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Wolf Packs

For students and teachers of Key Stages 1, KS2 and KS3. Loose leaf packs containing about thirty A4-equivalent (as A3, A4 & A5) pieces. In plastic wallet. Editor P. Hornsby, ISSN 0965-7444.

Colour and monochrome pictures, notes to pictures, full introduction, things to do/discussion topics, further reading, chronology, illustrated text. Some have documents & printed sources. Each is cross referenced for ease of use. Coloured paper and folded A3 and A4 sheets add interest.

GBP £8.95 loose leaf, all available wire bound - GBP £9.95 Please tell us which format you require on your order.

 

The Great Plague and the Fire of London, Richard Worsnop, W6. ISBN 978-1-85450-303-9, KS2 GBP £8.95  EXPANDED and UPDATED with latest research

The plague carriers; a ring of roses; bubonic plague; story of the piper; magic and recipes; a strange cure; the village of Eyam, Derbyshire; Samuel Pepys; fire insurance and fire marks; Christopher Wren.

 

The Home Front, Pauline  Hornsby, W5. ISBN 978-1-85450-315-2, KS2/3 GBP £8.95

Lord Haw Haw; Rudolf Hess; the Royal family and their role in public moral; aspects of the home Front; a wartime wedding; civilian services; evacuation and evacuees; rationing; loss of amenities and how shortages were overcome; gas masks and how to use them; shelters; defence; V-1s and V-2s; the Blitz and air raids; the Home Guard; and the role of women.

 

Jack the Ripper & Victorian London, Roy Gregory, W60. ISBN 978-1-85450-367-1, KS2 GBP £8.95

Social conditions and housing; the Poor Laws and the workhouses; child labour; occupations; baby farming; prostitution and associated ‘trades’; Jack the Ripper; the urchins; the victims. Who was Jack the Ripper? approx 50 pieces.

 

Ancient Egypt, Richard Worsnop, W55. ISBN 978-1-85450-356-5, KS2 GBP £8.95

Chronology of the Pharaohs; the river Nile; transport, travel & trade; Pharaohs; Tutankhamun & the discovery of his tomb; the Egyptian army; builders and the men who built Egypt’s glory; Gods and  priests; belief and magic; death and mummification; tomb robbers; everyday life; writing; Abu Simbel; the end.

 

The Suffragettes, Diane Atkinson,  W12. ISBN 978-1-85450-375-6, KS3 GBP £7.95

Introduction and Chronology; pictures and posters, documents and printed sources that include handbills and  postcards illustrating events between 1908 and 1914. The Pankhursts, jobs for women during the First World War, firsts for women.

 

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W 4     Ancient Greece (Social and Cultural)

KS2

S.  Howarth

978-1-85450-310-7

(ISBN-10 1 85450 310 3)

 

 

 

 

 

W64    Ancient Greece (Political and Economic)

KS2

S. Howarth

978-1-85450-337-4

(ISBN-10 1 85450 337 5)

 

 

 

 

 

W43    Battle of Hastings

KS3

R. Worsnop

978-1-85450-306-0

(ISBN-10 1 85450 306 5)

 

 

 

 

 

W 1     British Cinema - A History

KS1/2

B. Ashton

978-1-85450-385-5

(ISBN-10 1 85450 385 5)

 

 

 

 

 

W14    British Empire (Beginnings)

KS2

S. Mullard

978-1-85450-307-7

(ISBN-10 1 85450 307 3)

 

 

 

 

 

W15    British Empire (Expansion)

KS3

R. Worsnop

978-1-85450-312-1

(ISBN-10 1 85450 312 X)

 

 

 

 

 

W16    British Empire (Decolonisation)

KS3

M. Wolfenden

978-1-85450-317-6

(ISBN-10 1 85450 317 0)

 

 

 

 

 

W68    Canals

KS1/2/3

H P White

978-1-85450-377-0

(ISBN-10 1 85450 377 4)

 

 

 

 

 

W 9     F D Roosevelt

KS3

S.  Khan

978-1-85450-361-9

(ISBN-10 1 85450 361 8)

 

 

 

 

 

W27    French Revolution

KS3

S. Khan

978-1-85450-370-1

(ISBN-10 1 85450 370 7)

 

 

 

 

 

W17    History of Fashion

KS1/2/3

H. Brockelbank

978-1-85450-321-3

(ISBN-10 1 85450 321 9)

 

 

 

 

 

W13    Hitler

KS3

R. Worsnop

978-1-85450-395-4

(ISBN-10 1 85450 395 2)

 

 

 

 

 

W 5     Home Front

KS2/3

P.  Hornsby

978-1-85450-315-2

(ISBN-10 1 85450 315 4)

 

 

 

 

 

W28    Myths and Legends

KS2

R. Oxley

978-1-85450-391-6

(ISBN-10 1 85450 391 X)

 

 

 

 

 

W10    Parliament and Parties

KS3

S.  Khan

978-1-85450-355-8

(ISBN-10 1 85450 355 3)

 

 

 

 

 

W 3     Queen Victoria

KS2

R. Worsnop

978-1-85450-350-3

(ISBN-10 1 85450 350 2)

 

 

 

 

 

W11    Shakespeare

KS2

R. Oxley

978-1-85450-366-4

(ISBN-10 1 85450 366 9)

 

 

 

 

 

W56    Steam Transport (Land)

KS1/2/3

A.  Mott

978-1-85450-347-3

(ISBN-10 1 85450 347 2)

 

 

 

 

 

W19    Tudor Monarchs and their Courts

KS2

M. Guyver

978-1-85450-327-5

(ISBN-10 1 85450 327 8)

 

 

 

 

 

W18    Wedding Customs and Fashions

KS1/2/3

S. Feakes

978-1-85450-332-9

(ISBN-10 1 85450 332 4)

 

 

 

 

 

W35    Wild West

KS3

R. Worsnop

978-1-85450-331-2

(ISBN-10 1 85450 331 6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hitler, Richard Worsnop, W13. ISBN 978-1-85450-395-4, KS3 GBP £7.95

Twenty years old and a beggar; Hitler in the First World War; and the causes of the First World War; the end of Hitler’s first war; the road to Hitler’s second war; Hitler’s second war; assassination attempt summer 1944; Hitler’s people; the Holocaust; a British view of Hitler’s defeat.

 

Battle of Hastings, Richard Worsnop, W 43. ISBN978-1-85450-306-0, KS3 GBP £7.95

Who were they – the English and the Normans in 1066; the north; William’s invasion; Harold marches south; the battle on Senlac Hill; arms and armour; the Bayeux Tapestry; rebellion; the Domesday Book.

 

The British Empire (Beginnings), Sue Mullard, W14. ISBN 978-1-85450-307-7, KS2 GBP £7.95

The idea of Empire; wool; ships & seamen; piracy; Drake’s world voyage; the triangular trade; slavery; the Pilgrim Fathers; new flavours; tobacco; empire builders; sources and chronology.

 

The British Empire (Expansion), Richard Worsnop, W15. ISBN978-1-85450-312-1, KS3 GBP £7.95

the beginning; Australia; the big prison; New Zealand; Quebec; America; South Africa; an ostrich!; Robert Clive & the British Empire in India; trade and empire.

 

The British Empire (Decolonisation), Michael Wolfenden, W16. ISBN 978-1-85450-317-6, KS3 GBP £7.95

Expansion of the British Empire; ‘Pavilioned in Splendour’ 1911; the British Empire Exhibition 1924; Imperial attitudes; dependent territories 1992; members of the Commonwealth of nations 1992; some we have loved and lost

 

 

Shakespeare, Rosy Oxley, W11. ISBN 978-1-85450-366-4, KS2 GBP £7.95

Shakespeare and the theatrical world; drama as a focus for topical issues; influence of Court patronage on drama and theatre; theatres; Shakespeare’s family life; religious beliefs; Elizabethan dress; language; education; quotations from Shakespeare’s plays; Shakespeare’s Sonnets; and Song.

 

Queen Victoria, Richard Worsnop, W3. ISBN 978-1-85450-350-3, KS2 GBP £7.95

The young Queen; the old Queen; Prince Albert; visiting the poor; mudlarks; sweeps climbing boy; Victoria Falls; Queen Victoria’s funeral; the young Queen in slippers; Victoria and Albert; an attempt on Queen Victoria’s life; diamond jubilee party; the poor in Victorian Britain; the British Empire; some famous Victorians.

 

Parliament and Parties, Shirin Khan, W10. ISBN 978-1-85450-355-8, KS3 GBP £7.95

The British Parliament; the Glorious Revolution 1688; Power of Parliament today; parliamentary reform; political parties; unification of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland; women’s franchise 1918; General Election results 1885 to 1992; list of British Prime Ministers; British Prime Minister 1918 to 1993; the legislative process in Parliament; who does what?

 

Tudor Monarchs and their Courts, Margaret Guyver,  W19. ISBN978-1-85450-327-5, KS2 GBP £7.95

family trees- House of York, of Lancaster, of Tudor; Henry VII; Henry VIII (and his wives); Edward VI; Lady Jane Grey; Mary I; Elizabeth I, her Progresses, her visit to Ingatestone Hall in 1561; music; games; sports; Lady Katherine Grey; some notable courtiers.

 

British Cinema - A History, Bridgette Ashton, W1. ISBN 978-1-85450-385-5, KS1/2 GBP £7.95

Magic lantern; mutascope; Marey’s camera; the kinetoscope/kinetoscope parlour; world war II and propaganda; a search for “British Cinema”; Ealing Studios “Carry On” films; “How a talking film is made” by Alfred Hitchcock; British International Pictures; Who does what? glossary

 

Canals, H P White,  W68. ISBN 978-1-85450-377-0, KS1/2/3 GBP £7.95

Canals & industry; the Cromford Canal; levels, locks and lifts; engineering features: tunnels & aqueducts; water supply; ship canals; canal life; life on a salt boat; ‘fly’’ boats and passenger boats; the Clock warehouse, Shardlow; feeders and distributors; decline and rise; a comparison of productivity between narrow canals & road haulage; did you know?

 

Myths and Legends, Rosy Oxley, W28. ISBN978-1-85450-391-6, KS2 GBP £7.95

Creation of myths and legends; difference between them; reflections of a changing world; ancient records; Osiris & Isis; Variety is the spice of life; symbols of the Egyptian Gods; Troy & the stories of Iliad & Odyssey by Homer; Gods of Greek mythology; Alexander the Great – a living legend? Roman myths; the legend of Romulus & Remus; the rise of Christianity; the Arthurian legend; Saxons & Vikings; days of the week

 

The Wild West, Richard Worsnop, W35. ISBN978-1-85450-331-2, KS3 GBP £7.95

Chronology; the Indians and their way of life; buffalo; the first to the frontier; going west – land, gold and how to reach them; cowboys; amusement in the wild west; they lived by the gun; justice in the west; ranching cattle & sheep; are you from heaven? women in the west; famous people.

 

A History of Fashion, Hilary Brockelbank, W17. ISBN 978-1-85450-321-3, KS1/2/3 GBP £7.95

Ancient Egypt; ancient Greece; Roman, Saxon & Norman Britain; the Middle Ages; the Tudors; the Stuarts; House of Hanover/Georgian; Victorian Britain; Edwardian; 1920s and 30s; after the war; 1960s and forward.

 

Steam Transport (Land), Allan Mott, W56. ISBN 978-1-85450-347-3, KS1/2/3 GBP £7.95

Steam for the road; steam cars; carriages and the ‘Red Flag Act’; steam buses; steam trams; steam railways; broad and narrow gauge; workmen’s penny trains; steam under London; steam  at war; steam on the farm; hopping; holiday steam; miscellany; some notable steam locomotive builders; glossary and conversions

 

 

F D Roosevelt, Shirin Khan, W9. ISBN978-1-85450-361-9, KS3 GBP £7.95

The New Deal; the Second World War; the modern presidency; unemployment and population  in America; unemployment in various countries; Vote for Roosevelt; Franklin Roosevelt as a wartime leader;

 

Wedding Customs and Fashions, Sue Feakes, W18. ISBN978-1-85450-332-9, KS1/2/3 GBP £7.95

The invitation; the wedding dress; the wedding bouquet; what the groom wore; bridesmaids, best man, groomsmen and pages; the wedding reception and the wedding cake; wedding customs; the legal side of marriage; when to marry; who does what; some royal weddings.

 

Ancient Greece (Social and Cultural), Sarah  Howarth, W4. ISBN 978-1-85450-310-7, KS2 GBP £7.95

Family and daily life; education-body and mind; the Olympic Game; art and architecture; the Elgin Marbles; myth and religion; drama; science and philosophy; the legacy of Greece; some notable Greeks.

 

Ancient Greece (Political and Economic), Sarah Howarth, W 64. ISBN 978-1-85450-337-4, KS2 GBP £7.95

The Greek city-state; Athens and Sparta; politics and religion; citizens and slaves; going to war; Pericles; Aristotle and politics; trade and the sea – myth and reality; the riddle of Knossos; working lives; some notable Greeks.

 

The French Revolution, Shirin Khan, W27. ISBN 978-1-85450-370-1, KS3 GBP £7.95

Introduction; secrets of the ‘Red Book’ unveiled; voting in the Convention on the King’s sentence and the formal verdict; Committee of Public safety measures; the revolutionary calendar; French Revolution Miscellany; the French political structure 1789 – 1795; the French political system 1958 -; pressure groups during the Revolution; notable men of the French Revolution.

 

 

 

Wolfpacks - GBP £8.95 loose leaf, all available wire bound - GBP £9.95. Please tell us which format you require on your order.

 

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