History - Guided Reading Booklet - 6 articles - Y7

A guided reading booklet for Year 7 students.
Each extract is to be read and a ‘guided reading activity’ (summarise each paragraph and then summarise the whole text). When the entire booklet is completed they can receive a certificate.

This year 7 guide includes the following extracts:

1. Social: Women in the Roman Empire – Mary Beard, SPQR A History of Ancient Rome (adapted)

2. Political: How did William take over England? – Marc Morris, The Norman Invasion

3. Economics: Askum Empire – Martin Meredith, Fortunes of Africa.

4. Armed Conflict: Battle of Hastings – Marc Morris, The Norman Invasion (adapted).

5. Religious: Islamic Medicine – Firas Al Khateeb, Lost Islamic History.

6. Science: The Black Death. Ben Gummer, The Scourging Angel: The Black Death in the British Isles.

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