National Four / Five History
HISTORY is about people in the past…
HISTORY is about events in the past…
HISTORY is important – it helps you understand the world we live in today…
What career will it help me with? There are lots of jobs associated with history… Researcher for organisations like the BBC Archaeologist Tour guide Museum Work Archivist
HISTORY also opens doors to many other careers…
It can also be an additional qualification to take you to University
Most importantly… it must be something that you think you would ENJOY over the next year…
Celebrities with History degrees Sacha Baron cohen, Louis Theroux, Ed Norton, Jonathon Ross. Gordon Brown. Michael Palin, Steve carrel.
All these people have History degrees, but what else do they have in common? Bush, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D Roosevelt, Richard Nixon (All U.S Presidents)
DUBOIS Dubois- first African-American to receive a PHD from Harvard
3 Units in National 4 / 5 History The Era of the Great War, 1914-1928 Hitler and Nazi Germany, 1919-1939 Changing Britain, 1760-1900
Changing Britain, 1760-1900
Health and Housing
Impact of the Industrial Revolution - Coal Mining
Coal Mining
Textile factories
The Development of Railways
Campaigns for the vote
The Era of the Great War, 1914-1928
Two armed camps in Europe
Fighting begins…Scots on the Western Front
Horrors of fighting
Daily life for soldiers
The Technology of World War One
Gas
Tanks
Guns
Life in Scotland during the war
Impact of War on Scotland
Hitler and Nazi Germany, 1919-1939
End of World War One – Goodbye to the German Kaiser
Communist Uprising
Treaty of Versailles – German Losses
Hyperinflation – money is worthless
Problems in Germany – Unemployment and Poverty
Yes to Hitler!
Hitler’s use of Terror
Opposition to the Nazis
Hitler’s persecution of the Jews
Hitler’s policies for the young…
Propaganda