Penicuik High School History Department

Mr D. Hayes, Head of History

Miss S. Fleming

Ms W. Muir***image2***

Courses offered:

S1/2     mixed ability   S1

• What is History?
• Archaeological techniques    
• Human history from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages including Prehistoric Stone Age people (e.g. Skara Brae),
• Were the Romans civilised?
• History of Exploration.

                                    Investigating skills

S2

• How did Medicine change?
• How do we find out about Penicuik in Victorian Times?
• What do films tell us about the Second World War?
• How was slavery abolished?

S3/4                             Standard Grade (course summary attached below)

Unit 1B ? Changing Life in Scotland and Britain, 1830s ? 1930s.

                                    Unit 2B ? International Cooperation and Conflict, 1890s ? 1920s.

                                    Unit 3D ? People and Power, Germany, 1918 ? 39

S5/6                             Higher Level (course summary attached below)

                                    Britain, 1850 ? 1979

                                    Russia, 1880 ? 1921

                                    Ireland, 1900 ? 1979 (Revision summary attached below)

                                    Intermediate 2 (course summary attached below)

                                    Ireland ? a time of troubles, 1900 ? 23

                                    The Cold War

                                    Wallace and Bruce

S6                                Advanced Higher

 A self study course based  on a choice of some thirteen different topics.

Room 26