Authors: Dale Banham, Sally Burnham, Chris Culpin, Ian Dawson, Bethan Edwards, Ian Luff and Maggie Wilson
Series Editors: Dale Banham, Chris Culpin and Ian Dawson


"deliver[s] large-scale thematic narratives on empires (which explores both negative and positive aspects), the development of warfare, the nature of government in Britain, changes in the lives of ordinary people, religion, science and ideas."
Peter Morgan, Beverley, East Yorkshire in a letter to The Guardian

SHP History is a book-per-year course that offers a structured route through Key Stage 3 and meets the requirements of the revised National Curriculum. It aims to help pupils build the big pictures, and link the course together to develop their conceptual and chronological framework through...

'Big Stories' which build from year to year, and are clearly connected tp the present, show pupils why understanding the past is so vital for understanding today.

'Doing History' features throughout the course to develop understanding of the key concepts and processes of history, and give you plenty of opportunity for Assessment for Learning.

Downloads

Download the SHP History courseguide...

Download a sample from the Year 8 Teacher's Resource Book - Sample contains the Introduction and Section 1 Overview 'Ordinary Life: What did the Industrial Revolution do for us?'

Download the Year 9 Teacher's Resource Book Introduction...

What teachers say about SHP History...

"...this is the most exciting book I have ever seen – it picks up everything that was good before and moves it on.  And it will save us so much work – it is just what we would have wanted to produce ourselves but we’d never have found the time to do it to this standard!"
Dr Barbara Hibbert, Head of History, Harrogate Grammar School

"Delivering the new KS3 programme of study has just got a whole lot easier – and better!"
Mr D Bartlett, Subject Leader History, Ponteland Community High School