Description
Book SynopsisThink more deeply and work more independently at A level History through a carefully thought-out enquiry approach from SHP.
Enquiring History: It makes you think!
The OFSTED report on school history suggests that the current generation of A Level students have been poorly served by exam-based textbooks which spoon-feed students while failing to enthuse them or develop deeper understandings of studying History
The Schools History Project has risen to this challenge with a new series for the next generation. Enquiring History is SHP''s fresh approach to Advanced Level History that aims:
- To motivate and engage readers
- To help readers think and gain independence as learners
- To encourage enquiry, and deeper understanding of periods and the people of the past
- To engage with current scholarship
- To prepare A Level students for university
Key features of each Student book:
- Clear compelling narrative - books are desig
Trade Review
An A level text that isn't produced by an exam board is always very welcome - this is very readable without being too simplistic (as some texts are). Challenging but accessible - I'll definitely keep a look out for more like this. * Amazon reviewer *
Table of Contents
- : 1 The French Revolution: The essentials
- : 2 What were people complaining about in the early 1780s?
- : 3 Why did Louis XVI call the Estates-General?
- : 4 What sort of revolution took place in 1789?
- : 5 What caused the French Revolution?
- : 6 Was Louis XVI chiefly to blame for the failure of constitutional monarchy?
- : 7 Why did violence explode in August and September 1792?
- : 8 Why did violence increase to become the Terror, 1793-94?
- : 9 How successful was the Directory, 1795-99?
- : 10 Did all revolutionaries share Robespierre's motives?
- : Conclusion: Does the French Revolution still matter?
