Index of resources

This education resource draws on the letters and photographs of a young WW1 Scottish pilot who served in WW1 until his untimely death in December 1916. Throughout this time, he sent letters home with details of his adventures. In studying these items, students have the opportunity to practise close reading and textual analysis, and develop their creative and discursive writing skills.

Curriculum Guide: English
Teaching Levels: Standard Grade, Intermediate 1, 2 and Higher

Go to 'A Short Life in the Sky' online resource>

This resource draws on a collection of wills and correspondence written by Scottish servicemen who died in WW1 and WW2. By studying these documents, students can consider the moral and ethical issues surrounding war that every serviceman and woman must have faced during these times and which every citizen continues to face today.

Curriculum Guide : Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies;
Philosophy
Teaching Levels : RMPS - Intermediate 1, 2 and Higher;
Philosophy - Intermediate 2 and Higher

Go to the 'Leaving it all Behind' online resource>

Find out about the Scottish Wars of Independence, 1286-1329, William Wallace,
King Robert I of Scotland and the Declaration of Arbroath.

Curriculum Guide : Environmental Studies – Social Subjects, People in the Past: 5-14 National Guidelines
Teaching Levels : C - F
Sources may also be used for learning post-14.

Go to the 'For Freedom Alone' online resource (opens in new window)>

This resource looks at archive material relating to King James VI of Scotland and I of England. Study the royal family tree, the design of the King’s Great Seal, court fashion and the Scottish landscape around the time of the Union of the Crowns in 1603.

Curriculum Guide : Environmental Studies – Social Subjects, People in the Past: 5-14 National Guidelines
Teaching Levels : C - E
Sources may also be used for learning post-14.