GCSE History is designed with a similar approach and methodology as the very successful Folens KS3 History series. Each textbook has additional material available on CD-ROM. The GCSE exam content is delivered through fun stories, entertaining material and unusual and interesting topics.

Table of Contents

WHAT WAS AMERICA LIKE IN THE 1920S?; A land of opportunity?; Who runs what?; The richest country in the world; Why was Henry Ford so famous?; 'Blood on the leaves'; Who were the Ku Klux Klan?; What was a flapper?; What shall we do today?; What was Prohibition and why did it fail?; The Al Capone story; The Monkey Trial; Were Sacco and Vanzetti guilty?; HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING?; FROM BOOM TO GLOOM; 'Anyone ought to be rich'; Why did Wall Street 'crash'?; How did the Wall Street Crash lead to the Great Depression?; 'Buddy, can you spare a dime?': the Great Depression in words and pictures; President Hoover versus the Bonus Army: how close was a revolution?; HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING?; NEW PRESIDENT, NEW IDEAS, NEW DEAL; The 1932 election: who would you vote for?; A 'New Deal'; What were the 'alphabet agencies'?; 'We have an opportunity here': how successful was the TVA?; The New Deal under attack; How was the Second New Deal different from the First?; The end of the New Deal; FDR and the New Deal: success or failure?; HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING?