National 5 History 2024/2025 (PDF format, download) [24/18E]
£40.95 ex VAT
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All 2024/2025 P&N papers fully comply with current SQA Arrangements Documents etc. valid for the next SQA examination diet (2025). Our prelim question papers contain completely new material each year and are guaranteed “sight unseen”. Papers are independently scrutinised to ensure a high-quality, valid and reliable assessment resource which offers appropriate challenge.
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National 5 History prelim paper (80 marks, 2 hrs 20 mins), now covering all the parts in Section 1 and 2 and 5 parts from Section 3.
This pack includes both a question paper (80 marks) and full marking guide. The question paper covers all three Sections**: Section 1 (Historical Study: Scottish, 29 marks); Section 2 (Historical Study: British, 25 marks) and Section 3 (Historical Study: European and World, 26 marks) [section weighting TBC].
**Continued coverage – now full coverage for Section 1 and 2 Scottish and British Sections and 5 parts from Section 3 (Parts 3C, 3D, 3G, 3H, 3J):
Section 1 – Scottish
- Part 1A (The Wars of Independence, 1286-1328)
- Part 1B (Mary Queen of Scots, and the Scottish Reformation, 1542-1587)
- Part 1C (The Treaty of Union, 1689-1715)
- Part 1D (Migration and Empire, 1830-1939)
- Part 1E (The Era of the Great War, 1900-1928)
Section 2 – British
- Part 2A (The Creation of the Medieval Kingdoms, 1066-1406)
- Part 2B (War of the Three Kingdoms, 1603-1651)
- Part 2C (The trade in enslaved African people, 1770–1807)
- Part 2D (Changing Britain, 1760-1914)
- Part 2E (The Making of Modern Britain, 1880-1951)
Section 3 – European and World
- Part 3C (USA, 1850-1880)
- Part 3D (Hitler and Nazi Germany, 1919-1939)
- Part 3G (Free at Last? Civil Rights in the USA, 1918-1968)
- Part 3H (Appeasement and the Road to War, 1918-1939)
- Part 3J (The Cold War, 1945-1989)
The question paper is carefully balanced and closely emulates the national standard. The paper appropriately samples material from the full course to help generate valid, reliable and robust estimates. The detailed marking scheme gives likely candidate responses and full guidance on marks allocations.
P&N History prelim papers are drafted by setters whom we have head-hunted due to their considerable experience of the examination system at appropriate levels. Papers are securely trialled by professionals who “work the papers” to ensure materials are of an appropriate level of demand, balance, etc. and that marking instructions mirror SQA marking standards/marks allocations
All 2024/2025 P&N papers fully comply with current SQA Arrangements Documents etc. valid for the next SQA examination diet (2025). Our prelim question papers contain completely new material each year and are guaranteed “sight unseen”. Papers are independently scrutinised to ensure a high quality, valid and reliable assessment resource which offers appropriate challenge