HISTORY
HISTORY & THE WORLD OF WORK
Employment prospects include:
Conservation Officer; Museum Curator or Education Officer; Librarian; Broadcast
Journalist; Archaeologist, Archivist; Civil Servant; Politician’s Assistant; School
Teacher.
Is it for me?
What will I learn?
You will enjoy this subject if:
 You enjoy learning about how people lived in the
past
 You want to understand and learn about war,
revolution and why countries change
You will develop skills in:
 Independent thinking, coming to a decision based
on evidence, and resource techniques
Knowledge about:
 The Atlantic Slave Trade
 Life in Victorian Britain
 Free at Last – Civil rights in the USA 1918-1968
 World War One
 Appeasement and the road to War 1919-1939
Link to SQA Documents
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