Current Publications
Ken Webb's current publications cover a range of topics across Stages 5 and 6 of the NSW syllabus, though they would also be of great use to students studying similar topics in other states and overseas.
His current publications include:
- Discovering Australian History
- Extension History: The Historians
- World War I: From Sarajevo to Versailles
- HSC Modern History
- Excel School Certificate Australian History, Civics and Citizenship: Study Guide Year 10
- Analysing Australian History
Discovering Australian History
ISBN 9780521712460
Published 2008
Available from bookshops and from: Cambridge University Press
"Discovering Australian History" has been written for the NSW Stage 5 History course. It deals with the mandatory topics for Australian History which can be tested in the NSW School Certificate Examination. The book covers topics such as Pre-1914, WWI, the inter-war period, WWII, Australia in the era of the Vietnam War, post-1945 developments and has a chapter on the decade study: the 1950s. This book also contains a PDF of the text, detailed study guide and various activities.
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Extension History: The Historians
ISBN 0 85854 035 5
Published 2006
Available from: New South Wales History Teachers Association
"Extension History: The Historians" has been written for the NSW Extension History Course. It deals with some of the main debates in the world of historiography, ranging from ideas on 'Herodotus as a historian', to 'Ranke', to 'post-modernism' and the 'Reynolds-Winschuttle debate'.
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World War 1: From Sarajevo to Versailles
(2nd Edition)
ISBN 007471576 - 3
Published 2006
Available in most bookshops and from: McGraw-Hill Australia
"World War 1: From Sarajevo to Versailles" has been written for the NSW 2 Unit Modern History Course. It deals with the outbreak of war, conditions, strategies and attitudes at the front, the British and German Home Fronts, and the Versailles settlement. It also contains specific advice on how to deal with sources. This book also contains a CD containing a detailed study guide and a series of source-based questions.
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HSC Modern History - Get Smart (2nd Edition)
ISBN 0-85583-558-3
Published 2006
Available in most bookshops and from: Science Press
"HSC Modern History" has been written for the NSW 2 Unit Modern History Course. It is a study guide which covers the main topics contained in the HSC examination. It provides detailed factual summaries, revision exercises and suggestions for essay responses.
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Excel School Certificate Australian History, Civics and Citizenship: Study Guide Year 10
ISBN 1-877085-16-2
Published 2007
Available in most bookshops and from: Pascal Press
"Excel School Certificate Australian History, Civics and Citizenship: Study Guide Year 10" has been written for the NSW Australian History School Certificate Examination. It is a study guide which covers the main topics contained in the SC examination, plus some of the optional topics. It provides detailed factual summaries, revision exercises and suggestions for examination responses.
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Analysing Australian History
ISBN 9780521730549
Published 2008
Available from bookshops and from: Cambridge University Press
"Analysing Australian History" has been written for the Victorian Year 9 and 10 History course. It deals with aspects of Australian History since 1788 including Settlement/ Invasion, Gold, The struggle for political rights, Federation, WWI, the inter-war period, WWII, post-1945 developments, Protest, Australia’s world role and has a comparison of the 1950s and now. This book also contains a PDF of the text, detailed study guide and various activities.
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