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National 5 History

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National 5 History Assignment

The purpose of the assignment is to demonstrate your ability to apply your skills, knowledge and understanding to answer a historical question of your choice. This may be related to areas you have studied in class if you wish, but you are free to research any historical question. You may wish to use this op-portunity to research areas of local history or an area of interest suggested by what you have studied in class. This assignment is worth 20 marks. The marks contribute 25% of the overall marks for the course. The course will be graded A–D.

The assignment is designed to assess your research skills within history:

1. The ability to choose an appropriate historical question. 2. The ability to explain different factors contributing to the impact or

causes of an event or development. 3. The ability to use information to support factors. 4. The ability to reference sources. 5. The ability to evaluate different factors contributing to the impact or

causes of an event or development. 6. The ability to organise information to address the question or issue. 7. The ability to come to a conclusion about the question. 8. The ability to support a conclusion with reasons.

The assessment for the assignment will be in the form of a report of your findings. You must complete this report within one hour. You will have the “History Resource Sheet” which you will have prepared beforehand in class. This will help you produce your report of your assignment. You may use only one side of this single sheet. The “History Resource Sheet” will be submitted with your report of your findings to SQA for marking.

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Learning Intention of National 5 Assignment: We are developing our historical research skills

Success Criteria:

1. I can choose an appropriate historical question. 2. I can locate and record relevant evidence on a number of factors 3. I can explain different factors contributing to the impact or causes of an

event or development. 4. I can use information to support factors. 5. I can reference sources. 6. I can evaluate different factors contributing to the impact or causes of

an event or development. 7. I can organise information to address the question or issue. 8. I can to a conclusion about the question. 9. I can support a conclusion with reasons.

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Learning Intention of National 5 Assignment: We are developing our historical research skills Success Criteria: • I can choose an appropriate historical questionchoose an appropriate historical questionchoose an appropriate historical questionchoose an appropriate historical question.

You can choose to study and research within an area we have covered in class or on any area of history that you are interested in or would like to find out more about. However you must choose a historical question which will allow you to:

1. find information on the event or theme you have chosen to study –therefore you can’t pick a question that has little or no available resources 2. show different points of view on your question—to ensure you are evaluating a number of different factors 3. come to a conclusion which you can support with reasons -to show that you can take a number of factors into consideration and make a judgement

The best questions: 1. Choose to focus on an event or development 2. ask why it happened or what impact it had The best types of question start with phrases such as: To what extent did … How important was … How significant was … How far can it be argued that … These types of questions allow you to analyse and present your own conclusions based on your research.

Choosing an Appropriate Historical Question

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To help you to choose your assignment topic and research question you are go-ing to pick 3 topics that you have studied in history at secondary school and 3 areas 3 topics in the past that you are interested in or would like to find out more about. Take 10 minutes to go through your work and think about areas you would like to research. Write them in the boxes below.


Topics studied in History

Topics I’m interested in or would like to find out more on

One of the best ways to write a question when researching the past is to choose an event or development and then choose one of the factors (cause or impact) to put in the question. If you wanted to write a piece of research on the outbreak of WW1 your ques-tion might look like: “What were the causes of WW1?” However if we were to choose one of the causes and put that in the question then it helps you to make evaluations and judgements in your research and write up: “How important was the Alliance System as a cause of WW1?” The question is basically the same, however, the second question will allow you to evaluate the importance of the causes and make a judgement on the main cause much easier than the first. A quick plan for this question may look like this.

The Alliance The Alliance The Alliance The Alliance SystemSystemSystemSystem

Assassination at Sarajevo

Causes of Causes of Causes of Causes of WW1WW1WW1WW1

Imperial rivalry between European powers

Militarism in Europe

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Using the example above, take 3 of your suggested topics and draw up a short plan that identifies the factors you will have to research and evaluate. You may work with a partner to help you to do this. Some topics may have more than 4 factors. You will not be able to identify all the factors at this stage. This should take around 15 minutes in total.


The Alliance The Alliance The Alliance The Alliance SystemSystemSystemSystem

Assassination at Sarajevo

Causes of Causes of Causes of Causes of WW1WW1WW1WW1



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Possible research questions for topic X: Causes of WW1

How important was the Alliance system as a cause of WW1?

How significant was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand as a cause of WW1?

To what extent did imperial rivalry contribute to the outbreak of WW1?

Possible research questions for topic 1: _____________________________

Possible research questions for topic 3: ______________________________

Possible research questions for topic 2: _____________________________

Now that you have identified the factors in your topic you must begin to think about how you will word your research question to ensure that you are evaluat-ing and making a judgement on the topic. If you don’t do this your work could end up being a narrative (story) that just lists things that happened in the past. You can work in pairs or groups with people doing the same topic to try and come up with 3 possible questions for each topic. When you are finished show your teacher.

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Now choose the question you would like to research and record it below. You will then record all the factors you have identified so far in the plan at the bottom of the page. You can come back as you research your topic and add or remove factors from your plan. WRITE IN PENCIL TO ALLOW YOUR-SELF TO DO THIS.

Plan of factors to research

My research question is:

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Success Criteria: • I can locate and record evidence to the explain different factors

contributing to the impact or causes of an event or development. • I can apply my knowledge of where and how to find informa-

tion to locate relevant information • I can reference sources that I use to gather evidence

Locating and Recording Evidence to Explain Different Factors

You have to collect information which will help you answer your question. Take a note of where you found this information. You should collect relevant evidence from at least two distinct sources. These may be either primary or secondary sources such as: • websites • newspapers/magazines/books (print or electronic) • visits or fieldtrips • television/video • radio/podcasts • libraries • textbooks • history books • interviews • letters, photographs, diaries etc • other sources of information

You need to begin to gather evidence for each of the factors you have identi-fied. Be aware that you may discover more factors as your knowledge of the topic increases. Use the following 10 pages to record your evidence Make sure that you take careful notes on where you have collected the evi-dence.

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Success Criteria: • I can locate and record evidence to the explain different factors

contributing to the impact or causes of an event or development. • I can apply my knowledge of where and how to find informa-

tion to locate relevant information • I can reference sources that I use to gather evidence


You are going to carry out a “graffiti“ exercise with your home group. This does not involve writing on your desk! Collect a large piece of paper from your teacher. You group task is to write down as many sources of information or places where you can find information as you can think of. For example you could include: • Asking an expert • A school textbook

After you have completed your “graffiti” exercise: 1. 1. With your group number all the different sources or places where you may find information on your sheet. If the source/place appears more than once please score them out. 2. Discuss each of the sources/ places you have numbered and decide whether they are useful or not useful for finding information. 3. Write down the ones that you agree are useful on the next page.

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USEFUL SOURCES OF INFORMATION FROM GROUP GRAFITTI 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

USEFUL SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR MY RESEARCH 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

You need to identify from the group list sources of information that will be use-ful for your research question. You don’t have to record specific books or sources just yet!

When you start recording your evidence for each of your relevant factors you must be very specific about where the information comes. In presenting evidence from sources, you should say where the information comes from. This allows the reader to judge how useful the sources you have used really are. If you use a quote from a source, you may simply put the author, the type of source or title of the book, and the date if you know it. For example: ‘Mr Doyle is the greatest teacher that has ever lived at anytime and any-where.” (K. Webster, Falkirk High School Newsletter, 2013) “ You could also summarise a viewpoint from a longer source by saying: K. Webster suggests that Mr Doyle is the world’s best teacher.

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RELEVANT FACTOR 1:____________________________ i) Explain how this factor contributed to your event or development ii) Provide evidence to back up the explanation from different sources iii) State the source of your evidence

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RELEVANT FACTOR 1 cont’d:_________________________


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Evaluating Different Factors


Success Criteria: 1. I can evaluate different factors contributing to the impact or causes of an

event or development. 2. I can organise information to address the question or issue.

You have now collected evidence on a number of different factors that contrib-uted to the impact or the causes of your event or development. You are now go-ing to evaluate the different factors and decide which are the most important. Basically, you are going to rank them in order of importance based on the evidence you have collected. Double check that the evidence is relevant and referenced and record it in the boxes below. Be succinct when organising your evidence.

Evidence from Relevant Factor 1__________________________


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In the grey box, rank them in order of importance (1-5) based on the evidence you have collected. • The factors with the best evidence should be your most important. • You have to make a judgement on their importance.

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How important was the assassination at Sarajevo as a cause of WW1?


Success Criteria: I can organise information to address the question or issue.

I can evaluate different factors contributing to the impact or causes of an event/development.



Causes of WW1Causes of WW1Causes of WW1Causes of WW1

The Alliance System

Assassination at Assassination at Assassination at Assassination at SarajevoSarajevoSarajevoSarajevo



The information you have collected is going to be used to write up your assign-ment. The format of your assignment is similar to the short (8 mark) essays that we have been writing throughout the year. Your assignment will have an intro-duction, several paragraphs developing your relevant factors and a conclu-sion. The following is an example of how to use your question and plan to write up your introduction.

INTRODUCTION: i) Give some background information on your question ii) Reword the question and answer it briefly jj) State all the relevant factors you are going to evaluate

i) WW1 broke out in 1914 when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was

assassinated by Gavrillo Princip. Princip was protesting about the Austro

-Hungarian Empire’s control of Bosnia.

ii) The assassination at Sarajevo was an important cause of WW1 as it

was the beginning of a chain of events which led to all the major powers

going to war.

iii) However, there were other important factors that led to the outbreak

of WW1 such as the growth of militarism in Europe, the Alliance system

that meant a small war could spread quickly and rivalry among the

European powers over empires and colonies.

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INTRODUCTION: i) Give some background information on your question ii) Reword the question and answer it briefly jj) State all the relevant factors you are going to evaluate

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RELEVANT FACTOR 1: Assassination at Sarajevo i) Explain how this factor contributed to your event or development ii) Provide evidence to back up the explanation iii) State the source of your evidence iv) Provide evidence from your own knowledge

i) The assassination at Sarajevo was an important cause of WW1 as

this was the spark that ignited Europe and led to Austria and Serbia going

to war.

ii) Germany supported Austria and Russia supported Serbia and this led to

increased tensions and war being declared between Germany and Russia.

iii) Ronald Cameron (The Great War 1914-1918) states that the events

in Sarajevo were the beginning of WW1 as Germany and Russia clashed.

The BBC Bitesize website (www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/sg/ww1) states the

assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the beginning of a chain reaction

which led Europe to war.

iv) The assassination at Sarajevo was an important factor in causing

WW1 as it made the Austrians attack Serbia and the Russians saw

themselves as the protectors of the Slavs and wanted to help Serbia.

Germany promised to help Austria by protecting her from Russian attack

and this led to Germany and Russia going to war.


Once you have written your introduction and had it checked over by your teacher you are ready to start writing up and developing the relevant factors that you identified in your research. Again, this is similar to writing the devel-oped paragraphs in your short essays, however, this time you have to tell the marker your sources of evidence. The example below shows one way of working through each of your relevant factors. Notice how it is important to address the question in part i).



Now write up your first relevant factor using the example page to help. Write up the factor from the question first and then write them up in the order of importance you decided on p.22 and 23.

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RELEVANT FACTOR 1: ____________________________ i) Explain how this factor contributed to your event or development ii) Provide evidence to back up the explanation iii) State the source of your evidence iv) Provide evidence from your own knowledge




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Success Criteria: I can come to a conclusion about the question. I can support a conclusion with reasons.


CONCLUSION: i) Answer the question ii) Make a judgement on the most important reason for your cause, event or development iii) Back up your judgement with at least 2 pieces of evidence iv) Summarise the other reasons for your cause, event or develop-ment

i) The assassination at Sarajevo was an important cause of WW1.

ii) However, it was not the most important reason for the outbreak of war

the most important reason was the Alliance system.

iii) The Alliance system ensured that any war between the Great Powers

could easily escalate into a full European War as countries were bound

by their treaties to protect each other.

The Alliance system led to Germany declaring war on France in August

1914 as she knew France would come to the aid of Russia if attacked.

iv) The other causes of WW1 were the increase in military forces by the

great powers and also rivalry over colonies and empires.



Now write up your conclusion based on the evidence you have collected and evaluated.

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CONCLUSION: ii) Answer the question ii) Make a judgement on the most important reason for your cause, event or development iii) Back up your judgement with at least 2 pieces of evidence iv) Summarise the other reasons for your cause, event or development

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Marking Criteria for National 5 Assignment

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Self and Peer Assessment of Marking Criteria for National 5 Assignment

You are now going to self assess your introduction, developed relevant factors and conclusion and see if they meet the Marking Criteria for the National 5 As-signment. Tick the box that applies to your assignment for each of the skills highlighted in the first column. Write in your marks for each section in the box. Give yourself a score out of 20 at the bottom. Get a classmate to do this too.

SELF PEER

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You must now use the evidence you have collected to fill in the “History Resource Sheet” that you will take into the assignment write up. Remember, you will have one hour to write up your report on your chosen question. You can put as much or as little you like on the sheet. You may only use one side.



Factor 1: Assassination at Sarajevo Led to Austria and Serbia going to war led to Germany and Russia clashing

Ronald Cameron (The Great War 1914-1918)

The BBC Bitesize website (www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/sg/ww1)

This was the beginning of a chain of events that led to the outbreak of WW1

Factor 2: The Alliance System Ensured that any war between 2 powers would escalate into a full European war

Factor 3: Military build up in Europe Tensions rose between Britain and Germany when Germany began to build dread-noughts and challenge the Royal Navy’s dominance. This forced Britain to build more ships All the Great Powers dramatically in-creased their spending on munitions at the beginning of the 20th Century

Factor 4: Rivalry over Empires/colonies Germany wanted her “place in the sun” and was prepared to fight for her chance to gain resources from colonies in Africa and the middle east. The Moroccan crisis brought these tensions to a head with France and Germany

Harkness et al (International Cooperation and Conflict, 1830-1930)

The Alliance system pushed Europe into war in 1914 as Germany attacked France first as she knew that France would honour her treaty to fight if Russia was attacked by Germany

Hew Strachan (The First World War)

Harkness et al (International Cooperation and Conflict, 1830-1930)

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Now complete the resource sheet for your question. You must write carefully (and small) to get as much information on as possible.


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You have 1 hour to complete the assignment in exam conditions using only the “History Resource Sheet” to help you. This is a practice run which your teacher will give you feedback on.

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