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Exam board: OCR (Specification B, SHP)Level: GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018An OCR endorsed textbookLet SHP successfully steer you through the OCR B specification with an exciting, enquiry-based series, combining best practice teaching methods and worthwhile tasks to develop students' historical knowledge and skills.> Tackle unfamiliar topics with confidence: The engaging, accessible text covers the content you need for teacher-led lessons and independent study> Ease the transition to GCSE: Step-by-step enquiries inspired by best practice in KS3 help to simplify lesson planning and ensure continuous progression within and across units> Build the knowledge and understanding that students need to succeed: The scaffolded three-part task structure enables students to record, reflect on and review their learning> Boost student performance: Suitably challenging tasks encourage high achievers to excel at GCSE while clear explanations make key concepts accessible to all> Rediscover your enthusiasm for source work: A range of purposeful, intriguing visual and written source material is embedded at the heart of each investigation to enhance understanding> Develop students' sense of period: Memorable case studies, diagrams, infographics and contemporary photos bring fascinating events and people to life

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Change the history that pupils learn at Key Stage 3. Reframe familiar topics, discover forgotten stories and amplify unheard voices.Through an evocative, story-based approach, this ground-breaking course brings together historical scholarship and enquiry, presenting a truly diverse, inclusive and ambitious history curriculum.This is the history we owe to our pupils. This is the past for today and tomorrow.> Establish a strong foundation of British history. A clear, chronological spine underpins each book, empowering pupils with the knowledge they need to understand, question or disrupt national narratives.> Journey far beyond Britain. Move between local and global, between small details and wider developments, as the books blend depth and overview, expanding pupils'' knowledge of people, places and events around the world and the links between them.> Use the power of story to transform your teaching. Captivated by v

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Exam board: OCR (Specification B, SHP)Level: GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018An OCR endorsed textbook.Help more students to access the content for OCR GCSE History B (SHP) with this Foundation Edition, designed to work alongside the mainstream textbook for effective co-teaching in the same class.Covering The Making of America 1789-1900, this book:> Follows the same structure and page numbers as the mainstream textbook so that students of all abilities can explore the same enquiries> Simplifies and reduces the text on each page, using carefully-controlled vocabulary and clear explanations of key terms> Focuses on the key points that students need to understand and includes new content summaries at the end of each enquiry to reinforce learning> Offers full support for the student tasks, using a wide range of scaffolding to make the tasks accessible and achievable> Provides specific assessment guidance and develops the historical thinking skills required for success at GCSE

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Help every pupil to know more, look closer, think deeper and write better as they develop their historical knowledge and skills throughout Key Stage 3 and get 'GCSE-ready'.Exploring the stories of fascinating people, places and events through an enquiry approach, this Student Book familiarises KS3 pupils with the different ways of thinking required for thematic, period, depth and site studies at GCSE.> Easily and cost-effectively implement a new KS3 curriculum. This coherent single-book course contains 120 lessons that experienced and non-specialist teachers can deliver with confidence, across a two or three-year KS3> Establish strong foundational knowledge of British History. The content has been meticulously selected to provide a chronological spine that contextualises GCSE content, saving you valuable time when teaching GCSE> Focus on building writing skills. GCSE-style command words and question types are introduced gradually, developing the extended writing skills that pupils need to reach the highest marks, whichever GCSE specification you follow> Effectively assess and demonstrate progress. Regular activities throughout the Student Book lead to end-of-enquiry tasks, supporting both formative and summative assessment of pupils' conceptual understanding and writing skills> Generate enthusiasm and respect for historical evidence. Pupils are encouraged to use sources and interpretations as part of their historical investigations, leading to a natural improvement in their analytical and evaluative skills

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