The documents are specially chosen for their interest, their range of information and there suitability for source work. The software is exceptionally easy to use, which means that pupils, either singly or in groups, can be left to get on with their own searches, without constant supervision by their teacher.

Extensive suggestions for classroom use accompany each topic. The series offers an invaluable aid to developing enquiry skills, but also specifically addresses the range of other history skills in the questions that it suggests pupils ask of the sources.

Reader-100 titles now available are:

Medieval Life
by Margaret Wright
A wide-ranging look at life in Medieval England, including documents relating to the Feudal System, guilds, commerce, religious life, and much more.

The Tudors
by Stuart Fewster
Sources covering the reigns of the Tudor monarchs are drawn together to illustrate the social, religious and political developments of the period.

The French Revolution
by John Clare
Taken from a variety of sources, including visiting Englishmen, official documents from French towns and writings from the Revolutionary leaders, these extracts offer an in-depth insight into the way the Revolution affected the lives of a generation of French men and women.

America in the 20th Century
by Alf Wilkinson
A range of documents reflects the experience of ordinary Americans as well as public figures caught up in the great events of American history from the Depression years through to the 1970s.

Russia 1917-45
by Alf Wilkinson
The extraordinary experiences of the Russian people are reflected in this selection of documents. The events of the Revolution itself are extensively covered, followed by the Civil war, he NEP, collectivisation under Stalin, the Purges, and the Great Patriotic War.

Hitler’s Germany
by Alf Wilkinson
A vivid glimpse of the lives of those caught up in the rise to power of the Nazis, and their experience of the Nazi state: ordinary Germans who see Hitler as their only hope, committed members of the party, opponents of the regime, and others.

Medicine and Health
by Stuart Fewster
This wide selection of documents, taken from the Medieval period onwards, offers an excellent resource for those studying the SHP medicine option, and the Medicine and Public Health option at Key Stage 4.