At St David’s the pupils in BGE level study courses that are focused on ensuring they succeed at third level experiences and outcomes. At the end of S2, pupils consider their subject choices for their third year and can progress in History through personalisation and choice. At senior level, pupils are given support to progress from Nationals to Advanced Higher and we ensure in the department that everyone achieves a qualification. Our courses are:

S1

• Introduction to Historical Skills
• Witchcraft
• Scottish Wars of Independence 1296-1328

S2: ''Travel through Time''

ANCIENT HISTORY: 

• Romans
• Vikings

MEDIEVAL HISTORY:

• Genghis Khan
• The Plague

EARLY MODERN HISTORY:

• Old Edinburgh
• Victorian London

MODERN HISTORY:

• American Civil War
• Titanic 1912
• World War Two
• The Holocaust

S3: ''History Through Time''

• EARLY MODERN HISTORY:
• Mary Queen of Scots
• Jacobites 

MODERN HISTORY:

• Russia
• Civil Rights Movement in the USA
• Italian-American Mafia

 

S4: NATIONAL 3,4 & 5

• The Era of the Great War 1910-1928
• Hitler and Nazi Germany 1919-1939
• National 4 AVU / National 5 Assignment

 

S5/6: HIGHER

• Britain 1851-1951
• USA 1918-1968
• Migration and Empire 1830-1939
• Higher Assignment

 

S6: ADVANCED HIGHER

USA: 'A House Divided': 1850-1865 
                    OR 
Russia: from Tsarism to Stalinism, 1914–45