the fall of the Soviet Empire
Review: the Soviet Empire 1948-91
British History 1906-1918 -
What was Britain like in 1900?
Who ruled Britain in 1900?
Poverty in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century
Lloyd George and the Liberal social reforms
Social reforms 1905-15
How effective were these reforms?
Votes for women: the movement for female suffrage
Votes for women: the campaigns
The outbreak of war and British society
Army recruitment
Conscientious objectors
Daily life during the war-the home front
Women and the war effort
British propaganda during the First World War
The sinking of the Lusitania, May 1915
Women's suffrage
The end of war and the beginning of peace:1918
Review:British Society 1906-18
Germany 1918-1945
The Weimar Republic
The Spartacist Revolt
Democracy in Weimar Germany
Opposition to Weimar Germany,part one
Opposition to Weimar Germany, part two
1924-29: stabilisation and recovery?
The Nazi Party in the 1920s
Art and Culture in the Weimar Republic
Review: Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
The Depression: Nazi Germany and the war
Hitler comes to power
From democracy to dictatorship
Review:1930-34:Hitler's rise to power
Prominent Nazis
Coercion and consent
Propaganda
Nazi persecution
Totalitarianism
Young people in Nazi Germany
Women and the family
A popular regime?
1939-45: Germany at war
Review: 1933-45: Hitler's Germany
Index
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9780521003841 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
008132 | 909.82/McA | Main | On Shelf | Teacher Resources | Teacher Resource |
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