Higher Modern Studies Course Notes for New 2019 Exams

Exam Board: SQA
Level: Higher
Subject: Modern Studies
First Teaching: 2014, First Exam: 2015


The CfE Higher Modern Studies Course Notes helps teachers and students map their route through the CfE programme, providing comprehensive and authoritative guidance for the course.


Progress and attainment for all
* A complete core resource covering Democracy in Scotland and the United Kingdom, Crime and the Law, Social Inequality, the USA and Poverty and Conflict Across Africa
* Outcome and Assessment Standards are fully covered
* 'Activities' will get students thinking about what they have learned and help them to develop the skills needed for the assessments
* 'Activities' are mapped and indexed by Outcome so you can see at a glance which criteria each activity fulfils


Active learning
* 'Make the link' features encourage broader thinking between and across subjects
* 'Key words' define words and phrases to aid understanding
* 'Case studies' explore how issues studied have an impact on real-life people and events


Assessment and practice you can rely on
* Extensive assessment practice covers all the skills students will need to succeed in the unit assessments, Assignment and exam
* 'Summary' sections and 'Learning checklists' enable students to monitor progress regularly


Course Notes give a practical, supportive approach to help deliver the new curriculum and offer a blend of sound teaching and learning with assessment guidance.