Publisher's Synopsis
The Great War formed the watershed between the 19th and the 20th centuries. This book looks at the impact of the war - politically, technologically and socially - on the people involved from Britain and her Empire, and on the generations which followed.;"Longman Origins" series aims to provide a wealth of resource material for the supplementary study units at Key Stage 3. Each book is in full colour and throughout there are activities to encourage the development of conceptual understanding, so enabling pupils to acquire the skills they need to demonstrate progression within the Attainment Targets.;Each author adopts a structure and level appropriate to the age, interests and needs of the intended pupils.;Each book contains approximately six review and assessment pages. Sources are drawn from the world of museums and libraries, heritage sites, local archive collections and the work of archaeologists and historians. Each book is divided into short sections each concerned with a distinct phase of the study and a range of political, social, cultural and economic approaches and insights are offered.
