AQA GCSE Modern World History - Softcover

Walsh, Ben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340981814 ISBN 13: 9780340981818

Publisher: Hodder Education, 2009

Synopsis

An AQA specific edition of the best selling textbook for GCSE Modern World History. It comprehensively covers the new specification for 2009 onwards and provides a winning combination that will meet the needs of all students. - clear, engaging and provocative author text which brings the period to life and summarises complicated history clearly without being simplistic. - Focus Tasks which steadily deepen students' understanding of the content (exactly targeting each Key Issue of the AQA specification) while progressively building their history skills. - original and relevant source material - written and visual - all of which is used for historical investigation not just for illustration. - state-of-the-art ICT support in the form of a Dynamic Learning network CD ROM from an author who leads the field in developing the use of ICT to help refine students historical thinking. - authoritative interpretation of the AQA specification by an experienced examiner, trainer and teacher. - associated revision book in full colour. In its first and second editions this book has provided students with what they need to achieve top grades; and provided teachers with what they need to teach a rewarding and worthwhile course. A winning combination - don't settle for less.

* New AQA specific edition of the best selling textbook for GCSE Modern World History that has ensured exam success for hundreds of thousands of students.
* Written by a senior examiner and trainer for a major awarding body who thoroughly understands the demands of the AQA specification and who also taught this specification for many years.
* Focus tasks on each Key Issue of the AQA specification guarantee a clear match to the requirements of the AQA examination.
* Exam advice features explain what AQA examiners are looking for in each style of question and shows how the Focus Tasks help students acquire both the necessary content knowledge and the essential conceptual understanding to improve their examination grade.
* Supported by three Dynamic Learning network CD ROMs which provide extensive ICT based activities for all key topics for use on school VLEs, networks and whiteboards and through the 'lesson builder' technology allow teachers to remix and adapt the content however they please and to create unforgettable lessons at the click of a mouse.
* Comprehensive Teacher's Resource Book available in print and on CD, and high-quality, full colour, authoritative revision materials.

About this title

About the Author:

Ben Walsh is an experienced GCSE history teacher and a best-selling author and a celebrated expert in the use of digital technology in History teaching. He taught AQA Modern World History for many years at Stafford College. As well as writing best selling books for GCSE Modern World History he has been the key developer of the highly praised Learning Curve online exhibitions for the National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) and he has blazed a trail in the use of digital video archives in the teaching of GCSE history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Education
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0340981814
• ISBN 13: 9780340981818
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 378