S1 Scotland as Nation Report Modern Studies

Instructions sheet: Scotland as a Nation Writing Sheet

Your Modern Studies section of your Scotland as  Nation report is due in on the following dates:

Miss Begbie’s Monday class – 22nd February

Miss Begbie’s Friday class – TBC

Your report should be written/printed on a separate sheet of paper and include the following:

•Introduction

•Scottish Identity vs British Identity

– what do you think it means to be Scottish?

– what do the public think?

•The Scottish Parliament and Devolved and Reserved Powers

–When was the Parliament  created?

–What are the devolved and reserved powers – give examples of each

•The Independence Debate

– arguments for and against

– The Smith Commission Recommendations/The Scotland Bill

•Conclusion

Each section should be at least a paragraph, but try to include as much detail and evidence as you can.  Look back through your notes in your jotter to find more detail.

Resources

You can download the powerpoint from class here: Scotland as a Nation BLOG

If you are missing sections of work or would like to go over any of the topics we covered in class again you could use the following internet activities or summary sheets:

Activity sheet for the Scottish Parliament: How the Scottish Parliament works Activity

Powerpoint on Scottish Identity: What_Makes_Scotland_Scottish Sample (1)

Devolved and Reserved Powers (Handout)

Arguments for and against(Handout from sorting task)

If you want to conduct any extra research to help answer these questions you could visit the following websites:

BBC – Scotland’s Future

BBC – The Formula for Scottishness

National 4/5 Modern Studies

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National 5 Exam date: Wednesday 27th May 9am

 

The exam is now nearly here, but don’t panic!  You can use the below helpsheets and revision notes to help you prepare.

Presentation on the exam from class: Exams!

 

 

Not sure what your answers should look like?

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Visit the SQA Understanding Standards to have a look at answers from last year’s paper and to see comments from the markers for each:

http://www.understandingstandards.org.uk/Subjects/National_5/Modern_Studies/QuestionPaper/question1A1

 

Enquiry Skills Questions

Access the booklets for each of the enquiry skills questions with a ‘how to answer’ and sample questions below.

Conclusions Questions booklet

Decision-Making Question booklet

 

Knowledge and Understanding Questions

You will need to answer ‘recall’ questions on information from each of the three units we have studied.   You should use the notes in your red jotter and the checklists from class to help you prepare short revision notes that you will be able to answer each question from.

BBC Bitesize has a useful summary of each unit that you could use to fill any gaps in your notes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zxsnb9q

The below revision notes should help get you started:

1. Political Issues: Democracy in Scotland

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2. Social Issues: Crime and Law

**** new******Crime and Law Revision Notes

3. International Issues: World Power – USA

 **** new******USA Social and Economic Inequalities Revision

Revise the USA political system with Smart Songs:

Most importantly…… DON’T PANIC!

Assignment

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As discussed in class you need to put your source evidence onto a template sheet.

You can download the template sheet here: National5ModernStudiesAssignmentResearchSheet

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If you are stuck with writing up your assignment you should go back through the presentation to get some ideas of how to structure it:

Class ppt on how to write up your report: MS_N5_Presentation

Useful articles:

YouGov on Race Relations in USA: https://today.yougov.com/news/2015/01/19/bad-year-race-relations/

Public opinion on new police tactics: https://yougov.co.uk/news/2012/03/20/new-police-tactics/

YouGov on arming the police: https://yougov.co.uk/news/2012/09/20/police-murders-what-next/

Mexican Gangs and USA immigration: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140723-immigration-minors-honduras-gang-violence-central-America/

http://www.npr.org/2014/07/09/329848538/whats-causing-the-latest-immigration-crisis-a-brief-explainer

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/country-lost-kids/

Higher Modern Studies

I will post revision checklists on this post but you should access the glow site to find class powerpoints and handouts as well as more detailed revision notes (as I write them!)

The link to the glow site is: Higher Modern Studies Glow Site

 

 

View the Higher Modern Studies Magazine.

 

Find out more about the seats that could decide the next election at the BBC Interactive Tracker.

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25726270#interactive]

 

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Child Labour in 2014

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Your report on Child Labour is due to be handed in before the end of term.

Find the instruction sheet here: S1 Child Labour Assessment Task HANDOUT

If you want to go back over the powerpoint we used in class you can access  it here: Child Labour REPORT

Find out more?

Complete extra research at home to add to your report.  The below sites might help you to do this:

Interactive Map of Child Labour Around the World

Fighting child labour in Peru

Missed Class?

If you missed class or have lost your notes you can access the powerpoint and video links that we used in class here:   Child labour Case Studies.

Remember that your report is due in before the end of term!

Come and see me at lunchtimes if you need any extra help,

Miss B

 

Higher MS – Researching NATO

Research the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and take notes on:

* Background Info – Member countries, Key events

* How they work – a political and military alliance, collective defence, the transatlantic link, 2010 Strategic concept.

* Recent and current missions

* Working Structure

* 2013 – A Year in Review – identify key events/activities that they have been involved in.

Use the below links:

Interactive guide to NATO

NATO\’s year in review

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