1. Helping Your Child to Pass
History N5

2. Resources your Child Should Have
Keypoint Revision Files
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Hitler and Nazi Germany
Migration and Empire
Pupils also have a Revision Folder which has Keypoint answer grids.
They also have a hand-out which is a guide to answering all knowledge and skills questions.
Check they have all of these.
If they don’t please write a note and we will provide.

3. Suggestion 1 – Past Papers
These are available on the SQA website (free) or from bookshops
They can look very daunting , due to the range of areas schools can study, but it’s remarkably simple.
There are 3 sections to the exam
In section 1 your child has done part D
In section 2 your child has done part C
In Section 3 your child has done part D

4. Using the SQA website http://www.sqa.org.uk Past Papers
Choose subject: History
Choose Qualification: N5
Available is both past papers and marking instructions
Marking instructions are highly useful for focussed revision and for helping to create revision cards.

5. Suggestion 2 – Revision Cards
The idea is that the pupil creates a summary of the topics
They produce a card with the key ideas and then use these to study
Competition – how many study cards can they recall accurately
Study buddy – share key points of study cards , test each other on study cards
Opportunity to check understanding