Enable students to succeed in their exam with Russia in Revolution 1881-1924. This study aid contains all the key information that students need for Edexcel History AS Unit 1 Option D3 clearly laid out with Examiners' & Essential notes. Also included are graded essays with full comments from experienced examiners on how to secure higher grades. Russia in Revolution 1881-1924: From Autocracy to Dictatorship covers all the content & skills your students will need for their Edexcel AS Unit 1 Option D3 examination including: * Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN 1881 Including
- The Russian Empire: land & people; government * Chapter 2: CHALLENGES TO THE TSARIST STATE 1881-1906 Including
- Alexander III & repression 1881-1894; peasant Russia before 1905; industrial development; Sergei Witte; the growth of opposition to Tsarism; Socialist Revolutionaries; Bolsheviks & Mensheviks; 1905 revolution * Chapter 3: TSARISM'S LAST CHANCE 1906-17 Including
- Repression; reform; impact of war 1914-1917; downfall of the Romanovs February 1917 * Chapter 4: FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1917 Including
- The Provisional Government & its problems; Lenin & the April Theses; July Days & the Kornilov affair; Bolshevik seizure of power October 1917 * Chapter 5: THE BOLSHEVIK CONSOLIDATION OF POWER 1918-24 Including
- The Bolsheviks in power 1917-18; the Civil War; war communism & the NEP; politics & society in NEP Russia; Lenin's Russia in 1924 * Chapter 6: EXAM SKILLS * Chapter 7: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS * Index




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Enable students to succeed in their exam with Stalin's Russia 1924-53. This study aid contains all the key information that students need for Edexcel History AS Unit 1 Option D4 clearly laid out with Examiners' & Essential notes. Also included are graded essays with full comments from experienced examiners on how to secure a higher grade. Stalin's Russia 1924-53 covers all the content & skills your students will need for their Edexcel AS Unit 1 Option D4 examination including: * Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: RUSSIA IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY Including
- Russia at the beginning of the 20th Century * Chapter 2: THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER Including
- Stalin & Trotsky Zinoviev Kamenev Bukharin; world revolution vs. socialism in one country; the industrialisation debate; the power struggle * Chapter 3: TRANSFORMING THE SOVIET UNION Including
- Collectivisation; the Five Year Plans; industrialisation; changing role of women the family & domestic life education * Chapter 4: PERSECUTION & CONTROL Including
- Causes & impact of the Terror; the purges; control of culture; cult of personality * Chapter 5: THE MAKING OF A SUPERPOWER Including
- Preparation for war; the course of the war; impact of the war; the reasons for Russian victory; the emergence of the Soviet Union as a superpower * Chapter 6: EXAM SKILLS * Chapter 7: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS * Index




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Enable students to succeed in their exam with Henry VIII: Authority Nation & Religion. This study aid contains the key information that students need for Edexcel History AS Unit 2 Option A1 clearly laid out with Examiners & Essential notes. Also included are graded essays with examiner commentary on how to secure higher grades. Henry VIII: Authority Nation & Religion 1509-40 covers all the content & skills your students will need for their Edexcel AS Unit 2 Option A1 examination including: * Chapter 1: THE QUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE Including
- Foreign policy ambitions & aims; war & victory in France & Scotland 1513-14; early successes in diplomacy; the Hapsburg-Valois conflict; evaluating the effectiveness of foreign policy * Chapter 2:THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT 1509-29 Including
- Structure of Henrys Government; the rise of Thomas Wolsey; Wolsey & the justice system; Wolsey & the strengthening of royal finances; Wolseys relationship with the King nobility & parliament; Wolsey & the Church; Wolseys fall from power * Chapter 3: CHANGING RELATIONS WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Including
- The annulment strategy; the Reformation Parliament; Submission of the Clergy; establishment of the Royal Supremacy & the break with Rome 1532-4 * Chapter 4: RELIGIOUS CHANGE FROM 1529 Including
- Factors influencing religious change; opposition including the Pilgrimage of Grace; Thomas Cromwell & the encouragement of Protestant ideas; dissolution of the monasteries; the retreat from reform; the fall of Thomas Cromwell; was the English Reformation political or religious? * Chapter 5: ROYAL POWER IN 1540 Including
- The nature & extent of royal power * Chapter 6: EXAM SKILLS * Chapter 7: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS * Index




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Enable students to succeed in their exam with Experience of Warfare in Britain. This study aid contains the key information that students need for Edexcel History AS Unit 2 Option C1 clearly laid out with Examiners & Essential notes. Also included are graded essays with full comments from experienced examiners on how to secure a higher grade. The Experience of Warfare in Britain: Crimea Boer & the First World War 1854-1929 covers all the content & skills your students will need for their Edexcel AS Unit 2 Option C1 examination including: * Chapter 1: THE IMPACT OF THE CRIMEAN WAR Including
- The events & impact of the war; reporting the war including glorification & suffering; the role of women in the war; the short- & long-term impacts on the army medicine & government * Chapter 2: THE IMPACT OF THE SECOND BOER WAR Including
- Britains imperial role in the 1890s; an outline of the events of the war; reporting the war & propaganda; political divisions; support for the war; opposition to the war; national efficiency; liberal reforms; the impact of the war on attitudes to empire * Chapter 3:THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR ON THE WESTERN FRONT Including
- Outline of Britains involvement in the war; positional warfare vs. a war of movement; the importance of the Somme & Third Ypres & victory in 1918; recruitment; discipline & morale; medical & surgical developments * Chapter 4: THE IMPACT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ON THE HOME FRONT Including
- Changing attitudes to the conflict; press & propaganda; organising the nation for total war; changes in work & working practices; the role of women; post-war Britain
- society economy & government * Chapter 5: EXAM SKILLS * Chapter 6: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS * Index




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Written by the Chair of Examiners for Edexcel GCE Music Technology & GCSE Music this new edition

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Written by a senior examiner Mary Jones this Edexcel AS Biology Student Unit Guide is the essential study companion for Unit 1: Lifestyle Transport Genes & Health. This full-colour book

Includes:: all you need to know to prepare for your unit exam: clear guidance on the content of the unit with topic summaries knowledge check questions & a quick-reference index examiners advice throughout so you will know what to expect in the exam & will be able to demonstrate the skills required exam-style questions with graded student responses so you can see clearly what is required to get a better grade

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Edexcel Biology for AS is a full colour textbook with supporting Dynamic Learning website written specifically for the new Edexcel

Specification. To help students make the transition from GCSE Additional Science each topic starts at the level required for a Grade C pass & gradually builds up to the depth of coverage required for AS. All chapters begin with Starting points which summarise the basics to be covered. Throughout the text there are a wide range of self-assessment questions to encourage comprehension & research as well as recent past paper Examination questions to help students prepare for the new examination. The chapters follow the order suggested by the concept approach to the course. The Dynamic Learning website in addition provides
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- Useful websites linked to each section




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This new edition of the successful GCSE Business textbook offers the most reliable & accessible textbook on the market for the new suite of Edexcel GCSE Business specifications due for first teaching in September 2009. Fully trialled during the successful course pilot this resource covers the Introduction to Small Business & Building a Business units of the new Edexcel GCSE

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GCSE Science Revision Plus can be used to support study at home or in the classroom throughout the course as well as in the build up to exams. It provides full coverage of everything students need to know for the exam including exam-style questions for thorough preparation. Edexcel GCSE Chemistry is carefully matched to the exam board

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Revise AS Edexcel Chemistry is a comprehensive study & revision guide containing everything you need to achieve the AS grade you want. It will support your studies throughout the course & act as the ultimate revision aid as you prepare for your exams. * Expert advice on studying coursework & revision * Key points highlighted to consolidate your learning * Progress check questions to test recall & understanding * Sample questions & model answers reveal what examiners are looking for * Exam questions with answers for that crucial exam practice * Written by an AS examiner ...