Introduction
Introduction to Advanced Higher History
Preparing for the Question Paper
Organisation
Organising Your Notes
Review and Information Retrieval
In the Exam
The Question Paper, Part 1 – Essay Questions
The Nature of the Essay Questions
Marking Criteria and Structuring Your Essay
Structure Criteria – Introductions
Constructing the Main Body of Your Essay
Historical Sources and Interpretations Criteria
Structure Criteria – Mini-Conclusions and Conclusions
The Question Paper, Part 2 – Source-Handling Questions
Question Types and an Explanation of Components of Source-Handling Questions
The ‘Evaluate the Usefulness…’ Question
Writing Your Answer to the ‘Evaluate the Usefulness…’ Question
Alternative Structures for the ‘Evaluate the Usefulness…’ Question
The ‘How Fully…?’ Question and How to Answer it
Alternative Structures for the ‘How Fully…?’ Question
The ‘Interpretation of Two Sources’ Question and How to Answer it
Alternative Structures for the ‘Interpretation of Two Sources’ Question
The Dissertation
Introduction to the Dissertation
Planning Your Dissertation
Selecting Texts and Resources
Deadlines and Record-Keeping
Carrying out Reading
Taking Effective Notes
Referencing
The Structure and Presentation of Your Dissertation
The Layout of the Title Page, Contents Page and Bibliography
Summaries of Revision Notes
Northern Britain from the Iron Age to AD 1034
Scotland: Independence and Kingship, 1249–1334
USA: A House Divided, 1850–1865
Germany: From Democracy to Dictatorship, 1918–1939
Russia: From Tsarism to Stalinism, 1914–1945