1. Helping Your Child to Pass
Higher History

2. Resources your Child Should Have
Textbook: Britain and Scotland and Germany
Textbook: Migration and Empire
* Leckie & Leckie course notes.
Check they have all of these.
If they don’t please write a note and we will provide.

3. Textbook 1 – Britain and Scotland and Germany
In the exam pupils have to answer 2 essay questions. These are based on;
Britain and Scotland
Germany
For Britain and Scotland there are 6 study areas. These are detailed on the contents page of the contents page of the textbook.
For Germany there are also 6 possible areas. Theses are on P81 of the textbook.
In the exam pupils are given a choice between 3 essays to answer – therefore they must study 4 areas from each.

4. Suggestion – Revision Cards
The idea is that the pupil creates a summary of the 4 essays from each area.
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

5. Textbook 2- Migration and Empire 1830-1939
This is used for the source based questions.
P108 onwards provides an excellent summary of the requirements.
Therefore the exam consists of 2 essays and source based questions.

6. Suggestion -Using the SQA website for Past Papers
Past Papers
Choose subject: History
Choose Qualification: Higher
Available is both past papers and marking instructions
Marking instructions are highly useful for focussed revision and for helping to create revision cards.

7. Understanding the Exam
Section1 – Migration and Empire (part D)
This section is skills based
Section 2 – Britain (part D)
Section 3 – Germany (part D)