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History for the Australian Curriculum Year 8

 

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History for the Australian Curriculum is a comprehensive and compelling series that caters for the different learning styles and abilities in Australian classrooms without sacrificing the depth and quality of content needed to successfully understand historical concepts and skills.

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If you are activating a student text access code provided in the front of the print textbook you will have access to the following resources:

  • PDF Textbook
  • Word activities
  • Weblinks
     

The Interactive Textbook is available for purchase separately or in a bundle with other resources in the series. The access code may be delivered in a sealed pocket, or supplied via email or by your school, and provides access to:

  • Interactive Textbook
  • PDF Textbook
  • Word activities
  • Weblinks
     

The Electronic Workbook is available for purchase separately or in a bundle with other resources in the series. The access code may be delivered in a sealed pocket, or supplied via email or by your school, and provides access to:

  • Electronic Textbook
     

The Teacher Resource Package is available for purchase separately. Resources are accessed through a Cambridge GO teacher account using a unique access code supplied on purchase.

Subscription terms (Interactive Textbook)

The Interactive Textbook is subject to specific subscription terms. When you activate your code, details of your subscription period will appear in My Resources. You may also refer to our online book store or to the information provided with your code for more details, including the subscription period.

Subscription terms (Electronic Workbook)

The Electronic Workbook is subject to specific subscription terms. When you activate your code, details of your subscription period will appear in My Resources. You may also refer to our online book store or to the information provided with your code for more details, including the subscription period.

To view a sample chapter, please click on the file below in blue.

Full PDF Textbook

  • Complete textbook [PDF 58.7Mb]

PDF Textbook chapters

  • Preliminary pages

  • Chapter 1: Overview: the ancient to the modern world

  • Chapter 2: The Vikings

  • Chapter 3: Medieval Europe

  • Chapter 4: The Ottoman Empire

  • Chapter 5: Renaissance Italy

  • Chapter 6: Angkor/Khmer Empire

  • Chapter 7: Japan under the shoguns

  • Chapter 8: The Polynesian expansion across the Pacific

  • Chapter 9: Mongol expansion

  • Chapter 10: The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa

  • Chapter 11: The Spanish Conquest of the Americas

  • Glossary and index

You are entitled to download and store these PDFs. However they may not be transferred to another party, including other students, as electronic or print versions.

To use the enhanced PDF functions, such as note taking, you must download these PDFs to your computer and open them with Adobe Reader 9 or later.

The PDF Textbook is designed for full functionality using the latest version of Adobe Reader. The markup function is available in selected PDF readers for the iPad and other devices using iOS. Check your PDF reader specifications. At the time of publication, Adobe Reader, Good Reader and PDF Expert were viable options.

Note that some PDF file names may comprise the ISBN and chapter number.

 

You must have Adobe Reader installed to view the PDF files.

 

    Update 14 March 2013

    For iPad users, full PDF functionality is now available via the free Adobe Reader app.

     

    Sample chapter

    To view a sample chapter, please click on the file below in green.

     

    Electronic Workbook chapters

    • Preliminary pages

    • Chapter 1: Overview: the ancient to the modern world

    • Chapter 2: The Vikings

    • Chapter 3: Medieval Europe

    • Chapter 4: The Ottoman Empire

    • Chapter 5: Renaissance Italy

    • Chapter 6: Angkor/Khmer Empire

    • Chapter 7: Japan under the shoguns

    • Chapter 8: The Polynesian expansion across the Pacific

    • Chapter 9: Mongol expansion

    • Chapter 10: The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa

    • Chapter 11: The Spanish Conquest of the Americas

    You are entitled to download and store these PDFs. However they may not be transferred to another party, including other students, as electronic or print versions.

    To use the enhanced PDF functions, such as note taking, you must download these PDFs to your computer and open them with Adobe Reader 9 or later.

    The PDF Textbook is designed for full functionality using the latest version of Adobe Reader. The markup function is available in selected PDF readers for the iPad and other devices using iOS. Check your PDF reader specifications. At the time of publication, Adobe Reader, Good Reader and PDF Expert were viable options.

    Note that some PDF file names may comprise the ISBN and chapter number.

     

    You must have Adobe Reader installed to view the PDF files.

     

      Activities from textbook

      The following files are Word documents that have been compressed into a 'zip' folder, which enables faster and easier downloading.

      Most computer systems will automatically open the zipped folder when you click on it. If you are using a PC with Microsoft Word 2003 you may need to use WinZip to unzip the folder. The WinZip program may already be installed on your computer or it can be downloaded for free.

      • Chapter 1 [Word files, zipped]

      • Chapter 2 [Word files, zipped]

      • Chapter 3 [Word files, zipped]

      • Chapter 4 [Word files, zipped]

      • Chapter 5 [Word files, zipped]

      • Chapter 6 [Word files, zipped]

      • Chapter 7 [Word files, zipped]

      • Chapter 8 [Word files, zipped]

      • Chapter 9 [Word files, zipped]

      • Chapter 10 [Word files, zipped]

      • Chapter 11 [Word files, zipped]

      • Historical skills toolkit [Word files, zipped]

      Full title now available. You must log in and have a subscription to access the full product.

      The complete Teacher Resource Package is now available.

      Note: The Teacher Resource Package does not include access to the PDF textbook. Please use the 16-character code in the front of your textbook to access the PDF textbook.

      The complete Teacher Resource Package contains:

      • Teaching program
      • Powerpoints
      • Research exercises and solutions
      • Textbook activity solutions
      • Workbook activity solutions
         

      To view sample materials, click on the preview files below.

      Preview files

      Now available

      Victoria

      Download [Word doc 0.1Mb]

      Western Australia

      Download [Word doc 0.1Mb]

      Authors

      Angela Woollacott (Series editor)