Description
Book SynopsisExam board: SQA
Level: Higher
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2018
First exam: Summer 2019
Fresh stories, fresh scholarship and a fresh structure. Connecting History informs and empowers tomorrow''s citizens, today.
Bringing together lesser-told narratives, academic excellence, accessibility and a sharp focus on assessment success, this series provides a rich, relevant and representative History curriculum.
> Connect the past to the present. Overarching themes of social justice, equality, change and power help students to understand the importance of events and issues, then and now.
> Go far beyond other resources. With respect and aspiration for the transformative power of History, this series incorporates the latest research, challenges old interpretations and embeds diverse experiences throughout.
> Follow a clear and consistent structure. The key issues in the specification form the chap
Trade Review
With growing numbers in History, I needed new textbooks both to support learning in class and to help with cover should I happen to be absent.
The language in the Connecting History books is much more accessible, less dense and clearer to understand at Higher level compared to the previous textbooks we had. Students are finding it much easier to find, understand and process information.
I've already used the books for Britain, 1851-1951 extensively to help students with gathering information for their essays. They have then gone on to use that information in timed assessments. I think they will be really useful going forward to help with identifying knowledge, analysis and analysis+, as well as helping students to decide for themselves what to include in their essays.
The books have helped me significantly where my resources have been lacking and for when students have needed extension tasks.
* Teacher of History & Modern Studies, Brannock High School, North Lanarkshire *
The Connecting History books for Higher are nicely organised around the five factors outlined by SQA for each essay, which helps with the organisation of notes and chronology.
Students have enjoyed using the books because of the level of detailed examples and the way that each factor is organised into argument and counter argument, which helps with essay planning.
Even after teaching this course for 21 years, I'm finding some new bits and pieces of knowledge to help to refresh my own learning!
* Faculty Head of Social Subjects, St Ambrose High School, North Lanarkshire *
