Senior Ancient History for Queensland 2E (Print + Digital)
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Author: Barrie, Alan
Senior Ancient History for Queensland Second Edition provides up-to-date syllabus content and assessment preparation to ensure students are fully prepared for success in QCE Senior History. New content covers the Persian Wars and Cleopatra (digital only) and in Unit 2 Perikles is now included in the print textbook. Each chapter is now structured around the contextual, depth and concluding studies, activity questions now include subheadings advising of the objective or skill being addressed and a dedicated digital assessment chapter supports students in formulating the answers to achieve their best results. The interactive textbook features additional chapters, videos, note-taking and bookmarking.
Features
- New content in Units 3 & 4 covers the Persian Wars and Cleopatra (digital only) and in Unit 2 Perikles is now included in the print textbook.
- Each chapter is now structured around the contextual, depth and concluding studies to better reflect the way the subject is taught in Queensland schools, with a new chapter opening 'Focus' that will grab student interest in each topic.
- Unit 1 Topic 2 Features of Ancient Societies now addresses all of the societal features outlined in the syllabus (including the new 'Lives of women') within each society.
- Activity questions now include subheadings advising of the objective or skill being addressed.
- A dedicated assessment support chapter (digital only) includes extended-response questions and suggested answers as well as annotations and marking criteria to support students in formulating the answers to achieve their best results.
- Interesting sources including text, images and media are carefully selected to build student understanding of the topic. Source questions directly address the source, and scale in difficulty within the activity.
- A balanced mix of comprehending, analysing, evaluating and synthesising-style questions, that address the source and scale in difficulty, provide valuable exam practice.
- The interactive resources bring the study of history to life with additional chapters, videos, note-taking and bookmarking available, and are also updated regularly as notice of exam topics and aspects are announced.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Digging up the past
- Chapter 2 Digging up the past: Case studies (Digital only)
- Chapter 3 Ancient Rome
- Chapter 4 Vikings
- Chapter 5 Sparta
- Chapter 6 Egypt
- Chapter 7 Hatshepsut
- Chapter 8 Agrippina the Younger
- Chapter 9 Akhenaten
- Chapter 10 Perikles
- Chapter 11 Boudica
- Chapter 12 Fifth-century Athens
- Chapter 13 Macedonian Empire
- Chapter 14 Early imperial Rome
- Chapter 15 Pompeii
- Chapter 16 Medieval Crusades
- Chapter 17 Rome civil war breakdown
- Chapter 18 Persian Wars
- Chapter 19 Rameses II
- Chapter 20 Cleopatra
- Chapter 21 Julius Caesar
- Chapter 1 Digging up the past
- Chapter 2 Digging up the past: Case studies (Digital only)
- Chapter 3 Ancient Rome
- Chapter 4 Vikings
- Chapter 5 Sparta
- Chapter 6 Egypt
- Chapter 7 Hatshepsut
- Chapter 8 Agrippina the Younger
- Chapter 9 Akhenaten
- Chapter 10 Perikles
- Chapter 11 Boudica
- Chapter 12 Fifth-century Athens
- Chapter 13 Macedonian Empire
- Chapter 14 Early imperial Rome
- Chapter 15 Pompeii
- Chapter 16 Medieval Crusades
- Chapter 17 Rome civil war breakdown
- Chapter 18 Persian Wars
- Chapter 19 Rameses II
- Chapter 20 Cleopatra
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Chapter 21 Julius Caesar
Sample pages
- Series: Senior History for Queensland
- Publication Date: 07/01/2025
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Subject: Textbooks and Workbooks, History
- Audience: Secondary
- Curriculum: QLD
- Year Level: Year 11, Year 12