Young Oxford History of Britain and Ireland
by Mike Corbishley Author
(From Amazon): This is a history of Britain and Ireland for young people, illustrated in colour and black and white, including contemporary documents, paintings and photographs, artefacts and archaeological sites. It is designed to bring to life the people, places and events of Britain and Ireland's history in one comprehensive and authoritative volume.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780199104666
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 36
- Pages
- 416
- Suggested Grades
- 4th - 8th
- Publisher
- Oxford Up Childrens
- Copyright
- 1998
Chapters
- 1 Ice, sea and land
- 2 The first farmers
- 3 A ritual landscape
- 4 Celtic Britain
- 5 The Roman province
- 6 The coming of the English
- 7 The Vikings invade
- 8 The kingdoms in Britain and Ireland
- 9 Norman Conquest to Magna Carta
- 10 A new Church and society
- 11 Working in country and town
- 12 Conquest and resistance
- 13 Growing up in medieval times
- 14 Gunpowder, treason and war
- 15 Changing times
- 16 Rival kings
- 17 Divided Christians
- 18 Queen and poeple
- 19 The path to war
- 20 Cavaliers and Roundheads
- 21 A king again
- 22 The wider world
- 23 Trade and the first empire
- 24 A Hanoverian Kingdom
- 25 Victory over Napoleon
- 26 Industrial change and political revolution
- 27 After Waterloo - fighting for power
- 28 The age of the railway
- 29 Victorian triumph and decline
- 30 Land of hope and glory
- 31 Your country needs you
- 32 Peace in our time
- 33 The people's war
- 34 Winds of change
- 35 Britain in doubt
- 36 The twenty-first century
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