Summary:
The series: SHP Smarter History is the new approach to GCSE from the Schools History Project. It offers interesting lessons and comprehensive content plus step by step coaching in exam skills – using SHP’s Exam Buster approach. This is the best of both worlds from the experts who know what good teaching is about and also know what the SHP specifications are all about.

Edexcel Impact of War on Britain 1914-1950 is an authoritative new book from the Schools History Project for Edexcel's Unit 3 Source Enquiry examining the impact of the first and second world wars on British society. It covers the relevant requirements of the Edexcel specification but delivers them in the context of a motivating, enquiry-led approach to ensure that your courses are interesting and motivating to teach yet still deliver good results for your students.

At every relevant stage through the book 'ExamBuster' features ('Meet the Examiner' and 'Smarter Revision') help blend exam preparation with historical learning so that by the end of the course students understand not only the period and its issues but also how they will be expected to think and write about this for the examination.

Key features of Smarter History
- varied pace and style of learning which is essential to keep your students motivated over a long period.

• Source enquiry from the experts: SHP are the acknowledged experts in source-based enquiry
• A flexible approach: unlike Edexcel's own publishing SHP have by popular demand made each source enquiry available as a separate publication so centres can combine any source enquiry with any development study
• Motivating teaching and learning: well-planned tasks and fascinating issues ensure that students will be engaged in real historical enquiry and not just drilled for an exam.
• Thorough exam preparation:'Smarter Revision' helps students to build their understanding of a topic step by step; 'Meet the examiner' unpacks examination questions and shows how students can improve their answers
• SHP support the teaching of the SHP specifications through regular INSET and training events including a National Conference open to all

Table of Contents:
Edexcel Unit 3:
The impact of war on Britain c1914–c1950
Contents
Introduction: Enquiry – the skill that makes History really useful!
Overview: How did two World Wars change life in Britain?
Building your hypothesis
Exam Busters: The Source Enquiry
The Civilian experience of total war
Case-study 1: Propaganda and censorship
Exam Busters: Answering inference questions
Case study 2: The experience of air raids and bombs
Exam Busters: Cross referencing between sources
Government organisation for total war
Case study 3: DORA
Exam Busters: evaluating the usefulness of sources
Case study 4: Mobilisation of women
Case study 5: Rationing
Case study 6: Evacuation
Overview: How far and why did these developments change Britain?
Exam Busters: Using sources to reach (and support) a judgement
Exam Busters: Writing an effective conclusion

About the Author(s):
Ian Luff has taught history for 27 years and is currently Deputy Headteacher at Kesgrave High School in Ipswich where he also teaches history at all levels. He is a celebrated expert in using role play and active demonstration in teaching history and regularly runs INSET on this topic.

Michael Riley is Director of the Schools History Project