Dale Banham is Humanities Adviser in Suffolk having formerly been Head of Humanties at Holbrook School Ipswich. He has been a long term adviser and author for the Schools History Project and wrote the pioneering book King John in the This is History series which helped transform the teaching of essay writing skills in Key Stage 3 History. 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.

With its emphasis on narrative coherence and the reduction in content to the essentials, the Engaging with AQA GCSE History textbook for 'Health and the people' stands out from any other resources that we've seen or used.The main challenges we've faced with the specification have been the volume of content and the ambiguity of the exam board expectations. The textbook has really helped in those respects. The introduction to the period and the 'review' at the end of each part of the specification content are particularly useful.We're using the books with all students across our GCSE cohort because the combination of illustrations, charts, diagrams and coherent text makes them so straightforward and suitable for all abilities.

Dale Banham is Humanities Adviser in Suffolk having formerly been Head of Humanties at Holbrook School Ipswich. He has been a long term adviser and author for the Schools History Project and wrote the pioneering book King John in the This is History series which helped transform the teaching of essay writing skills in Key Stage 3 History. 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.

With its emphasis on narrative coherence and the reduction in content to the essentials, the Engaging with AQA GCSE History textbook for 'Health and the people' stands out from any other resources that we've seen or used.The main challenges we've faced with the specification have been the volume of content and the ambiguity of the exam board expectations. The textbook has really helped in those respects. The introduction to the period and the 'review' at the end of each part of the specification content are particularly useful.We're using the books with all students across our GCSE cohort because the combination of illustrations, charts, diagrams and coherent text makes them so straightforward and suitable for all abilities.

Dale Banham is Humanities Adviser in Suffolk having formerly been Head of Humanties at Holbrook School Ipswich. He has been a long term adviser and author for the Schools History Project and wrote the pioneering book King John in the This is History series which helped transform the teaching of essay writing skills in Key Stage 3 History. 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.

With its emphasis on narrative coherence and the reduction in content to the essentials, the Engaging with AQA GCSE History textbook for 'Health and the people' stands out from any other resources that we've seen or used.The main challenges we've faced with the specification have been the volume of content and the ambiguity of the exam board expectations. The textbook has really helped in those respects. The introduction to the period and the 'review' at the end of each part of the specification content are particularly useful.We're using the books with all students across our GCSE cohort because the combination of illustrations, charts, diagrams and coherent text makes them so straightforward and suitable for all abilities.