Course Information

N5 History

How is it assessed?
Component 1 – Final Exam (2 hours 20 minutes, 80 marks)

Component 2 – Coursework Assignment (1 hour, 20 marks) 

What is taught?

Knowledge and Understanding 

Unit 1 – Scottish Wars of Independence (1286-1328)

Unit 2 – Free at Last? Civil Rights in the USA (1918-1968)

Unit 3 – The Making of Modern Britain (1880-1951)

Source Questions 

Evaluate the Usefulness

How Fully

Source Comparison

Higher History

How is it assessed?
Component 1a – Final Exam Paper 1 (1 hour 30 minutes, 36 marks)

Component 1b – Final Exam Paper 2 (1 hour 30 minutes, 44 marks)

Component 2 – Coursework Assignment (1 hour 30 minutes, 30 marks) 

What is taught?

Knowledge and Understanding 

Section 1 – Scottish: Migration and Empire

Section 2 – British: Britain 1851-1951

Section 3 – European and World: Growth of Nationalism, Germany 1815-1939 and Appeasement and Road to War, to 1939

Source Questions 

Explain

Evaluate the Usefulness

How Fully

Advanced Higher History

How is it assessed?
Component 1 – Final Exam Paper 1 (3 hours, 90 marks)

Component 2 – Coursework Dissertation (Ongoing, 50 marks) 

What is taught?

Knowledge and Understanding 

Russia: From Tsarism to Stalin

Source Questions 

Evaluate the Usefulness

How Fully

Further Information: SQA History