The second pupil book in a groundbreaking Key Stage 3 series designed to grab pupils’ attention with its fresh approach to traditional contenPresenting the Past 2 includes: Elizabeth I and her problemsWho were the Tudors?What should Elizabeth do first?A Spanish view of the ArmadaCharles I and Oliver CromwellThe Execution of Charles I: film versus historianWas Oliver Cromwell a war criminal?How close to success did the Jacobites come?Who fought at the Battle of Culloden?Who needs the Stuarts?Images of an ageWhat can we learn from portraits 1500-1750?Can we use modern films as historical evidence?
Andrew Wrenn, History Adviser, Cambridgeshire; co-author of Minds and Machines (Longman Think Through History);Keith Worrall, Humanities Adviser, Doncaster; co-author of History Investigations
‘’…bursting with exciting tasks, thinking skills and historical games….A blast of fresh air for history teachers everywhere.’’The Teacher