Classical Studies study guides

A guide to the Part A source skills in SQA Advanced Higher Classical Studies: reading a classical text as evidence, analysing the writer's technique and effect, and placing a passage in its wider literary and social context.

A guide to the Part B classical society essay in SQA Advanced Higher Classical Studies: structuring a sustained line of argument, using specific ancient evidence, and engaging critically with ancient and modern scholarship.

A guide to the Comedy, satire and society themed section of SQA Advanced Higher Classical Studies: the conventions of ancient comedy, comedy as political and social commentary, satire as a weapon, and what comedy reveals about the values and anxieties of its society.

A guide to the structure and assessment of SQA Advanced Higher Classical Studies: the two dimensions of study, the four themed sections, the 60 mark question paper, the 40 mark project dissertation, and how the SCQF level 7 award is graded.

A guide to the Heroes and heroism themed section of SQA Advanced Higher Classical Studies: the heroic code of honour and glory, the warrior hero in epic, the tragic hero and the flaw, and how the texts count the cost of heroism and question the ideal.

A guide to the History and historiography themed section of SQA Advanced Higher Classical Studies: the work and purpose of the ancient historian, their methods and sources, assessing their reliability, and the literary craft they used to shape their histories.

A guide to the Individual and community themed section of SQA Advanced Higher Classical Studies: the claims of the state on the citizen, freedom and its limits, justice and law, and the individual who defies the community out of conscience.