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007459
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Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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32pSky Blue Spine
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Explore History
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Covers the period from the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in about 3100 BC to the time of the Roman invasion of Egypt. It explores what we can find out about Egypt from what has survived.
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What do we already know about ancient Egypt?
What can we learn about ancient Egypt from one object?
What does the landscape tell us about life in ancient Egypt?
How much of the life of ancient Egypt depended on the Nile?
What objects survive from the time of the ancient Egyptians?
What do objects that have survived tell us about farming in ancient Egypt?
What do objects that have survived tell us about food in ancient Egypt?
What do buildings that have survived tell us about ancient Egypt?
What does writing and art that has survived tell us about ancient Egypt?
What does technology that has survived tell us about ancient Egypt?
What did the ancient Egyptians believe about life after death?
What can we learn about ancient Egypt from what has survived?
Timeline
Glossary
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0431102066 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 007850 | 932/SHU | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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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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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
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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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010914
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Great Britain, Southwater, 2008.
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64pLigth Green Spine
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Explore History
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Discover the prehistoric world and find out what it was like to live through the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, and how the first settled communities grew up.
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Finding the evidence
The toolmakers
The coming of fire
The spread of the Hominids
Neandethals
Wise man
The first Europeans
The Ice age
Images of the Ice age
The first Australians
Early Americans
The thaw begins
A better food supply
Rock paintings
The first farmers
Plants and animals
The coming of trade
Pots and potters
European settlements
Asian communities
The Americas
Hunting and gathering
The first metalworkers
Megaliths
Lake villages
The Iron age
Birth of civilizationn
Glossary
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1844769494X Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 011070 | 930.1/BRO | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
007458
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Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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32pSky Blue Spine
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Explore History
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Covers the period from the Roman Invasion in AD 43 to the Norman Conquest of 1066, with particular emphasis on the Romans.
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Why do people move away from where they were born?
Who invaded and settled in Britain a long time ago?
A Roman case study -
How do we know about the Romans and Celts?
Who was Boudicca?
What happened in AD 60?
How did the Romans change Britain when they settled here?
An Anglo-Saxon case study -
How was the grave at Sutton Hoo discovered?
What was life like at the time the person in the grave was alike?
How did the Romans change Britain when they settled here?
What we found out about who was buried in the Sutton Hoo grave?
A Viking case study -
Why did the Vikings travel from their homelands and where did they go?
When did the Vikings come to Britain to raid and to stay?
What evidence is there that the Vikings settled in Britain?
Timeline
Glossary
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0431102007 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 007849 | 941.01/MID | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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010009
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Great Britain, Southwater, 2000.
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64pGrey Spine
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Explore History
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Traces the evolution of scientific thought and amazing breakthroughs, from the discoveries of the ancient Greeks to the microchip.
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Introduction
Inventing Mathematics
Star gazing
The first scientist
Roman engineers
Where and when
The great anatomists
The moving earth
Force and motion
Atoms and matter
Factory and furnace
The charged world
Steam powet
The story of lfe
On the road
Off the ground
Rays and radiation
Space and time
The big universe
Miracle cures
Nuclear power
Lifeplan
The power of the processor
Space age
Instant contact
Artificial materials
Life changing
Glossary
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9781844765591 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 010419 | 500/FAR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
007066
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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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Tudor World covers the period from the beginning of the Tudorperiod in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603.
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Why did Henry VIII marry six times?
How many times did Henry VIII marry?
What was Henry VIII like a person?
What did Henry VIII do all day?
Why did Henry divorce Catherine of Aragon?
Did marrying Anne Boleyn or Jane Seymour solve Henry's problems?
Why did the marriage to Anne of Cleves fail?
Why did Henry marry Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr?
What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people of Tudor times?
How did money affect people's lives?
How comfortable were the lives of rich Tudor people?
What can inventions tell us about the lives of people at this time?
What was life like for poor people in Tudor times?
How different were the lives of rich and poor people?
Timeline
Glossary
Index
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0431102031 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 007537 | 942.05/MID | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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