One of four History resources for CCEA Key Stage 3 that covers the Union and Partition segment of the specification. The book covers the period from c1800 to after the Second World War, and looks at key events in the world as a whole as well as in Ireland and Britain.

Divided into 39 units to ease lesson planning, it has activities to suit a variety of ability levels and includes: Slavery; The Famine; The Land Problem; Industrial Belfast; Catholic Emancipation; The Home Rule Movement; Ulster Covenant; World War I; The Easter Rising; War of Independence; Partition; The Holocaust; Ireland and the World since 1945.

The four titles in the History in Close-Up Series give students a comprehensive understanding of the key themes that form the history of their part of the world. ‘The Medieval World’ covers the period to approximately 1500, while ‘The Age of Discovery’ covers the period 1500 to 1800.

The fourth book, ‘The Twentieth Century’ is offered as an alternative for the final year study, taking a theme-based approach to the changes that have come in the past one hundred years.