Aiming High in Higher Scottish History

Teachers and learners studying Scottish History topics at Higher level are invited to hear exciting new research on their topics from leading academics at the University of Glasgow in a major one day conference on Saturday 1 December 2012. The event, Aiming High in Higher Scottish History: A Conference for Teachers and Learners, will offer perspectives on many of the topics that teachers can now embrace under Curriculum for Excellence. It will also see the launch of a user-friendly online resource that will provide access to documents and resources for classroom use. Karin Bowie is a lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Glasgow and is one of the organisers of the conference: "Teachers are now being asked to offer courses in Scottish History at Higher level, and whilst this opens up a massive area of exciting possibilities for classroom learning, it is also important that tools and resources are provided to enable them to fully embrace these opportunities. The conference will hear about recent research findings on key periods in the nation's past from some of the most senior historians at the University of Glasgow that will offer pointers for the profession." The conference, which is free to attend and open to secondary school teachers and their pupils, will see sessions and break-out groups on the five topics in Scottish history examined at Higher level: The Scottish Wars of Independence, the Age of Reformation, the Treaty of Union, Migration and Empire and The Impact of the Great War.