The Making of the UK for Common Entrance and Key Stage 3

Summary:
History for Common Entrance is a new series covering the requirements of ISEB's Common Entrance syllabus. It is endorsed by ISEB and fully prepares students for the Common Entrance.

This volume covers the popular topic the Making of the United Kingdom 1500-1750.

Key features of our approach:

- A bold, meaty and authoritative narrative providing clear explanation of the Tudor, Stuart and Restoration periods - focusing on the key issues of religious change and struggles for political control

- Carefully constructed tasks developing pupils understanding of the content and building their extended writing skills - particularly preparing them for the challenge of the Common Entrance essay

- Source based exam practice on each of the nominated topics in the syllabus

- An exam advice section offers authoritative guidance on answering source-based questions and essay questions 

- 'What?' and 'Who?'  boxes throughout the text develop historical vocabulary and biographical knowledge.

- 'Did you know?' boxes focus on fascinating, amusing, or illuminating details of history - trivia with a purpose

• An authoritative textbook for Common Entrance History
• Endorsed by ISEB and edited by the Chief Setter for Common Entrance History
• Bold authoritative author narrative - plenty for pupils to read so they can really get their teeth into history
• Focus on extended writing skills - particularly preparing pupils for writing Common Entrance essays
• Practice Source Exercises on each of the nominated topics in the syllabus

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS
Introduction: England in 1500
Section 1 The Tudors
Unit 1 Henry VII – How secure was he?
1.1 Who challenged Henry VII’s position as King of England?
1.2 How did Henry VII rule England?
Unit 2 Henry VIII – Power crazy?
2.1 The King’s Great Matter - Why did Henry VIII want a divorce?
2.2 Why did Henry VIII want to control the church?
2.3 The Field of the Cloth of Gold
Unit 3 Edward VI – Exit the Tudors?
3.1 How and why did Edward IV change English churches?
3.2 Trouble in the countryside
Unit 4 Mary I – She did it her way!
4.1 Queen Jane I or Queen Mary I?
4.2 Turn or burn: could Mary I turn England Catholic again?
4.3 Mary and Philip: a doomed marriage?
Unit 5 Elizabeth I – The most successful Tudor?
5.1 What threats did Elizabeth face and who did she see them off?
5.2 Did Elizabeth share power with her parliaments?
5.3 The poor law: how did Elizabeth’s government deal with poverty?
5.4 Queen takes queen – the execution of Mary Queen of Scots
Conclusion: The Tudors – Coming to a judgement
Section 2 The Stuarts
Unit 6 Introduction
6.1 What were governments worried about in the seventeenth century?
6.2 Case study: Who planned the Gunpowder Plot?
Unit 7 Crown v People – The English Civil War
7.1 Who made the best decisions – James or Charles?
7.2 Were Laud’s reforms Charles’ big mistake?
7.3 Why did Parliament and Crown go to war in 1642?
7.4 How did Parliament win the Civil War?
7.5 Who runs England now… and how?
Unit 8 – Oliver Cromwell – hero or villain?
Summary task
Section 3 Why did they bring the king back?
Unit 9 Charles II
9.1 Had the monarchy really changed?
9.2 Case studies from Restoration England
Unit 10 How Glorious was the Glorious Revolution?
Unit 11 – A United Kingdom – the Jacobites
11.1 Why did Scotland and England unite?
11.2 The Jacobites: hopeless romantics?
Conclusion - A Changing Society 1500-1750
How to answer Common Entrance questions
Quiz time – Revision time

About the Author(s):
Martin Collier, is Director of Studies at Oundle School, and marks many Common Entrance scripts each year.

Colin Shephard and Rosemary Rees are Senior Examiners at GCSE and A level and are very experienced in preparing pupils for exam success.

Adviser Bob Pace is Head of History at Belmont School in Mill Hill, and is Chief Setter for Common Entrance History

Readership:
Pupils studying for Common Entrance