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Develop the skills for HSC success from Year 7
Oxford Insight History for NSW 2E is an engaging, academically rigorous series created by New South Wales’ most trusted author team. Fully revised to feature an explicit focus on developing students’ understanding of historical skills and source analysis, the new editions prepare students for the demands of the recently updated Stage 6 Ancient and Modern History Syllabuses.
Choose between year-level and stage-level resources
For the first time, the new editions are presented in both year- and stage-level formats, enabling you to choose the resources that support your school’s preferred approach to teaching.
Complete, up-to-date coverage
The series provides comprehensive coverage of all depth studies, giving teachers the flexibility to switch topics from year to year without purchasing additional resources. Featuring the most up-to-date information, Oxford Insight History 2E now includes case studies to give students the opportunity to delve more deeply into particular aspects of history.
Key features of the Student books
Oxford Insight History for NSW Student books support understanding and progression, offering a pathway to HSC success for every student.
Each Student book:
Provides a clear learning pathway with checkpoint questions linked to content dot points in the NSW History Syllabus appearing at the end of every section.
Offers key content panels at the beginning of each topic to reinforce learning intentions.
Scaffolds student learning and aids navigation by sequencing key subject matter in topic-based spreads.
Features check your learning panels at the end of every topic to review student progress and provide opportunities for analysis and extension.
Presents subject matter using stunning images, illustrations and visible thinking prompts to engage students and support deep inquiry.
Supports differentiation through a range of online worksheets.
Includes case study spreads and source study activities to provide opportunities to dig deeper into particular topics.
Contains a stand-alone Historian's toolkit reference section for all historical skills and concepts, and can be taught as a separate unit of work or revisited as required.
Teach History your way, by year or by stage
Oxford Insight
History for NSW
For the first time, the new editions of Oxford Insight History for NSW 2E are available in both year- and stage-level formats.
Stage level resources cover the most popular depth studies in the print Student books, with the remaining options covered in the digital Student and Teacher obooks.
| Oxford Insight History for NSW Stages 4 & 5 2E Student book + obook assess |
Print student book with digital access |
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| Oxford Insight History for NSW Stages 4 & 5 2E Student obook assess |
Digital student obook access |
| Oxford Insight History for NSW Stages 4 & 5 2E Teacher obook assess |
Teacher digital access available to adopting schools |
| Institutional purchases
Please contact your Education Consultant if your school purchases resources on behalf of students and requires multi-year digital subscriptions. If your school has a different model, ask your Education Consultant about purchase options. |
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| Oxford Insight History for NSW Stages 4 & 5 2E Multi obook assess |
Includes 3 activations, each valid for 24 months |
Table of contents:
| The Historian's toolkit: concepts and skills | |
| PART A | INVESTIGATING THE ANCIENT PAST: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 1) |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | Investigating the ancient past |
| PART B | THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 2) |
| Chapter 2 | Ancient Egypt |
| Chapter 3 | Ancient Greece [obook only chapter] |
| Chapter 4 | Ancient Rome |
| PART C | THE ASIAN WORLD: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 3) |
| Chapter 5 | Ancient India [obook only chapter] |
| Chapter 6 | Ancient China |
| PART D | THE WESTERN AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 4) |
| Chapter 7 | The Vikings |
| Chapter 8 | Medieval Europe |
| Chapter 9 | The Ottoman Empire [obook only chapter] |
| Chapter 10 | Renaissance Italy [obook only chapter] |
| PART E | THE ASIA–PACIFIC WORLD: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 5) |
| Chapter 11 | The Angkor/Khmer Empire [obook only chapter] |
| Chapter 12 | Japan under the Shoguns |
| Chapter 13 | The Polynesian expansion across the Pacific |
| PART F | EXPANDING CONTACTS: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 6) |
| Chapter 14 | Mongol expansion [obook only chapter] |
| Chapter 15 | The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa |
| Chapter 16 | The Spanish conquest of the Americas |
| Chapter 17 | Aboriginal and Indigenous peoples, colonisation and contact history |
| The Historian's toolkit: concepts and skills | |
| PART A | MAKING A BETTER WORLD?: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 1) |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | The Industrial Revolution |
| Chapter 2 | Movement of peoples |
| Chapter 3 | Progressive ideas and movements: Capitalism [obook only chapter] |
| PART B | AUSTRALIA AND ASIA: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 2) |
| Chapter 4 | Making a nation |
| Chapter 5 | Asia and the world: China [obook only chapter] |
| PART C | AUSTRALIANS AT WAR (WORLD WARS I AND II): AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 3) |
| Chapter 6 | Australians at war (World Wars I and II) |
| PART D | RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 4) |
| Chapter 7 | Rights and freedoms |
| PART E | THE GLOBALISING WORLD: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 5) |
| Chapter 8 | Popular culture |
| Chapter 9 | The environment movement [obook only chapter] |
| Chapter 10 | Migration experiences |
| PART F | SCHOOL–DEVELOPED TOPIC: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 6) |
| Chapter 11 | Australia in the Vietnam War era |
| Chapter 12 | The Holocaust [obook only chapter] |
| Title | Oxford Insight History for NSW Stage 4 2E
Student book + obook assess |
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| ISBN | 9780190327583 |
| Price | $94.95 |
| Title | Oxford Insight History for NSW Stage 5 2E
Student book + obook assess |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780190327637 |
| Price | $94.95 |
Oxford Insight
History for NSW
For the first time, the new editions of Oxford Insight History for NSW 2E are available in both year- and stage-level formats.
| Oxford Insight History for NSW Years 7–10 2E Student book + obook assess |
Print student book with digital access |
|---|---|
| Oxford Insight History for NSW Years 7–10 2E Student obook assess |
Digital student obook access |
| Oxford Insight History for NSW Years 7–10 2E Teacher obook assess |
Teacher digital access available to adopting schools |
| Institutional purchases
Please contact your Education Consultant if your school purchases resources on behalf of students and requires multi-year digital subscriptions. If your school has a different model, ask your Education Consultant about purchase options. |
|
| Oxford Insight History for NSW Years 7–10 2E Multi obook assess |
Includes 3 activations, each valid for 12 months |
Table of contents:
| The Historian's toolkit: concepts and skills | |
| PART A | INVESTIGATING THE ANCIENT PAST: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 1) |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | Investigating the ancient past View sample chapter |
| PART B | THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 2) |
| Chapter 2 | Ancient Egypt |
| Chapter 3 | Ancient Greece |
| Chapter 4 | Ancient Rome |
| PART C | THE ASIAN WORLD: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 3) |
| Chapter 5 | Ancient India |
| Chapter 6 | Ancient China |
| The Historian's toolkit: concepts and skills | |
| PART D | THE WESTERN AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 4) |
|---|---|
| Chapter 7 | The Vikings |
| Chapter 8 | Medieval Europe |
| Chapter 9 | The Ottoman Empire |
| Chapter 10 | Renaissance Italy |
| PART E | THE ASIA–PACIFIC WORLD: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 5) |
| Chapter 11 | The Angkor/Khmer Empire |
| Chapter 12 | Japan under the Shoguns |
| Chapter 13 | The Polynesian expansion across the Pacific |
| PART F | EXPANDING CONTACTS: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 6) |
| Chapter 14 | Mongol expansion |
| Chapter 15 | The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa |
| Chapter 16 | The Spanish conquest of the Americas |
| Chapter 17 | Aboriginal and Indigenous peoples, colonisation and contact history |
| The Historian's toolkit: concepts and skills | |
| PART A | MAKING A BETTER WORLD?: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 1) |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | The Industrial Revolution View sample chapter |
| Chapter 2 | Movement of peoples |
| Chapter 3 | Progressive ideas and movements: Capitalism |
| PART B | AUSTRALIA AND ASIA: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 2) |
| Chapter 4 | Making a nation |
| Chapter 5 | Asia and the world: China |
| PART C | AUSTRALIANS AT WAR (WORLD WARS I AND II): AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 3) |
| Chapter 6 | Australians at war (World Wars I and II) |
| The Historian's toolkit: concepts and skills | |
| PART D | RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 4) |
|---|---|
| Chapter 7 | Rights and freedoms |
| PART E | THE GLOBALISING WORLD: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 5) |
| Chapter 8 | Popular culture |
| Chapter 9 | The environment movement |
| Chapter 10 | Migration experiences |
| PART F | SCHOOL–DEVELOPED TOPIC: AN OVERVIEW (DEPTH STUDY 6) |
| Chapter 11 | Australia in the Vietnam War era |
| Chapter 12 | The Holocaust [obook only chapter] |
| Title | Oxford Insight History for NSW Year 8 2E
Student book + obook assess |
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| ISBN | 9780190327439 |
| Price | $64.95 |
| Title | < Oxford Insight History for NSW Year 10 2E
Student book + obook assess |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780190327538 |
| Price | $64.95 |
Oxford Insight History for NSW features comprehensive digital support for students and teachers.
obook offers online and offline digital access to a wealth of additional content and interactivity. Included free with every obook is assess, the indispensable 24/7 online assessment tool, explicitly mapped to the NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum, which drives student progress through tailored instruction.
Digital resources for students
Each Student obook assess offers:
- a complete digital version of the Student book with note-taking and bookmarking functionality
- free Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary look-up feature
- interactive activities
- differentiated quizzes featuring interactive, auto-marking, multiple-choice questions
- videos with accompanying worksheets
- weblinks
- inquiry-based Rich tasks designed to engage students to develop specific historical skills
- differentiated Checkpoint worksheets
- interactive flashcard glossaries.
Resources for teachers
In addition to the student resources, each Teacher obook offers:
- answers to all questions, assessment tasks and worksheets
- detailed course planners, teaching programs and scope and sequence charts
- additional teacher support materials.
With Teacher obook assess, teachers can also set up classes, assign work, monitor student progress and graph results.
Markbook: new in 2021
Assess
Every chapter of Oxford Insight History for NSW 2E is supported by quizzes that assess students' level of understanding, monitor progress and track engagement.
Track
The new Markbook feature enables teachers to:
- filter online test and quiz results by class or group
- add results from self-administered tests
- add comments
- focus on teaching – administration is taken care of!
Report
New enhanced reporting features include HTML or PDF student progress reports containing all test results, quiz results and comments.
In an Australian first, Oxford has partnered with Quizlet to offer free access to additional content that will drive engagement as students compete in real-time online quizzes and fun study activities.
Quizlet integrates fun and functionality with Oxford's tried and tested content.
Sample Insight History for NSW Quizlet content is now available for you to try online.
Register now to view sample content
Access your Teacher Dashboard sample*
*Only available to practicing secondary school teachers.
Please complete the form below to access a selection of Oxford Insight History for NSW Stage 4 student and teacher resources and test the upgraded functionality of the Oxford Digital platform.
REQUEST SAMPLE
- teacher notes, teaching programs and course planners
- Student book questions and answers
- auto-correcting assess quizzes
- interactive timelines
- worksheets, weblinks and more.
For a guided walkthrough of Oxford Insight History for NSW’s innovative new Markbook functionality please request a consultation with your local Oxford Education Consultant here.
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