Pearson History 8 Student Book

Pearson History student book for Year 8 ensures you have the Australian Curriculum covered – with all chapters clearly organised into the Overview and Depth Study areas of the History Curriculum. Using an inquiry-based approach, all questions throughout the book are built around Bloom’s revised taxonomy, with a carefully selected blend of text and source material for ultimate accessibility and engagement for all types of learners.

1. The Vikings
2. Medieval Europe
3. The Ottoman Empire
4. Renaissance Italy
5. Khmer Empire/Angkor
6. Shogunate Japan
7. The Polynesian Expansion Across the Pacific
8. Mongol Expansion
9. The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa
10. The Spanish conquest of the Americas

• Student-friendly content and layout to engage all students with a mixed media content
• Content written by teachers for 'classroom ready' guarantee
• Carefully aligned to meet all requirements from the Australian Curriculum for History
• Seamless interweaving of the two strands: Historical Knowledge and Understanding and History Skills
• Content built around the inquiry process
• Learning activities based on Bloom's hierarchy
• Emphasis on the use of authentic historical sources throughout
• Specially commissioned content on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history written by the National Museum of Australia
• Part of a rich content series, which supports both student and teacher with abundant multimedia materials

Pearson History has been specifically developed and written for the Australian Curriculum, by a team of over forty Australian educators. This series uses the inquiry process throughout its content and pedagogy to underpin the study of History, providing full coverage of the two strands of Historical Knowledge and Understanding, and History Skills. Pearson History encourages ‘big picture’ thinking enabling students to make connections with society and cultures both past and present.

Selected sample pages from Pearson History 8 Student Book