{"id":1266,"date":"2024-03-03T15:16:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T15:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/?page_id=1266"},"modified":"2025-09-07T12:37:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:37:50","slug":"history-higher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/social-subjects\/social-subjects-s5-s6-courses\/history-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"History: Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-956 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"891\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences.jpg 891w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02210616\/Social-Sciences-800x1131.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-658 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/01193422\/HistoryPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/01193422\/HistoryPoster.jpg 890w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/01193422\/HistoryPoster-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/01193422\/HistoryPoster-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/01193422\/HistoryPoster-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/01193422\/HistoryPoster-800x1133.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<p><strong>History: Higher<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Entry Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Nat 5 History (a pass in other subjects like National 5 Modern Studies or English can also be considered)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Good literacy skills are also an advantage for the study of history.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Course Content:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Scottish:<\/strong>\u00a0The Era of the Great War, 1910-1928 or Wars of independence<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>British:<\/strong>\u00a0Britain 1850-1951<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>European and World:<\/strong>\u00a0USA 1918-1968<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There is also an assignment for which candidates can choose a topic of interest\u00a0 related to the course research and then produce an essay style write up for assessment.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Internal:\u00a0<\/strong>Weekly tests based on the exam questions (results will generate a working grade for tracking purposes)\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>External:<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>SQA Examination: 80 marks\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Paper 1 &#8211; two essays (22 marks each)\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Paper 2 &#8211; three source based questions, one knowledge question<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>(36 marks in total)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Assignment: 30 marks (a \u2018write up\u2019 done under exam conditions and assessed externally by the SQA)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Progression Pathway:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/social-subjects\/social-subjects-s5-s6-courses\/history-advanced-higher\/\">Advanced Higher History<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>History has transferable skills to the other Social Subjects such as Modern Studies, Geography and RMPS.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>For more information about a wide range of higher education and career options, see Ms. Day.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7553,"featured_media":0,"parent":1259,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1266"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1796,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266\/revisions\/1796"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}