Product Description

This is an SHP Official Text which means it has been created by the Schools History Project for use with the SHP specifications.

Medicine and Health Through time is an authoritative SHP development study for use with all GCSE specifications from all examinations boards. It thoroughly covers the content requirements of the OCR, Edexcel and AQA SHP specifications using an enquiry based approach. It is written by experts who understand both how to design good teaching material but also understand the exact assessment requirements of each specification.

It is supported by a comprehensive Teacher's Resource Book, and two new Dynamic Learning digital resources:
CD-Rom 1 People and Periods
CD-Rom 2 Review and Revise

Other books in the SHP Development Study series:
- Crime and Punishment through time
- Medicine for Edexcel (a board specific edition for Edexcel)
- Essential Medicine (a simplified textbook for use in mixed ability teaching)

Coming soon, new board-specific Development Studies in the brand new Smarter History series from SHP
- OCR Medicine and Health through time 978 0340 985069
- Edexcel Medicine and Health through time 978 0340 986707
- AQA Medicine and Health through time 978 0340 986714

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58365 in Books
• Published on: 1996-09-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

About the Author
Ian Dawson is Publications Director of the Schools History Project and creator of the website thinkinghistory.co.uk which is pioneering work on active learning in History. He has been adviser to QCA on a wide range of issues in History teaching including the teaching of chronology.

Ian Coulson is History Inspector in Kent and a nationally recognised expert on historical archives and has been closely involved in the development of the National Archives Learning Curve.

Customer Reviews

Essential for exam revision!
Taking History for GCSE? Studying Medicine Through Time? You need this book. It is 100% invaluable when it comes to revision and general work on the subject. It's concise, intelligently written and is not too ashamed to talk about the darker side of earlier medical discoveries. Chances are that if you are in fact studying Medicine Through Time then you will use this book in class, making revision and use if this book even easier. Even if you don't you will find it immensly useful.

What a good book
This book is fantastic!!! I took GCSE history and we used this book at school. 2 years after finishing my gcse's i still think that this book is amazing and still find myself flicking through the pages now and again. i would recommend this to everyone.