Drawing on over 60 years' combined experience of history teaching and history curriculum leadership, Carr, Hibbert, Priggs and Richards explore ways to make history memorable, engage students in historical thinking and secure excellent outcomes for all. Their perspective is grounded in history's disciplinary distinctiveness and a vision for its purpose in students' education.The authors of Secondary History in Action articulate practical approaches to history curriculum de...

It's time to tell the story of the Empire from the perspectives of peoples who were colonised**.**Understand the nuances of the British Empire in different periods and places as you examine this complex, controversial history with respect and rigour.> Explore differing experiences around the world. This book has more breadth and depth than any other, helping pupils to consider what the Empire meant for people in Ireland, Am...

Bringing together political theorists and specialists in Canadian politics, Applied Political Theory and Canadian Politics combinesconceptual frameworks from political theory and empirical evidence to offer fresh perspectives on political events in contemporary Canada. Examining complex and timely subjects such as equality, social justice, democracy, citizenship, and ethnic diversity, contributors present current and archival research supplemented with insights drawn from politica...

Bringing together political theorists and specialists in Canadian politics, Applied Political Theory and Canadian Politics combinesconceptual frameworks from political theory and empirical evidence to offer fresh perspectives on political events in contemporary Canada. Examining complex and timely subjects such as equality, social justice, democracy, citizenship, and ethnic diversity, contributors present current and archival research supplemented with insights drawn from politica...

Had the camp been allowed to award one VC, the recipient of that honour would have been Arthur Lang, and that by universal acclamation... In September1857, an inexperienced young Engineer officer, was given what turned out to be a key role at the turning point of the Indian Mutiny. He had to decide weather the breaches at the Kashmere bastion were wide enough to allow for the attack, and had then lead the assault on himself. To those who saw him then, 'fighting like a paladin,' through the...