Approximately 60 S4 Standard Grade History pupils travelled to the Vue Cinema in Hamilton last week for a private showing of the latest Steven Spielberg blockbuster, ‘Lincoln’. History Teacher, Mrs Lynsay Ashton organised the visit because of the film’s coverage of one of the Standard Grade History’s key topics ‘the Abolition of Slavery’ and its link with ‘The House Divided – the American Civil War’.

 The pupils could not fail to be impressed by the intensity of the production and character portrayal of President Abraham Lincoln, so majestically captured by now Oscar winner, Daniel Day-Lewis. The party found the production insightful and one that brought the history of that period very much to life.