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"Don't you see? I hate standing out from the crowd. It makes me feel uncomfortable." Jess was seething. "I just think people shouldn't judge you without knowing the facts." "That's life. You'll never change people's attitudes, Jess." "Wanna bet?" Seventeen-year-old Orianna Stewart is a promising sixth-form student at Wimborne Upper School, hoping to study fashion and art at university. All she's ever wanted is to be accepted for who she is and not judged on her outward appearance, but her disability, cerebral palsy, is attracting the wrong kind of attention - That is until she meets Ashley. Gorgeous, blue-eyed and definitely out of her league, Orianna's world gets turned upside down. But after a terrifying experience at a house party, life doesn't seem worth living at all and she can only pray for a miracle to help get her out of the mess she's found herself in.
A TIMELESS FALCON DUAL TIMELINE SERIES: VOLUME THREE: A Turbulent Crown Follow the time-travelling Tudor adventures of Beth Wickers. Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Philippa Gregory, Kate Mosse, and Tom Harper. Beth Wickers, back home and with the time-slip behind her, is busy preparing for her PhD. However, once again, she's forced to return to Tudor England to rectify the history, but also to reconnect with the secret love of her life, George Boleyn. Things don't go to plan, though, and she finds herself time-slipping to the Tower of London in 1536, where she witnesses an execution that sends her slipping back three years with an overwhelming dilemma: should she step beyond the strict warni...
What is History Teaching, Now? is a research-informed handbook designed to provide practical guidance for history teachers and educators with differing levels of experience. Drawing upon the classroom practice and experience of a range of practitioners, the book focuses upon key areas such as curriculum and assessment, pedagogy, communicating history and resources that support effective teaching and learning. This book also provides practical ways to approach teaching topics such as diverse histories, the British Empire, world history and environmental history. Practical strategies are woven within the book, alongside questions for reflection and suggestions for further research and reading.
Supporting Disabled Students in Higher Education is a practical and inclusive handbook designed to ensure disabled students are supported in their journey through mainstream higher education. Informed by case studies, this essential guide highlights how this can be achieved through the adoption of practical, reasonable adjustments. Coupled with recommendations for best practice across higher education, this book outlines experiences and barriers to inclusion and provides detailed guidance for inclusive practices including adjustments to accommodation, accessing physical and virtual learning spaces, teaching activities, developing the curriculum and assessment. Written by an experienced dysle...
The story of a medieval king's disability traveling through time from Shakespeare's hands to today
Throughout history, how a society treated its disabled and infirm can tell us a great deal about the period. Challenged with any impairment, disease or frailty was often a matter of life and death before the advent of modern medicine, so how did a society support the disabled amongst them? For centuries, disabled people and their history have been overlooked. Very little on the infirm and mentally ill was written down during the renaissance period. The Tudor period is no exception, and presents a complex story and unparalleled. The sixteenth century was far from exemplary in the treatment of its infirm, but a multifaceted and ambiguous story emerges, where society's 'natural fools' were elev...
The definitive bible on all things Anne Boleyn from her guilt and execution to her relationship with Jesus Christ, as well as depiction of Anne in popular culture from TV series to West End musicals. Anne Boleyn sells, but she sells in segments; a biography here, a study over there on her guilt and something else yonder concerned with where she lived or what she liked to wear. This book, covering not just her life but her life onscreen, in theater, on TV and also the impact of the first black actress to play her, is the definitive, all-encompassing story of Anne Boleyn from 1501 (or thereabouts) to 2023. Having examined the ardent fandom of Anne Boleyn for his doctorate, Dr Mickey Mayhew is ...
La storia del mondo, raccontata un font alla volta, tra design, sentimenti e chiacchiere di corridoio
Professor, and historian Suzannah Lipscomb says Timeless Falcon Volume One is, 'a delightful story'.Beth, an enthusiastic history student gets the shock of her life, when her professor's gold cypher ring opens up a mysterious portal that takes her to Tudor England and Hever Castle, where she becomes an integral part of Anne Boleyn's life. She's been warned not to meddle or risk changing history, but can she allow her dear friend to go on to become the second wife of King Henry VIII and to end up in the Tower of London to meet a horrific death? Can Beth save herself from the machinations of the Tudor Court, or will she meet the same fate as the queen to be? Only the ring has the answer.