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The Darien Adventure
History, Key Stage 3
Why did the attempt to establish a Scots trading colony at Darien in Central America during the 1690s fail and was its failure the reason why Scotland accepted the Act of Union in 1707?
- study an appropriate historical event
- adopt methods of historical enquiry
- use historical documents to develop knowledge of the political and economic past
1745: John Campbell and the Jacobite occupation of Edinburgh
History, Key Stage 3
Who were the Jacobites and what was it like to live through their occupation of Edinburgh in 1745?
- use an eyewitness account to tell the story of an important historical event
- study cause and effect, time and historical sequence and the nature of historical evidence
- develop skills in carrying out historical enquiry and interpretation