History at Huntly

N5 - SQA page

Go here and click on the tabs:-

Past Papers and Marking Instructions

Specimen Question Paper and Marking Instructions

All you need to know on how to jump through the SQA hoops is there! 

Also, the National Parent Forum have made a helpful sheet, with some excellent web links at the bottom! :-)

 

S4 - Exam help sheets and Revision Guides

Download N5 Study Guide Compare 2015

Download N5 Study Guide Describe Explain 2015

Download N5 Study Guide How useful 2015

Download HistorySQPN5[1]

Download Free at last Revision booklet V.2

Download Wallace bruce revision N4-5

The Revision material you got for Changing Britain course is commercially produced so I cannot attach it here.

REMEMBER N5 pupils - some still need to hand in their N4 Added Value stuff. Here's the summary diagram we based our lessons on:

Download National 4 planning mind map

 

New Higher History: Collapse of Weimar, rise of Nazis essay work

As mentioned today in class, I expect you to have all the questions on chapter 10 completed. You will be expected to discuss some issues in class next lesson.

  Download Growth of national Qs Ch 10

The essay you will attempt is from the SQA 2012 past paper, so have a look at the marking scheme to help develop your writing skills for this first essay.

History Exam - some final advice

Having marked the mini prelim you all did, I can pass on some final bits of advice which, if you heed this advice, should help improve your grade.

For N5 and Higher pupils - 

Carefully follow the SQA's current marking instructions. Many of you continue to repeat the same failings as the first prelim. For example, in the 'usefullness' question, it is no use just mentioning the origin and purpose without saying if that is useful or not. This goes for the content too. When you come to adding recall, just state, 'the source would have been more useful had it mentioned....'

Also, it is no use just selecting information from sources - you must develop the point selected to tackle the question. This goes for adding recall also. Explain how the point you are supplying helps answer the question.

Higher pupils - don't stray into sub-themes which are not relevant in the 'How far' question. Read the question carefully!

In Paper 1 - read the question VERY carefully before answering. Don't write about the Nazis in power for the rise to power and don't write about the 5 Giants for the Liberal Reforms - please!

N5 pupils - remember in the 8 mark 'To waht extent' question, deal with the point mentioned in the question as thoroughly as you can then start a new paragraph with 'However...' and add other reasons or negative points or other limitations - whatever the question requires to ensure you provide a balanced judgement. Then provide a conclusion which answers the question but also provide a reason why you came to this conclusion.

 

BEST ADVICE - as ever, do as many exam style questions as you can under exam conditions and revise actively (drawings etc) parts of the course you struggle to remember. 

 

Good luck!

Mr D. :-)

 

 

N5 History : Finishing the course & Getting ready for the Exam

Hopefully you will have been working through the last booklet on Democracy.  Download Pressure for Democratic Reform Unit JD - Jan 2014.

Here's some powerpoints to help with this final booklet (Thanks to Meldrum Academy for these):- 

Download 1867 Act Runaround Answers Mrs F 4H

Download The Chartists

Download The Peterloo Massacre Mystery

Getting ready for the Exam:

1. DO past papers! You have Pennyprint material for all three courses, but remember there are errors in these. For example Describe and Explain questions will not have a source. ALWAYS refer to the Exam Skills I made -  Download N5 Study Guide Compare pdf;  Download N5 Study Guide Describe Explain;  Download N5 Study Guide How useful pdf.
2. You should also do the Speciman Paper (with marking Instructions) on the SQA page. They also have advice on using other past papers. 
3. When you hit a question your knowledge is patchy, then actively revise that section. Summary diagrams, mind maps, comic strips, etc. Use the Revision Guides I gave you. The Changing Britain, Migration and Empire (S5) and Nazi Germany(S5) were Pennyprint versions (can't upload here due to copyright issues); the Wars of Independence, Free at Last and Making of Modern Britain are here :-  Download Free at last Revision booklet V.3;  Download Wallace bruce revision N4-5;  Download From the cradle to the grave[1]. 
4. An important aspect to doing well in the exam is managing your time. When you do past papers, work your way up to doing them under exam conditions. 
5. I really think it's important for you to know how your scripts will be mark. You need to know how to gain full marks, so study the SQA'a marking instructions as well as my Exam skills booklet.

See you after the holidays. We will do a Changing Britain (Migration & Empire for S5 pupils) 'prelim' to see how you are getting on.

Mr D

 

 

 

Migration and Empire Higher History: Theme 3 Booklet

It may be best to use the electronic version of your booklet as there are many hyperlinks listed.

Download JD Impact of Emigrants pdf Booklet

Migration and Empire - Higher and N5

Here is the Intro Powerpoint I used as the basis of our lesson today: Download Migration and Empire Intro Summary

MrD

 

Migration and Empire - Higher and National 5

Here is the link to the Intro booklet and questions. Move through this quickly. It has too much in it to be honest, but it is a great run through the whole topic.

Download Intro and Background Q Sheet pdf

Download JD Intro-Background Booklet pdf

Here is the link to the Speciman Paper - Download History%20Higher%20Specimen%202011

 

National 5 Prelim help

The best way to prepare for exams is to do as many past papers as possible. So how do you do this when there are no past paper?

The SQA has a Speciman Paper and marking scheme for you to use - here.

You also have Pennyprint books of questions and answers. Remember to use them wisely - Describe and Explain questions should not have a source attached to them. Either do the question without using the source and / or change the question to a 'how useful' or 'how fully.

You have a Free at Last revision guide, a Wars of Independence revision guide and an exam skills booklet.

Download N5 Study Guide Compare pdf

Download N5 Study Guide Describe Explain

Download N5 Study Guide How useful pdf Download Free at last Revision booklet V.3

Download Wallace bruce revision N4-5

If you do revise, do it by making summary diagrams or similar. Only revise gaps in your knowledge. Find those gaps by doing past papers.

Remember, the prelim will only cover Free at Last and Wars of Independence.

Good luck.