The Crusades

The OFSTED report on school history suggests that the current generation of A Level students have been poorly served by exam-based textbooks which spoon-feed students while failing to enthuse them or develop deeper understandings of studying History

The Schools History Project has risen to this challenge with a new series for the next generation. Enquiring History is SHP’s fresh approach to Advanced Level History that aims:

– To motivate and engage readers

– To help readers think and gain independence as learners

– To encourage enquiry, and deeper understanding of periods and the people of the past

– To engage with current scholarship

– To prepare A Level students for university

Key features of each Student book

– Clear compelling narrative – books are designed to be read cover to cover

– Structured enquiries – that explore the core content and issues of each period

– ‘Insight’ panels between enquiries provide context, overview, and extension

– Full colour illustrations throughout

The Crusades: Conflict and controversy 1095-1291

There has never been a more important time to study the Crusades. Religious conflict is a fact of life in the twenty-first century no less than it was in the medieval world. And yet the world of the Crusades is so different from ours that it takes a massive leap of imagination to make sense of these events. This book takes on that challenge: opening a window onto the 12th and 13th century worlds to understand what on earth was going on. It examines the Crusades themselves; the controversies surrounding them; and the past and current re-interpretations of the period.

Web-based support includes

– lesson planning tools and guidance for teachers available from the SHP website http://www.schoolshistoryproject.org.uk/Publishing/BooksSHP/BooksALvlEHS.html

– eBooks for whole class teaching or individual student reading available from eBook retailers