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Our school needs a textbook and digital book package that works on any device.

A: We've just launched eBook 3.0 - an unparalleled digital program for Australian Schools.

eBook 3.0 is a new development from Pearson that provides you with the student book digitally online, or offline, for any device. It looks like the pages of the book, so you can easily direct students to page references without wasting time. And you can access it anywhere as you don't need an internet connection. When you are online, it's linked with loads of interactive activities designed specifically to engage students and enhance learning.

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Our school is ditching textbooks, we just want a fantastic digital course with built-in assessment!

A: Pearson Reader 2.0 - collaborate, assess, learn.

Pearson Reader 2.0 is for schools that want to stay ahead of the game, and give their students the best opportunities to learn digitally. You'll get all of the student book content online, with hundreds of linked activities. But the amazing part is that you get auto-correcting built-in assessment that students can complete, teachers can review and provide feedback, and you can watch as the results of your class stream in.

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How do I help teachers in my department new to teaching history?

A: The Teacher Companions give you invaluable strategies for teaching EVERY PAGE of the student books. Not to mention the answers.

Pearson History is a full service solution committed to saving teachers with planning time, and engaging students. Part of this is done with the Teacher Companions. The Teacher Companions provide full student book pages, with teacher notes, teaching strategies, extension activities and more all shown in context of the page you’re teaching. You'll also get Pre-Preparation, Teaching and Learning Strategies and answers to all questions in the student and activity books.

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No textbook is right for my school! I wish I could easily create a history book for my school. How can I?

A: Pearson Custom.

You can now customise Pearson History by choosing the chapters you want in your own customised student book. There's a lot to cover in the Australian Curriculum: History, but what does your school cover in depth? With Pearson History Custom, you could include an overview chapter of the Year 7 topics, and include Ancient Egypt but exclude Ancient India. Or does your school split Geography and History by semesters? Create a book with enough content for 1 semester of course work.

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How can I find time to create new lesson plans for the new curriculum?

A: You don't need to! There are loads of editable planning documents online.

We've created teaching plans for each of the student books for the whole year, and they're editable Word documents so you can customise for your school. In fact, they are also mapped to the Australian Curriculum so you can see which chapters and units are linked to which content descriptors of the Australian Curriculum: History. You'll find all of these located online in Pearson Places when you adopt the series.

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How can my textbook help cater for a mixed range of abilities in my classroom?

A: The student book questions are organised using Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Processes.

Questions are clearly labelled under the Bloom's headings Remembering & Understanding, Understanding & Analysing and Evaluating & Creating allowing you to easily target groups of questions for particular groups of students.

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How can I make history engaging for my students so they see that it's really fun?

A: We've made history accessible by providing students the core skills they need to succeed and enjoy learning history.

The History Skills Toolbox at the start of the student books give students and teachers a handy reference guide they can refer to for the core skills required to learn history.

The inquiry-based approach central to the series encourages students to research and discover for themselves rather than simply being provided information.

The 200 interactive activities on the online student book (Pearson Reader) as well as the 150 case studies help student to relate to history in a fun way.

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What about practice activities for students to reinforce concepts taught in class?

A: Check out the Activity Books.

Pearson History activity books consolidate students' historical knowledge and understanding and historical skills in accordance with the Australian Curriculum History course. The activities can be set for homework, or for 'fast finishers' in the classroom that may need some extension. What sort of activities? You'll find: mapwork, timelines, evidence-based activities and questions, literacy-based activities and questions, stories from the past, crosswords, word finds, matching words and definitions!

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History is a new course – how can I be sure I'm meeting the Australian Curriculum Guidelines?

A: With Pearson History, your school and teachers are meeting the requirements of the Australian Curriculum.

We've given you flexibility to teach the way you want to by ensuring all of the Options with the Depth Studies have been covered. We've also paid close attention to seamlessly interweave the two curriculum strands: Historical Understanding and Knowledge and Historical Skills, all of which is underpinned by an inquiry-based approach.