{"id":129,"date":"2016-03-30T10:18:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T10:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadsocsubs\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2016-03-30T10:27:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T10:27:27","slug":"higher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadsocsubs\/modern-studies\/higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S5\/6 Higher pupils will undertake the following units:<\/p>\n<h5>Democracy in Scotland and the UK<\/h5>\n<p>This unit investigates:<br \/>\n\u2022 The Role \/Powers of PM and Cabinet<br \/>\n\u2022 The Role of the Legislature<br \/>\n\u2022 Pressure Groups<br \/>\n\u2022 The Influence of the Media on Decision Making<br \/>\n\u2022 Factors affecting Voting Behaviour<br \/>\n\u2022 Electoral Systems<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/files\/nu\/CfE_Unit_SocialStudies_H_ModernStudies_Democracy_Scotland_UnitedKingdom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">SQA Unit specification<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Social Issues in the UK \u2013 Social Inequality<\/h5>\n<p>This unit investigates:<br \/>\n\u2022 Health Inequalities<br \/>\n\u2022 Tackling Health Inequalities<br \/>\n\u2022 Wealth Inequalities<br \/>\n\u2022 Individualist vs. Collectivist approach to tackling Inequalities<br \/>\n\u2022 Disadvantaged Groups in Society<br \/>\n\u2022 Tackling gender\/race Inequalities<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/files\/nu\/CfE_Unit_SocialStudies_H_ModernStudies_SocialIssues_UnitedKingdom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">SQA Unit specification<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>International Issues \u2013 World Power : The USA<\/h5>\n<p>This unit investigates:<br \/>\n\u2022 The people of the USA<br \/>\n\u2022 The Immigration Debate<br \/>\n\u2022 Social and Economic Inequalities<br \/>\n\u2022 Policies to tackle social and economic inequalities<br \/>\n\u2022 The US Political System<br \/>\n\u2022 Checks and Balances<br \/>\n\u2022 Participation and Representation in US Politics<br \/>\n\u2022 The USA and International Relations<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/files\/nu\/CfE_Unit_SocialStudies_H_ModernStudies_InternationalIssues.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">SQA Unit specification<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Higher pupils will also complete an Assignment to be presented for a course award.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/files\/nq\/CfE_CourseSpecification_Higher_SocialStudies_ModernStudies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">SQA Course specification<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S5\/6 Higher pupils will undertake the following units: Democracy in Scotland and the UK This unit investigates: \u2022 The Role \/Powers of PM and Cabinet \u2022 The Role of the Legislature \u2022 Pressure Groups \u2022 The Influence of the Media on Decision Making \u2022 Factors affecting Voting Behaviour \u2022 Electoral Systems SQA Unit specification Social &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadsocsubs\/modern-studies\/higher\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Higher<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33204,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadsocsubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadsocsubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadsocsubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadsocsubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadsocsubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadsocsubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadsocsubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions\/146"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadsocsubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadsocsubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}