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Advanced Higher History - project-dissertation
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Project-dissertation | 2019 (All links open as PDF files) NEW
The following candidate evidence and commentaries should be used alongside the AH Dissertation Webinar 16 March 2021, available from the AH History subject page on the SQA website. |
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| FIELD OF STUDY 1 — Northern Britain from the Iron Age to 1034 | ||
| Candidate 3 (To what extent was the military leadership of Governor Agricola successful in the occupation of Northern Britain?) | Evidence | Commentary |
| FIELD OF STUDY 2 — Scotland: independence and kingship, 1249–1334 | ||
| Candidate 4 (How important was the part played by William Wallace in the wars of independence between 1297 and 1305?) | Evidence | Commentary |
| FIELD OF STUDY 4 — USA: ‘a house divided’, 1850–65 | ||
| Candidate 5 (What factors best explain the growth of the abolitionist movement within America up to 1860?) | Evidence | Commentary |
| FIELD OF STUDY 6 — Germany: from democracy to dictatorship, 1918–39 | ||
| Candidate 6 (To what extent did economic collapse allow the rise of the Nazis by 1933?) | Evidence | Commentary |
| FIELD OF STUDY 8 — Russia: from Tsarism to Stalinism, 1914–45 | ||
| Candidate 1 (To what did Stalin owe his grip of power?) | Evidence | |
| Candidate 2 (To what did Stalin owe his grip of power?) | Evidence | |
| FIELD OF STUDY 10 — Britain: at war and peace, 1938–51 | ||
| Candidate 7 (Was the British bombing offensive worth the costs in men and resources that were invested in it?) | Evidence | Commentary |
| UPDATE | June 2019 |
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Following revision to this project for session 2019-20, the marks in these examples are no longer in line with the revised requirements. However, they remain useful as a guide to the nature of the project. They should be viewed in conjunction with the revised Advanced Higher History Course Specification. |
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Project-dissertation | 2016 (All links open as PDF files) |
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| FIELD OF STUDY 2 - Scotland: Independence and Kingship, 1249-1334 | ||
| Candidate 1 (Edward I's political decisions and his failure to conquer Scotland) | Evidence | Commentary |
| Candidate 2 (Defeat at Falkirk and the continued resistance to Edward I) | Evidence | Commentary |
| FIELD OF STUDY 3 - Italy: the Renaissance in the 15th and Early 16th Centuries | ||
| Candidate 1 (Classical antiquity and the development of C15 renaissance humanism) | Evidence | Commentary |
| FIELD OF STUDY 4 - Scotland: from the Treaty of Union to the Enlightenment, 1707-1815 | ||
| Candidate 1 (Prince Charles Edward Stuart's responsibility for the failure of the '45) | Evidence | Commentary |
| FIELD OF STUDY 5 - USA: ‘A House Divided’, 1850–1865 | ||
| Candidate 1 (A single cause for the outbreak of the American Civil War?) | Evidence | Commentary |
| FIELD OF STUDY 7 - Germany: from Democracy to Dictatorship, 1918–1939 | ||
| Candidate 1 (The Nazis' policies towards women, 1933-39) | Evidence | Commentary |
| Candidate 2 (The Nazis' attempt to create a Volksgemeinschaft) | Evidence | Commentary |
| Candidate 3 (The extent of opposition and resistance to Nazism, 1933-39) | Evidence | Commentary |
| Candidate 4 (Propaganda and the rise of the Nazi party, 1928-32) | Evidence | Commentary |
| FIELD OF STUDY 8 - South Africa: Race and Power, 1902–1984 | ||
| Candidate 1 (Dr D F Malan and the growth of Afrikaner nationalism to 1948) | Evidence | Commentary |
| FIELD OF STUDY 9 - Russia: from Tsarism to Stalinism, 1914–1945 | ||
| Candidate 1 (Opportunism and Stalin's rise to power) | Evidence | Commentary |
| FIELD OF STUDY 10 - Spain: the Civil War - Causes, Conflict and Consequences, 1923–1945 | ||
| Candidate 1 (Republican weakness and a failed coup but successful Nationalist war) | Evidence | Commentary |
| FIELD OF STUDY 11 - Britain: At War and Peace, 1938-51 | ||
| Candidate 1 (The Second World War as a "locomotive of social change" in Britain) | Evidence | Commentary |
