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Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: International GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Endorsed for Pearson Edexcel qualificationsFollow the tried-and-tested methods of bestselling author Ben Walsh. This book builds the skills required for exam success, helps students to remember all the content and makes History really interesting. The authors have listened to feedback from teachers and students about the challenging aspects of the specification, to ensure that they deliver the support you need. You can rely on this textbook to:> Ensure that History is accessible to all. Straightforward language, manageable chunks of text and plenty of bullet points guide you through the content, which is covered in the amount of depth that students need> Bring historical events, people and developments to life. Ben Walsh is known for selecting memorable sources and extracts that work alongside the narrative to draw out the big concepts within each topic> Focus on what really matters. The features in the book are designed to consolidate students' knowledge of the key points - from 'Focus' boxes and regular 'Knowledge check' questions to end-of-chapter summaries> Break down exam skills into small steps. Activities throughout the chapters and larger 'Focus tasks' teach students how to select, organise and use their knowledge to explain, analyse, evaluate and make judgements> Provide easy-to-follow exam advice. Clear explanations of the exam requirements, analysis of what a good answer might look like and handy tips help students to feel confident and preparedThis book covers the following units:Depth studies> Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918-45 > Dictatorship and conflict in the USSR, 1924-53 > A world divided: superpower relations, 1943-72 > A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945-74

Endorsed for Pearson Edexcel QualificationsExam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: International GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Target success in Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision. Key content coverage is combined with exam practice questions 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- Consolidate subject knowledge by working through clear and focused content coverage- Test understanding and identify areas for improvement with regular revision tasks- Improve exam technique through practice questions and tips- Learn and use key terms for each topicThis revision guide covers the following studies:- Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918-45- A world divided: superpower relations, 1943-72- A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945-74- Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905-24- The USA, 1918-41- Changes in medicine, c1848-c1948- China: conflict, crisis and change, 1900-89

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Our revision resources are the smart choice for those preparing for their GCSEs. This book helps you to plan and organise your time, step-by-step, throughout your GCSE revision. NEW in this editionWe have added an introduction to mindfulness which is designed to help you keep calm and prepare your mind and body for your revision. These mindfulness tips and audio activities can be used during your study, revision and in daily life. Use this Revision Planner and wall chart to: set up a straightforward revision timetable easily plan effective revision sessions for each of your subjects learn about useful revision strategies track your progress with the weekly planner. This book is meant to be useful: write in it, draw on it and use it to mastermind your revision.

Our revision resources are the smart choice for those preparing for their GCSEs. This book helps you to build essential study skills and methods throughout your GCSEs and beyond. NEW in this editionWe have added an introduction to mindfulness which is designed to help you keep calm and prepare your mind and body for your revision. These mindfulness tips and audio activities can be used during your study, revision and in daily life. Improve your study skills with our tried and trusted techniques in: motivation organisation and time management learning to learn research revision and memory skills. The one-page-per-topic format and clear objectives make learning easy. Practical examples reinforce your understanding, and the progress tracker enables you to monitor your progress. The consultant for this guide was study skills expert Dr Kathleen McMillan,co-author of 11 titles in Pearson’s best selling ‘Smarter Student’ series and formerly Academic Skills Advisor and Senior Lecturer, University of Dundee. The mindfulness content was written by Pearson’s in-house mindfulness teacher. Revision is more than just this Study Skills Guide! Make sure that you have prepared for your GCSEs with subject-specific Revision Guides, Revision Workbooks, Revision Cards, Practice Papers Plus and more. Also available is a GCSE Revision Planner that helps you plan and organise your time, step-by-step, throughout your revision.

Pearson Revise Revision Cards are perfect for students who want to turbocharge their revision time! Every pack includes: Access to an online edition of the companion GCSE Revision Guide, linked to a revision planner, flashcards creator and more. Revision Cards and three organising dividers (with a handy 'how to use' guide). Multiple choice questions and answers. Worked examples. Topic summaries and key facts to remember. Includes access to online revision on Pearson Revise Online. Revise anytime, anywhere with an eBook Revision Guide on Pearson Revise Online. Includes a revision planner, flashcards creator, and more. Simply use the code on the inside of your pack to access an online version of the companion Revision Guide.

Pearson Revise Revision Cards are perfect for students who want to turbocharge their revision time! Every pack includes: Access to an online edition of the companion GCSE Revision Guide, linked to a revision planner, flashcards creator and more. Revision Cards and three organising dividers (with a handy 'how to use' guide). Multiple choice questions and answers. Worked examples. Topic summaries and key facts to remember. Includes access to online revision on Pearson Revise Online. Revise anytime, anywhere with an eBook Revision Guide on Pearson Revise Online. Includes a revision planner, flashcards creator, and more. Simply use the code on the inside of your pack to access an online version of the companion Revision Guide.

This Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-1953 Revision Guide is part of the bestselling Oxford AQA History for A Level series developed by Sally Waller. Written to match the new AQA specification, this series helps you deepen your historical knowledge and develop vital analytical and evaluation skills. This revision guide offers the clearly structured revision approach of Recap, Apply, and Review to prepare you for exam success. Step-by-step exam practice strategies for all AQA question types are provided (including Source Analysis and essays linked to Key Concepts), as well as well-researched, targeted guidance based on what we now know from the new AQA examiner's reports on Russia. Our original author team is back, offering expert advice, AS and A Level exam-style questions and Examiner Tips. Contents checklists help monitor revision progress; example student answers and suggested activity answers help you review your own work. This guide is perfect for use alongside the Student Books or as a stand-alone resource for independent revision.

Study independently. Retain key knowledge. Practise for exams. Welcome to the revision series for AQA GCSE (9–1) from Pearson, written in collaboration with subject experts, examiners, teachers and learners. We’ve combined the latest online revision and exam support tools with our tried and tested Revision Guides to provide the best revision all in one place. Study independently using straightforward, focused materials that make the most of your revision time. Retain key knowledge easily with the one-topic-per-page layout breaking down complicated concepts into memorable, bite-sized chunks, helping you to avoid information overload. Practise recall with the online flashcard creator – linked to topics in the online Revision Guide. Personalise your revision journey with an online planner and progress tracker to identify the topics you need to focus on. Practise for exams and build confidence with loads of exam-style questions, full set of practice papers, worked examples and examiner hints and tips. Support your wellbeing with manageable, structured revision and prompts for regular breaks in your online revision planner, with positive affirmations along the way. Get exam fit with our online revision kit! Use the code in this book to access the online revision toolkit including an online Revision Guide, linked to a revision planner, progress tracker, and flashcard creator. Tried and trusted by 1000’s of schools and students. With Pearson Revise, you’ll stay on track with our regularly updated revision materials and new online tools, developed in collaboration with subject and exam experts to perfectly match your exam specifications.

We've worked with teachers to develop versions of our core textbooks that feature reduced content and language level, providing greater support and enabling students of all abilities to progress. These foundation versions help make the GCSE content more accessible and are designed to be easy-to-use alongside the core textbooks.

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Study independently. Retain key knowledge. Practise for exams. Welcome to the revision series for Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) from Pearson, written in collaboration with subject experts, examiners, teachers and learners. We’ve combined the latest online revision and exam support tools with our tried and tested Revision Guides to provide the best revision all in one place. Study independently using straightforward, focused materials that make the most of your revision time. Retain key knowledge easily with the one-topic-per-page layout breaking down complicated concepts into memorable, bite-sized chunks, helping you to avoid information overload. Practise recall with the online flashcard creator – linked to topics in the online Revision Guide. Personalise your revision journey with an online planner and progress tracker to identify the topics you need to focus on. Practise for exams and build confidence with loads of exam-style questions, full set of practice papers, worked examples and examiner hints and tips. Support your wellbeing with manageable, structured revision and prompts for regular breaks in your online revision planner, with positive affirmations along the way. Get exam fit with our online revision kit! Use the code in this book to access the online revision toolkit including an online Revision Guide, linked to a revision planner, progress tracker, and flashcard creator. Tried and trusted by 1000’s of schools and students. With Pearson Revise, you’ll stay on track with our regularly updated revision materials and new online tools, developed in collaboration with subject and exam experts to perfectly match your exam specifications.

Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) History prepares students for the new specification. These books provide comprehensive coverage of the latest Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) specification and are designed to supply students with the best preparation possible for the examination: written by a team of highly experienced History teachers, examiners, and authors each book provides free access to an ActiveBook, a digital version of the Student Book, which can be accessed online, anytime, anywhere supporting learning beyond the classroom chapters are mapped closely to the specification to provide comprehensive coverage learning is embedded with exercises, source materials and exam practice throughout transferable skills, needed for progression into higher education and employment, are signposted allowing students to understand, and engage with, the skills they’re gaining Pearson progression tools allow quick and easy formative assessment of student progress, linked to guidance on how to personalise learning solutions. reviewed by a language specialist to ensure the book is written in a clear and accessible style for students whose first language may not be English glossary of key History terminology. Student Books will be available for the following units: Depth Studies Development of Dictatorship: Germany 1918–45 A World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1943–72 A Divided Union: Civil Rights in the USA, 1945–70 Dictatorship and Conflict in the USSR, 1924–53 Historical Investigations The USA, 1918–41 The Soviet Union in Revolution, 1905–24 The Origins and Course of the First World War, 1905–18 Breadth Studies Conflict, Crisis and Change: China, 1900–1989 Conflict, Crisis and Change: The Middle East, 1919–2012 The Changing Role of International Organisations: the League and the UN, 1919–2011 Changes in Medicine, c1848–c1948 Available: May to September 2017

Study independently. Retain key knowledge. Practise for exams. Welcome to the revision series for Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) from Pearson, written in collaboration with subject experts, examiners, teachers and learners. We’ve combined the latest online revision and exam support tools with our tried and tested Revision Guides to provide the best revision all in one place. Study independently using straightforward, focused materials that make the most of your revision time. Retain key knowledge easily with the one-topic-per-page layout breaking down complicated concepts into memorable, bite-sized chunks, helping you to avoid information overload. Practise recall with the online flashcard creator – linked to topics in the online Revision Guide. Personalise your revision journey with an online planner and progress tracker to identify the topics you need to focus on. Practise for exams and build confidence with loads of exam-style questions, full set of practice papers, worked examples and examiner hints and tips. Support your wellbeing with manageable, structured revision and prompts for regular breaks in your online revision planner, with positive affirmations along the way. Get exam fit with our online revision kit! Use the code in this book to access the online revision toolkit including an online Revision Guide, linked to a revision planner, progress tracker, and flashcard creator. Tried and trusted by 1000’s of schools and students. With Pearson Revise, you’ll stay on track with our regularly updated revision materials and new online tools, developed in collaboration with subject and exam experts to perfectly match your exam specifications.

Pearson Revise Revision Cards are perfect for students who want to turbocharge their revision time! Every pack includes: Access to an online edition of the companion GCSE Revision Guide, linked to a revision planner, flashcards creator and more. Revision Cards and three organising dividers (with a handy 'how to use' guide). Multiple choice questions and answers. Worked examples. Topic summaries and key facts to remember. Includes access to online revision on Pearson Revise Online. Revise anytime, anywhere with an eBook Revision Guide on Pearson Revise Online. Includes a revision planner, flashcards creator, and more. Simply use the code on the inside of your pack to access an online version of the companion Revision Guide.

Study independently. Retain key knowledge. Practise for exams. Welcome to the revision series for AQA GCSE (9–1) from Pearson, written in collaboration with subject experts, examiners, teachers and learners. We’ve combined the latest online revision and exam support tools with our tried and tested Revision Guides to provide the best revision all in one place. Study independently using straightforward, focused materials that make the most of your revision time. Retain key knowledge easily with the one-topic-per-page layout breaking down complicated concepts into memorable, bite-sized chunks, helping you to avoid information overload. Practise recall with the online flashcard creator – linked to topics in the online Revision Guide. Personalise your revision journey with an online planner and progress tracker to identify the topics you need to focus on. Practise for exams and build confidence with loads of exam-style questions, worked examples and examiner hints and tips. Support your wellbeing with manageable, structured revision and prompts for regular breaks in your online revision planner, with positive affirmations along the way. Get exam fit with our online revision kit! Use the code in this book to access the online revision toolkit including an online Revision Guide, linked to a revision planner, progress tracker, and flashcard creator. Tried and trusted by 1000’s of schools and students. With Pearson Revise, you’ll stay on track with our regularly updated revision materials and new online tools, developed in collaboration with subject and exam experts to perfectly match your exam specifications.