History at Huntly

Advanced Higher: Mathew Brady's Civil War photographs

Take time to check out these fantastic photographs by Matthew Brady on the American Civil War. It's well worth it:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/sets/72157622549882756/

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/sets/72157622955490794/

S5/S6 Int2 Prelim help sheet

Please click on the link to read a short help sheet to focus your revision for the prelim. Much help is already on this website - so use it!

Good luck.

Download Some S5-S6 Int2 History Revision Help

Higher History Prelim help Podcasts

I'm also at home today due to snow, but actually that means I can do so much more at home on the webpage that I can't do in school so I have made two podcasts to help you get ready for tomorrow. It also means I will get going on marking the NAB and not waste hours driving in poor road conditions!

I hope you have a decent internet connection but I have also put the transcript of these two podcasts on called 'Some Higher History Revision Help' . Let me know if there are any problems with the podcasts. Also, spread the word around via texts etc. Good Luck.

Best to play the 'General' one first.

Download Higher History Prelim advice Essay

Download Higher Prelim advice General

Download Some Higher History Revision Help

Mr Parker's snow closure message to his S2-S4 pupils

S4- Pupils in mr Parker’s class should look at the web links provided by mr Davidson. Primarily, Intermediate 2 pupils should be researching and preparing an answer to their chosen extended response question. ALL Int 2 pupils should have an idea of which title they would like to use by their return. Int 1 pupils should check out Free At Last? Web links to gain an insight into what comes next. Good luck!

PS here’s two direct links, that are on the website, if you’re feeling lazy;

http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/08miHistoryInt2ExtResp.pdf

 http://thegordonschools.typepad.co.uk/files/q-non-violent-plan-2.doc

 S3- pupils should be revising for their Immigrants and Exiles NAB. Mr Davidson has put links and podcasts up to help. Please use them. All pupils MUST have some idea of how to answer a “how useful…”, “describe” and “explain” question. This is important stuff, so while you have the time learn it!

 S2- pupils should check out our web links on Mary Queen of Scots and other sites that describe her. This is the next topic we’ll look at. Best wishes.

 

A Parker

Prelim worries?

Have a look at past papers! Don't forget there are marking schemes on the same site.

Higher prelim will be same as a Higher Paper 1 paper.

S5/S6 Int2 prelim will have 3 questions from Cradle to Grave, 3 questions from Blood and Iron and 1 essay to do.

Don't forget to look at previous entries on here for help. Click on the appropriate category to the right ->

Higher Snow Closure Work Suggestion

An excellent resource to break up the reading/questions activity.

Remember to contact me with any problems.

Snow closure work for S3 History pupils

Happy New Year S3!

I thought I would give you some suggestions for doing some History so we don’t fall behind during this cold spell.

We are about to start studying the Scottish Wars of Independence. This is the story of how Scotland fought long and hard to maintain its independence. It starts with a crisis; it introduces you to key historical figures such as Edward I, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce; it also has important battles such Stirling Bridge and Bannockburn.

What you could do at present, when stuck at home, is to get a general overview of the whole story by looking at the following websites:

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scotlandshistory/warsofindependence/index.asp

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/scotland_united/alexander_iii_dies/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/scotland/learning/learningzone/queryengine?ContentType=text/html;charset=utf-8;attrib_4=SearchText;oper_4=eq;val_4_1=Wars%20of%20Independence;config=results_pre;pagesize=12;SuppressCaching=1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/hist/wallaceandbruce/

You could simply Google ‘Scottish Wars of Independence’ and discover more.

The History at Huntly website has information and some examples of work, so have a look at that.

If you want, you could watch ‘Braveheart’, but be warned it has historical errors and we will go through the movie in class later.

See you all soon hopefully,

Mr Davidson

Snow closure work for S4 Pupils

Happy New Year!

 

Just in case this cold spell and snow showers continue, here is some work to keep you up to date.

 

You should be working through the Free at Last Questions, so if you can, work through as many as you can.

If you can find past paper questions to do, then do as many as you can.

Here is a website worth spending time with:

 

You need to start thinking about the Extended Response, so here is the help sheet to help you get started:

 

Download Extended Response

 

Snow Closure work for S5/S6 Int 2 Pupils

Happy New Year!

 

Just in case this cold spell and snow showers continue, here is some work to keep you up to date.

 

You should be working through the Blood and Iron Questions.

If you can find past paper questions to do, then do as many as you can.

Consult your Exam Skills booklet and be prepared for the prelim.

The prelim will consist of a choice of essay question from the Cradle to the Grave course and the Blood and Iron, so you will have to do ONE 8 mark essay question. On top of that, you will have 3 questions on each topic, so you will do 6 questions in total, one or two will be a How Useful question and a Compare question. This will done in 1hour 16 minutes.

 

You need to start thinking about the Extended Response, so here is the help sheet to help you get started:

Download Extended Response

Snow Closure Work for Higher pupils

Happy New Year!

 

Just in case this cold spell and snow showers continue, here is some work to keep you up to date.

 

You should be working through these questions:

 

Download Chapt 11THE NAZI DICTATORSHIP

 

I don’t remember giving you an essay plan for the Nazi topic, so here is the one we will do (if I did give you an essay plan, could someone let me know please?):

 

Download How Far did the Nazi Regime depend on fear rather than popular support for maintaining their control of Germany between 1933 

 

As regards, the prelim, you will have to do one essay question on the British topic and one on the Germany topic, so prepare one of each and make it your best one yet. Practice your introduction (see previous help on this); plan the main part and ensure there is analysis and judgements with a quote or two; make sure your conclusion pulls together your judgements and tackles the question.

 

You need to start thinking about the Extended Essay, so here is two help sheets to help you get started:

 

Download The Extended Essay P1v1

 

Download The Extended Essay P2 v2

 

Hope this helps. Get in touch if worried about anything. [email protected]

 

Mr Davidson