SQA Higher History (British, European and World History) - 9th May 2025

My teacher has predicted Issue 1, 3, and 5 are likely to come up!
However, she also said that this is like the end of a cycle for the SQA, so it's possible that they might shake things up just to see how we cope. Personally, I think that's unlikely given all the backlash about last years marking. If anything, I would say that they could make both papers easier for us this year just to save face.

What questions are those

Are we excited? (lol) I’ve barely revised my essays since before the holidays because I’ve been focusing so much on my other exams for uni. I’m hoping I can still make an A in the exam. Does anyone have any tips for revising essays? It takes so long and I’m always so unmotivated to actually get started.

Hey, I know how you are feeling! I feel not too bad for the Britain essays as I think the votes for women essay will come up which is my strong point and i think I can get full marks. It's the Cold war that does it for me and its sooo complicated and i am finding it quite hard to get my brain wrapped around it! Has anybody got any study tips for revising the cold war?? Pls I need help!

Hey, I know how you are feeling! I feel not too bad for the Britain essays as I think the votes for women essay will come up which is my strong point and i think I can get full marks. It's the Cold war that does it for me and its sooo complicated and i am finding it quite hard to get my brain wrapped around it! Has anybody got any study tips for revising the cold war?? Pls I need help!

My teacher says that it doesn't matter which topic you study, the same Issues will be asked for each of the exam questions. So it would still be Issue 1 (for example) for Britain, USA, Italy, The Crusades etc etc.
For the British section this would be:
Issue 1- An evaluation of the reasons why Britain became more democratic, 1851–1928
Issue 3- An evaluation of the reasons why some women were given the vote in 1918
Issue 5- An assessment of the effectiveness of the Liberal social welfare reforms
For the USA this would be:
Issue 1- An evaluation of the reasons for changing attitudes towards immigration in the 1920s
Issue 3- An evaluation of the reasons for the economic crisis of 1929–33
Issue 5- An evaluation of the reasons for the development of the Civil Rights campaign, after 1945
And the same for any other topic

I’ve only learnt issue 5, do we think that’s one of the more likely to come up, or do we think votes for women?

My teacher was really undecided about whether Issue Five will come up at all, so I'm not totally sure because it could go either way between Five and Six. Votes for Women might be a safer bet to learn as well, just in case.

Sorry i meant issue 4

If I’m being entirely honest, I would say that there is a point to learning all of the issues you’ve been taught. Predictions aren’t concrete and the SQA could decide to throw a random curveball which goes completely against everything that everyone’s been saying. It might take a lot of time and it might be a pain, but you’ll thank yourself for learning it in the exam if it’s the only question you can answer! (lowkey i’m actually dying with the usa essays though bc why tf are they so similar????????)

does anyone know how you're meant to go about doing evaluation because I know it's about like weighing up the importance of the factor overall but every time I tried that my teacher just said to make it "better" which isn't helpful tbh anyways does anyone have any tips

the Cold War essay is gonna be the end of me, I made flashcards with a card for each paragraph and... I couldn't tell you if they're working. rn I'm just writing my essays (timed) and then going over them again with highlighters and a pink pen for corrections.

Does anyone think liberal reforms will come up, that’s the only one I’ve properly learned as i think it will come up but not sure if that’s too risky

I recommend not doing any evaulation points and just focusing on the main points like Knowledge, Analysis and Analysis+ points