| Description |
xiv, 314 pages : colour illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
1. The history wars : arguing about the past -- 2. Shaping a legend : Gallipoli and Kokoda -- 3. Studies of hope : Asian migrants in Australia -- 4. The conflict within : crisis in the Solomon Islands -- 5. The individual in history : Martin Luther King -- 6. Independence and beyond : the rise of India -- 7. After 9/11 : the 'war on terrorism' |
| Summary |
"Global Voices 2 presents six new contemporary inquiries. This text presents topics and themes of relevance to today's senior students of modern history. The author team consists of practising teachers, educators and historians whose credentials are well-known and valued by history teachers nationally. It features an introductory chapter on the history wars ; six chapters, each of which focuses on a vital event in modern history ; setting the scene sections in each chapter, which use the dramatic voices of those intimately involved in the event ; discovery narratives in each chapter, which investigate a key question using both narrative and source-based inquiry ; background briefings to provide historical contexts ; responding to history sections in each chapter, which offer a set of stimulating culmination activities ; a 'what historians have said' feature to explore historiography ; new skill booster feature to foster skill development."--Book jacket |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
For senior secondary students |
| Notes |
Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at the publisher's home page:http://www.jacplus.com.au |
| Subject |
History, Modern -- 21st century.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
Hennessey, Julie, author
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Cortessis, Kay, author
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Henderson, Deborah, author
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Quanchi, Max, author
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| ISBN |
9780731407392 (paperback) |
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0731407393 (paperback) |
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