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The Ancient World
Ancient World by Chris Jordan; Tim Wood
The Ancient World provides a basis for teaching students about three ancient civilizations. It offers a range of exercises to help students reconstruct the past and get a feeling for what life was like in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
Call Number: CPS 2A1
ISBN: 9780719539541
Publication Date: 1986
Antiquity 3
Antiquity 3 by Toni Hurley
This is a companion volume to Antiquity 1 and Antiquity 2, written for the revised Ancient History Stage 6 Syllabus. It suits the revised HSC course to be examined for the first time in 2006.
Call Number: CPS 2B7
ISBN: 9780195516876
Publication Date: 2005
The Ancient World Transformed (2014)
The Ancient World Transformed by Pamela Bradley
Discover the ancient civilisations of Egypt, Greece and Rome, as you examine key societies, personalities and historical periods from New Kingdom Egypt to the Roman Empire under the Julio Claudian emperors. Explore how these periods and individuals had a transformative effect on the ancient world. This flexible approach to exploring the ancient world combines expert commentary with compelling primary and secondary sources and exam-style questions.
Call Number: CPS HB5
ISBN: 9781107674431
Publication Date: 2014
Unlocking the Past
Unlocking the past : preliminary studies in the ancient world by Kate Cameron et al.
Unlocking the Past : Preliminary Studies in the Ancient World is written for the NSW Ancient History Perliminary Course. This comprehensive text closely follows the syllabus and provides a thorough foundation for further studies. It includes:
Part 1 : The historian and the archaeologist
Part 2 : Case studies
Part 3 : Societies
Call Number: CPS 2B6
ISBN: 9780170091510
Publication Date: 1996
Ancient Quest
Ancient quest by Jeffrey Conroy
Ancient quest is a student text for Years 9 and 10 and has been written specifically for the optional sections of the new 7-10 History sullabus in New South Wales.
The book's approach is source-based. The wide range of activities based on the sources is designed to keep students interested as they develop an excellent grounding in essential history skills. Activities include:
-basic comprehension
-interpreting and analysing primary and secondary sources and detecting bias
-chronology and sequencing
-use of maps, graphs and statistics
-vocabulary and oral work
-empathy
-role play
-model making
-research
Ancient quest includes more than 250 sources, including both written and archaeological sources, and clea maps and timelines for each unit,
Call Number: CPS 1A1
ISBN: 9780701632328
Publication Date: 1994