National 4/5 History Course Notes (Course Notes for SQA Exams)

The National 4 & 5 History Course Notes help map your route through the CfE programme and provide comprehensive and authoritative guidance. Course Notes give a practical, supportive approach to help deliver the new curriculum and offer an appropriate blend of sound teaching and learning with exam and assessment guidance.

Progress and attainment for all
• A complete course text with seven of the most popular topics covered in depth (Migration and Empire; The Era of the Great War; The Atlantic Slave Trade; Changing Britain; Red Flag: Lenin and the Russian Revolution; Hitler and Nazi Germany and Free at Last? Civil Rights in the USA)
• ‘Activities’ will get students thinking about what they have learned and help them to develop the skills needed for the assessment
• ‘Activities’ are mapped and indexed by Outcome so you can see at a glance which criteria each activity fulfils

Active learning
• ‘Make the link’ features encourage broader thinking between and across subjects
• ‘Hints’ give helpful tips to support learning and highlight important information
• ‘Key words’ define words and phrases to aid understanding

Assessment and practice you can rely on
• ‘Exam style questions’ for every section ensure that students will be fully prepared for the assessment
• ‘Summary’ sections and ‘Learning checklists’ enable students to monitor progress regularly