About this title.

Literacy and History - The Celts is one of a series of four books designed to develop students' literacy skills in the area of comprehension, vocabulary and spelling and to enhance their academic skills and historical knowledge. The books are designed to strengthen the links between the subjects of language and history. Each book deals with an ancient society and contains 12 units which deal with different aspects of each society and the people who lived in them.
Each unit covers a wide variety of topics and includes a range of fictional texts based on historical fact. Each unit has a comprehension section, a cloze procedure section, a word study section and a cross-curricular section, which provides activities from other areas of the the curriculum such as history, geography, science and mathematics.
Both individual and group work are catered for and extensive teachers' notes including background information and answers are given.
Suitable for ages 11+.