Higher History Paper 2 questions - general information

2. Summary information
• Final exam = 2 x 90 minutes papers
• Exam covers: Paper 1 two essays (44 marks)
Paper 2 four questions (36 marks)
• Exam is out of 80 marks (combined Papers 1 and 2)
• Final mark is out of 110 marks (including Assignment)

3. Questions and Timing
There are four Paper 2 questions.
You may wish to use these times when answering.
• How fully? 9 marks 25 minutes
• How much? 10 marks 25 minutes
• Evaluate the usefulness 8 marks 20 minutes
• Explain 8 marks 20 minutes

4. Grading summary
Question Marks Summary
How
fully?
10 As in National 5, remember to use A-I-D to answer
(Answer, Includes, Doesn’t include).
 You can get up to 4 marks for identifying relevant
facts from the source
 You can get up 7 marks for identifying relevant
facts from your own knowledge which are not
included in the source
NOTE: If you do not answer the question (explain how
useful the source is) you get a maximum of 2 marks.

5. Grading summary
Question Marks Summary
How much? 10 Marks are allocated as follows:
• You can get up to 6 marks for identifying
relevant facts from the source:
• Up to 3 marks from Source A
• Up to 3 marks from Source B
• You can get up 6 marks for identifying relevant
facts from your own knowledge which are not
included in the source

6. Grading summary
Question Marks Summary
Evaluate
the
usefulness
8 As in National 5, you will get 1 mark for each valid
piece of information:
 Origin:
o Who made the source? And why does it matter?
o When was the source made? And why does it
matter?
o Type of source? And why does this matter?
o Why was the source made?
 Accurate facts from the source (up to 2 marks)
 Relevant facts from your recall (up to 3 marks)

7. Grading summary
Question Marks Summary
Explain 8 This is a question that you have previously
answered at National 5, but with some differences.
As in National 5, you will get 1 mark for each valid
piece of information:
• One mark is given for each relevant explanation
you give which clearly answers the question
• You can get an extra mark for developing your
explanation by giving a supporting example or
piece of evidence
You must make eight points in your overall answer.