GCSE History Edexcel Topic Guide – Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588: for the 2024 and 2025 exams (CGP Edexcel GCSE History)
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Perfect for achieving the best grades in 2024 and 2025. From CGP ― the GCSE experts!
For unbeatable Edexcel 9-1 GCSE History exam prep don’t miss CGP’s Topic Guide covering Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588). It’s packed with crystal-clear revision notes, heaps of activities and exam-style questions (with answers) for students to test their understanding of the topic and the skills they’ll need for the British Depth Study section of the exam. Our handy worked answers and advice mean students can walk into the exam feeling confident they know what good answers look like. Plus there are exam tips throughout the book.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP) (1 May 2019) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 80 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1789082900 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1789082906 |
| Reading age | 14 – 16 years |
| Dimensions | 21 x 0.5 x 29.5 cm |
by CobWeb
covers the full period and with clear details and chunks of information. V useful as a revision guide but also to support home learning so it has been v useful.
by R. Munro
Stocking up on GCSE books for planned revision and learning, this History topic guide was perfect. Covering Early Elizabethan England, this 57 page workbook is full of topics relating to this era, such as The Challenges of a Female Monarch, Mary Queen of Scots, Catholic Plots at Home and The Spanish Armada. Each section is filled with information and questions to help remember what you have learnt. There are also exam style questions and useful tips on how to prepare for the exam. I would have preferred there to be a bit more information under each section, but on the whole it was a very useful book as GCSE time looms. Hopefully this book will prove a very useful revision and learning tool even through the later KS3 years!
by Littleun74
Very helpful for GCSE students.
by CobWeb
???? ‘This book will help you with Edexcel’s PAPER 2/BOOKLET B: BRITISH DEPTH STUDY’
This Edexcel TOPIC GUIDE is presented in the usual CGP way, seemingly busy but cleverly designed to draw the eye.
Illustrations, maps & timelines are included to break up the text.
EXAM TIPs are also included, along with snippets of information, page cross references & handy reminders, e.g.
???? ‘Turn back to page 22-24 if you need a reminder about Francis Walsingham’, on page 31.
or
???? ‘The prompts in the question are only there as a guide. To get a high mark, you’ll also need to include ideas of your own that go beyond the prompts.’, in the worked-style question on page 36.
The current ‘LOOK INSIDE’ facility & stock images above give a fair insight into the layout of this book to see if it is the style for you. That usual touch of CGP humour you either love or hate is evident from the start, i.e.
From the title page, along with the SINGLE USE, ONLINE EDITION, 16-digit ACCESS CODE (1st image below refers):
???? ‘GCSE History is always topical with CGP…
Edexcel’s “Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588” topic for GCSE History can seem harder than the Spanish Armada – but with this CGP Topic Guide, you’ll sail through it!
It’s packed with crystal-clear notes, plenty of helpful activities. Sample answers, exam tips, exam-style questions and more.
Other History books are just pretenders to the throne.
CGP – still the best! ????
Our sole aim here at CGP is to produce the highest quality books – carefully written, immaculately presented and dangerously close to being funny
Then we work our socks off to get them out to you – at the cheapest possible prices.’
ooOoo
~ CGP
~ EDEXCEL
~ GCSE: GRADE 9-1 COURSE
~ HISTORY
~ THE TOPIC GUIDE with ESSENTIAL REVISION & PRACTICE + FREE ONLINE ED.
~ EARLY ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND (1558-1588)
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The slim paperback measures around 20.75 cm x 29.5 cm. The shiny card cover opens to 78 matte-finish pages split over 3 main parts:
1. QUEEN, GOVERNMENT AND RELIGION, 1558 -1569
2. CHALLENGES AT HOME AND ABROAD, 1569-1588
3. ELIZABETHAN SOCIETY IN THE AGE OF EXPLORATION 1558-1588
…with each part sub-divided into smaller sections, as per the CONTENTS page (2nd image below refers).
EXAM SKILLS, HINTS & TIPS are up next on pages 2-3, then the main content, which is presented in NOTES on the left-hand page & the 2 x SKILLS PRACTICE on the right-hand page, namely:
~ KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING
~ THINKING HISTORICALLY
The sample ANSWER section is pages 58-77, ahead of the alphabetical INDEX on the very last page.
From the ANSWER SECTION, on page 58:
???? ‘MARKING THE ACTIVITIES:
We’ve included sample answers for all the activities. When you’re marking your work, remember that our answers are just a guide – a lot of activities ask you to give your own opinion, so there isn’t always a ‘correct answer’.
????MARKING THE EXAM-STYLE QUESTIONS:
For each exam-style question, we’ve covered some ‘key points’ that your answer could include.
Our answers are just examples though – answers very different to ours could also get top marks…’
From the back cover:
???? ‘Early Elizabethan England – CGP just can’t be Eliza-beaten!
We’ve explored this Edexcel History topic like the Francis Drakes of revision:
※ The clearest revision notes by miles…
~ You bet – that’s what we do best!
※ Stacks of essential GCSE skills practice…
~ Yep, it’ll really get you thinking historically
※ Exam-style questions and sample answers
~ It’s true – plus plenty of expert exam tips
※ AND, there’s a free Online Edition?
~ There sure is. Amazing!
CGP makes you happy like a sixteenth-century building ~ beams all round ????’
[20 images attached © CGP/2019]
(01/08/19)
by Blackcountryshaz
Elizabeth I was monarch for nearly 50 years and her reign was one of the most significant of any Regent. Therefore, it is not surprising that it is one of the most featured periods of History studied at all levels of academia. This GCSE guide from CGP Books wisely breaks down her reign into three main areas.
Queen, Government and Religion focuses on the issues she faced as a female monarch and the challenges she inherited from her father Henry VIII following the break from Rome and the subsequent religious divisions. Challenges at Home and Abroad looks at the Revolt of the Northern Earls who as committed Catholics wanted Mary, Queen of Scots as monarch, and The War with Spain which led to The Spanish Armada. Elizabethan Society in the Age of Exploration hones in on the growth of theatre as well as the discoveries of Raleigh and Drake.
Each section is broken down into manageable chunks and the use of exercises and essays allow the student to test how much they know. They can then check the detailed answers at the back to see how they have done. A valuable study guide for a fascinating period of British History.
by Agnieszka
Perfect book for GCSE.
by Anon
Delivery on time, helpful lots of good revision tips. Easy to use, easy to find facts and revise.
by Chloe
just a normal book for secondary school nothing special