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Be A History Detective

8 books in this series

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  Perfect for studying history at Key Stage 2 (age 7-11)
  

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  History through historical enquiry, using range of sources of information is a key requirement at KS2.
  

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  A differentiated text edition of the successful 'History Detective' series; the text has been simplified to make the books more suitable for a wider range of abilities.
  

Sample Spread From Series

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  A Tudor Home

  Contents:
  

  • Tudor homes
  • Building Tudor homes
  • Tudor chimneys
  • Tudor windows
  • Tudor beds
  • Tudor toilets
  • Washing
  • Tudor kitchens
  • Inside Tudor homes
  • Tudor gardens
  • Town houses
  • Ingatestone Hall
  • Your project
  • Glossary
  • Answers
  • Books to read
  • Places to visit
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5704 6

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  Tudor Medicine

  Contents:
  

  • Surviving in Tudor times
  • Tudor doctors
  • How were doctors trained?
  • Making Tudor medicines
  • Tudor operations
  • Were there female doctors?
  • Were there hospitals?
  • Who treated royalty?
  • Medical books
  • Medical help for the poor
  • The plague
  • Learning about the past
  • Your project
  • Glossary
  • Further information
  • Answers
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5703 9

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  A Tudor Theatre

  Contents:
  

  • Did the Tudors invent acting?
  • What were inn-yard theatres?
  • Could anyone be an actor?
  • Who were the youngest actors?
  • When were new theatres built?
  • What were theatres like?
  • Were there special effects?
  • Who went to the theatre?
  • Who was Will Shakespeare?
  • Were all theatres open-air?
  • How were theatres built?
  • How does archaeology help?
  • Your project
  • Glossary
  • Answers
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5701 5

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  A Tudor War

  Contents:
  

  • How did the Tudors win the throne of England?
  • How did people become soldiers?
  • What was it like to be a Tudor soldier?
  • What weapons did Tudor soldiers use?
  • What was it like to fight in a battle?
  • What happened to wounded soldiers?
  • Where was the most dangerous place in Tudor Britain?
  • What kind of forts did the Tudors build?
  • How did people become sailors?
  • What was it like to be a Tudor sailor?
  • Who was England’s most famous sailor?
  • How did England defeat the Spanish Armada?
  • Your project
  • Glossary
  • Answers
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5702 2

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  Victorian Crime

  Contents:
  

  • Victorian crime
  • Who were the ‘family people’?
  • Children and crime
  • Did crime ever pay?
  • The garotters
  • Poison murderers
  • What was a ‘peeler’?
  • Being arrested
  • The death penalty
  • Crowded prisons
  • Getting the boat
  • The separate system
  • Your project
  • Glossary
  • Answers
  • Books to read
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5705 3

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB