Helping Your Child to Pass History N5

Resources your Child Should Have Keypoint Revision Files The Atlantic Slave Trade Hitler and Nazi Germany Migration and Empire Pupils also have a Revision Folder which has Keypoint answer grids. They also have a hand-out which is a guide to answering all knowledge and skills questions. Check they have all of these. If they don’t please write a note and we will provide.

Suggestion 1 – Past Papers These are available on the SQA website (free) or from bookshops They can look very daunting , due to the range of areas schools can study, but it’s remarkably simple. There are 3 sections to the exam In section 1 your child has done part D In section 2 your child has done part C In Section 3 your child has done part D

Using the SQA website http://www.sqa.org.uk Past Papers Choose subject: History Choose Qualification: N5 Available is both past papers and marking instructions Marking instructions are highly useful for focussed revision and for helping to create revision cards.

Suggestion 2 – Revision Cards The idea is that the pupil creates a summary of the topics They produce a card with the key ideas and then use these to study Competition – how many study cards can they recall accurately Study buddy – share key points of study cards , test each other on study cards Opportunity to check understanding