History study guides

A guide to the structure and assessment of SQA Advanced Higher History: the single chosen field of study, the 90-mark question paper (two 25-mark essays and the source exercise), the compulsory 50-mark project-dissertation, the SCQF level 7 standard, and grading out of 140 marks.

A guide to a representative spread of SQA Advanced Higher History fields of study: Germany 1815 to 1939, Russia 1881 to 1921, the USA 1918 to 1968, the Crusades 1071 to 1204, and the struggle for Scottish independence, showing how each issue carries a historiographical debate to argue.

A guide to the three source-handling questions in SQA Advanced Higher History: the 12-mark source evaluation, the 12-mark how fully contextual question and the 16-mark two-source comparison, plus the historiographical skill that runs through all three and the essays.

A guide to the SQA Advanced Higher History project-dissertation: choosing a focused, debatable question and planning research, building the historiography in as the spine of the argument, and structuring and writing the 4,000-word piece to a substantiated conclusion.

A guide to the 25-mark extended essays in SQA Advanced Higher History Part A. Covers the sustained line of argument, planning to the command word and analysing factors, and weaving historiography through the essay to lift analysis into evaluation.