Exam board: Pearson Edexcel Level: GCSE (9-1) Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Help more students access the content for Pearson Edexcel GCSE History with this Foundation Edition, containing bespoke text and activities to support students working up to Grade 5. Covering Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91, this book: - Follows the same structure and page numbers as the mainstream textbook for effective co-teaching in the same class - Simplifies and reduces the text on each page, focusing on the essential knowledge that students need and using clear diagrams to explain more challenging concepts - Uses carefully-controlled vocabulary throughout, ensuring that the reading level is appropriate for all students, including those with lower literacy levels or English as an additional language (EAL) - Develops students' knowledge, understanding and skills through accessible and achievable tasks - Provides step-by-step guidance on how to answer exam questions and target a Grade 5, building students' confidence as they revise and practise for their exams - Includes definitions of 'useful words' and 'history words' at the start of each key topic to boost students' vocabulary

This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the International History 1870-1945 Option from the Cambridge AS History syllabus for first examination from 2021. Develop knowledge and analytical skills with engaging comprehensive coverage of the International History 1870-1945 Option from the Cambridge AS History syllabus for first examination from 2021. - Trust in the clear and authoritative content written by topic experts - Develop source skills through questions on a wide range of sources - Stay focused on the key issues you need to understand with questions throughout each chapter - Improve study and understanding through detailed chapter summary diagrams - Build confidence with applying your knowledge through exam guidance and exam-style questions

Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018 Endorsed for Edexcel Enable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this popular series from the leading History publisher for secondary schools. Medicine through time c.1250-present covers both the thematic study 'Medicine in Britain, c.1250-present' and the study of the historic environment 'The British sector of the Western Front, 1914-18: injuries, treatment and the trenches.'

"This Study Book covers the key knowledge for Option 11: Medicine in Britain, c1250-present & The British sector of the Western Front, 1914-1918: injuries, treatment and the trenches"--Back cover.

Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018 Endorsed for Edexcel Enable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this popular series from the leading History publisher for secondary schools. Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 covers all three key topics in the specification: 'The origins of the Cold War 1941-58'; 'Cold War crises, 1958-70'; 'The end of the Cold War, 1970-91.'

Supporting great history teaching: developing confident, articulate and successful historians. Our new resources* include 16 Student Books - one for every option in the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History specification - for first teaching from September 2016.

Exam focus -- Question 1: Key features -- Question 2: Source analysis -- Question 2(a): Utility -- Question 2(b): Framing a historical enquiry -- Question 3: Similarity or difference -- Question 4: Causation -- Questions 5 and 6: A judgement about change, continuity and significance

Chapter Introduction: Strategic history -- chapter 1 Themes and contexts of strategic history -- chapter 2 Carl von Clausewitz and the theory of war -- chapter 3 From limited war to national war: The French Revolution and the Napoleonic way of war -- chapter 4 The nineteenth century, I: A strategic view -- chapter 5 The nineteenth century, II: Technology, warfare and international order -- chapter 6 World War I, I: Controversies -- chapter 7 World War I, II: Modern warfare -- chapter 8 The twenty-year armistice, 1919-39 -- chapter 9 The mechanization of war -- chapter 10 World War II in Europe, I: The structure and course of total war -- chapter 11 World War II in Europe, II: Understanding the war -- chapter 12 World War II in Asia-Pacific, I: Japan and the politics of empire -- chapter 13 World War II in Asia-Pacific, II: Strategy and warfare -- chapter 14 The Cold War, I: Politics and ideology -- chapter 15 The Cold War, II: The nuclear revolution -- chapter 16 War and peace after the Cold War: An interwar decade -- chapter 17 9/11 and the age of terror -- chapter 18 Irregular warfare: Guerrillas, insurgents and terrorists -- chapter 19 War, peace and international order -- chapter 20 Conclusion: Must future strategic history resemble the past?.

Exam board: Pearson Edexcel Level: GCSE (9-1) Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Target success in Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision. Key content coverage is combined with exam-style questions, revision tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge. With My Revision Notes every student can: > Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner > Enjoy an interactive approach to revision, with clear topic summaries that consolidate knowledge and related activities that put the content into context > Build, practise and enhance exam skills by progressing through activities set at different levels > Improve exam technique through exam-style questions and sample answers with commentary > Get exam ready with extra quick quizzes and answers to the activities available online This revision guide covers the following options: > Medicine in Britain c1250-present and The British sector of the Western Front, 1914-18 > Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88 > Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 > Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39