Theme (1) "The Formation of a Nation"
"The Land BC to the Celtic King: Settlement, Invasion, Unification and Conversion."

Settlement:

• The Stone Age: Case Study "Skara Brae"
• The Bronze Age: Case Study: "The Metal Axe"
• The Iron Age: Housing "Brochs and Crannogs"

Invasion:

• The Celts
• The Romans in Scotland
• The Scots
• The Picts
• The Coming of the Northmen: The Vikings

Unification:

• Kenneth MacAlpin "Scotland’s King" The Kings of Alba

Conversion:

• The Coming of Christianity
• St. Columba
• Macbeth - Case Study
• The Early Kings of Scotland
• King Malcolm III and Queen Margaret

Theme (2) "A ‘NATION’ finds Peace and War"
"The Normans to the Stewards.
Scotland’s Heroes: David, Alexander, Wallace and Bruce."

The Norman Influence:

• Castles
• Towns
• Towns and Trading in Scotland
• The Abbey and Church
•  
• Heroes and Events
•           King David "builds" a Nation
•           The Earls of Orkney and Shetland
            Alexander III - A Golden Age and the End of an Era
            The Wars of Independence
            William Wallace and Robert the Bruce
            The Battle of Stirling Bridge
            

Still to Come

Heroes and Events:

•           The Battle of Bannockburn

Peace:

• The Declaration of Arbroath

• Peace with ‘the auld enemy’

• Robert II - ‘the Steward’

Theme (3) "Renaissance, Reformation and Revolt"
"James I to the Restoration.
The Tears of Flodden and Mary to the upheavals of Protestantism and Unionism."

Renaissance:

• The Alliance with France: Scotland Looks out to Europe

• Case Study: James IV

• The Battle of Flodden: The ‘Flower of the Nobility’ Lost!

• The Renaissance in Scotland: Case Study: Architecture

Reformation:

• Mary Queen of Scots - "A Queen’s Journey"

• The Reformation

• Case Study: John Knox

Revolt:

• The Union of the Crowns

• Case Study: James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England

• Charles I and the "Civil War"

Theme (4) "The Age of Improvement and Machinery? ‘Blood and Iron’ The People Pay the Price"
"The Restoration to The Victorians:
‘Covenanters and Jacobites’
Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions."

Covenanters:

• Scotland under Cromwell

• Charles II

• "The Covenanters"

• Case Studies: The Duke of Argyll and the Earl of Montrose

Jacobites:

• The Union of the Parliaments

• Glencoe: Blood spills in the Highlands

• The Jacobite Risings

• Case Study: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Battle of Culloden

• The Aftermath: more blood in the Highlands

The Agricultural Revolution:

• Changes in Farming

• The Highland Clearances

• The Enlightenment

• The Cities of Scotland

• Famous Scots of the Enlightenment

• Case Studies: Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott

The Scottish Church:

• Dissent and Splits

The Industrial Revolution:

• Cotton Factories

• King Coal

• The Transport Revolution: Part I - Canals, Roads and Rail

• Case Study: Queen Victoria

Theme (5) "The 20th Century - Sacrifice and Resurrection."
"Scotland in Modern Times:
Poverty and War
Re-Birth for The Millennium!"

The 20th Century in Scotland:

• The Industrialisation of Scotland Continues: Textile Factories

• Poverty and Poor Housing

• Emigration and Immigration: ‘World Scots’ and ‘New Scots’

• Politics: Case Study: The Growth of the Labour Party

• Case Study: Keir Hardie

• Case Study: The Scottish National Party

• Scots and the Great War: "Lions led by Donkeys"

• Household Improvements

• The Transport Revolution: Part II - Ships, Trams, Buses and the Motor Car

• The Second World War: "Fight the Good Fight..."

• "Power to the People": The National Health Service and Education

• Scotland in the Recent Past and the Future:

• Mrs Thatcher

• The Coming of Oil

• Devolution Part I

• Devolution Part II: The New Scottish Parliament

• Scotland and the Millennium: A Young Person’s guide to the Future

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