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AQA English Language Non Fiction Reading Anthology | Contents of Extracts

Richard Gent | Tuesday September 30, 2014

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Contents of Extracts

Poverty

  1. Two extracts describing life in the slums of London - 1848
  2. A description of the Irish Potato Famine by a traveller - 1847
  3. The Huddersfield Workhouse Enquiry report - 1848
  4. A newspaper article on the plight of farmers - 2011
  5. A website article on surviving life on benefits - 2012
  6. A newspaper article on the plight of a jobless mother - 2014

Sport and Entertainment

  1. An extract from a book about learning to cycle - 1895
  2. Contemporary descriptions of football - 1801/1862
  3. A description of a ‘Penny Gaff by Henry Mayhew - 1862
  4. A newspaper article describing traditional cinemas in Thailand - 2015
  5. A newspaper article describing a visit to a Theme Park - 2012
  6. A newspaper article profiling Lewis Hamilton - 2007

Crime and Punishment

  1. Two extracts describing the Richardson- McFarland Trial - 1869
  2. An extract describing the new prison at Pentonville - 1842
  3. An extract describing a verbal attack on a 12 year olds life of crime - 1829
  4. A newspaper article describing the murder of Steve McNair - 2009
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