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• Mr I. Coats (PTG)
• Mr T. Dougan (SDHT)
• Mr I. Gordon (PT)
• Mr J. Kelly
• Mr C. Ollerhead
• Ms K. Thomson

Course Outlines

S1

1. What is History - an introductory unit which covers types of evidence and handling evidence.
2. Early Civilisation - a depth study of life in Ancient times
3. Classes study Roman Britain or Ancient Egypt & the unit includes an individual study
4. Scotland 's Story - the development of Scotland from the unification of the Kingdom to the Wars of Independence. The unit also includes a study of life in Scotland in the Middle Ages, including feudalism, castles and the Church.

S2

1. Edinburgh - the development of Edinburgh from its origins to the building of the New Town and including a depth study on Burke and Hare.
2. Slavery - the trade in slaves from Africa to British colonies, life on a plantation, emancipation and its effects
3. The Home Front in Britain during World War II A study of life in Britain during the war, including rationing, evacuation ,the blackout, government propaganda etc. Pupils cany out an investigation on the Home Front using primary sources and are encouraged to interview someone who lived at that time.

S3/4 Standard Grade

1. Unit 1 Changing Life in Scotland and in Britain 1830 - 1930 : Changes in working and living conditions and the extension of the vote to all men and women.
2. Unit 2 International Co-operation and conflict 1890 - 1 920s The causes of the First World War. Life in the trenches, technology of war, home front and the struggle to make and keep peace.
3. Unit 3 People and Power - Germany 1918 - 1939 : The Weimar Republic and its problems Hitler's rise to power and life in Nazi Germany.

S5/6 Higher

Higher Still History Higher - Option C - Later Modern History

1. Britain 1850 to 1879 - the attempts to change social and economic conditions ; the growth of democracy ; the increasing role of government in addressing problems ; the growth of a separate Scottish political identity within the UK.
2. Growth of Nationalism 1815 to 1939 - the growth of national consciousness in Europe after the French Revolution ; the unification of Italy ; the nature of fascism and its victory in Italy.
3. Appeasement and the Road to War - to 1939" an in-depth study of the nature of fascist foreign policy and the reactions of the democratic powers to its threat, leading to the failure to prevent the outbreak of World War 2.

Intermediate 2

1. Cradle to the Grave
2. Mary Queen of Scots
3. The Road to War

Advanced Higher

Soviet Russia - the transformation of Russia from a backward autocracy to a modem communist super power, including the revolutions of 1917 ; the civil war; Stalin's rise to power and his economic policies and purges ; the spread of Soviet power after the 2nd World War.