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Senior Phase (S4-6)

We offer a range of options from S4-6 in History from National 4 to Advanced Higher.  National 4 and 5 have 4 periods a week, Higher have 6 periods a week and Advanced Higher have 3 periods of contact, and 3 periods for study.

In National 4, we will focus on the Atlantic Slave Trade, Hitler and the Rise of the Nazis and, Migration and Empire. There will be a chance for you to look further into one of these topics with your Added Value Unit task as well.

In National 5, we will focus on the Atlantic Slave Trade, Hitler and the Rise of the Nazis and, Migration and Empire. There will be a chance for you to look further into one of these topics for your assignment.

In Higher, we will focus on Britain 1851-1951, and the USA 1918-1968 for the essay section of the paper. We will focus on the Scottish Wars of Independence from 1249- 1328 for the sources side of the paper. There will be a chance for you to look further into one of the essay topics for your assignment.

In Advanced Higher, you will focus on USA-'A House Divided' , 1850-1865 which follows the American Civil War. This course will have essays and sources interweaved throughout it. There is a dissertation project for this course which will involve in-depth study on an aspect of the course.