1. Nationals in a Nutshell
4&5
What do you want to know?
Main purpose is to answer your questions or concerns so on a show me board….
Invite questions at any time
Secondary aim is to demonstrate some teaching methods and
Lastly practical ways that you can help your child succeed

2. Nationals in a Nutshell
4&5
Main purpose is to answer your questions or concerns so on a show me board….
Invite questions at any time
Secondary aim is to demonstrate some teaching methods and
Lastly practical ways that you can help your child succeed
What will they learn?

3. European and World Unit
History
Scottish Unit
European and World Unit
British Issues
Added Value
Give them copy of pacing documents for all topics covered.
Create memory map by inking extra arms to show some of the topics (to demonstrate study skill how to summarise information)

4. Nationals in a Nutshell
4&5
Main purpose is to answer your questions or concerns so on a show me board….
Invite questions at any time
Secondary aim is to demonstrate some teaching methods and
Lastly practical ways that you can help your child succeed
How does it compare to Standard Grade?

5. Nationals in a Nutshell
4&5
Main purpose is to answer your questions or concerns so on a show me board….
Invite questions at any time
Secondary aim is to demonstrate some teaching methods and
Lastly practical ways that you can help your child succeed
How will they be assessed?

6. National 4 Award from SQA
Unit Assessments
Internal Tests
Portfolio (presentations or written pieces)
Added Value
Source work
Write Up
Covered on Nutshell sheet
Show example of N5 assessment, Keyword poster

7. National 5 Award from SQA
Unit Assessments
Internal Tests
Portfolio (presentations or written pieces)
Added Value
Source work
1 hour Write Up (25%)
Exam
Externally marked
1 hour 30
(75%)
Covered on Nutshell sheet

8. Nationals in a Nutshell
4&5
Main purpose is to answer your questions or concerns so on a show me board….
Invite questions at any time
Secondary aim is to demonstrate some teaching methods and
Lastly practical ways that you can help your child succeed
How will they learn?

9. Thinking Skills We spend a lot of times ensuring they understand.
Example: testing them on keywords

10. Presentation Skills
The most effective way to understand something is to teach someone else, so pupils present their findings to peers, who can then ask questions if they don’t understand
Sample keyword poster

11. Exam Skills
Relevant for N5 exam

12. Study Skills
Embedded in teaching and learning and here is where you can come in…

13. How can I help?

14. Homework
Ensure hw completed, test on keywords using textbook/handouts/GLOW

15. Use GLOW

16. keywords ….
You will be a much more effective reader, and learn things more quickly and more efficiently, if you learn to identify key words. When you start to read a passage, you need to ask yourself: "What do I want to find out from this passage?“. Read quickly through the passage to find out generally what it is about, and then read it again more slowly to pick out the keywords. When you have identified the keywords, underline them or highlight them with a highlighter pen. Develop a system that uses different colours for different types of information.

17. You will be a much more effective reader, and learn things more quickly and more efficiently, if you learn to identify key words. When you start to read a passage, you need to ask yourself: "What do I want to find out from this passage?“. Read quickly through the passage to find out generally what it is about, and then read it again more slowly to pick out the keywords. When you have identified the keywords, underline them or highlight them with a highlighter pen. Develop a system that uses different colours for different types of information.

18. Memorise… emory eeds asy ethods f aming nformation orrectly M N E O I
How can I help?
Memorise…
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Best way of listing keywords

19. My Very Easy Method Just Saves Us Naming Planets

20. Spider diagrams History Scottish Unit European & World Unit
British Issues
Added Value
Best way to organise keywords

21. Post-it notes
Best way to interact with keywords

22. Test them...
Look at image

23. Where can they go after Nationals?

24. S6 S5 S4 Next Steps in School? Higher History N5 History
N4 Pass History
N5 History
Higher History
Higher Other Subject
N5 Other Subject

25. S6 S5 S4 Next Steps in School? N5 Pass History Higher History
Advanced Higher
Higher Other Subject

26. Higher Education
Any type of job
Further Education