Question Paper 1: Classical Literature 30 marks and 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Question Paper 2: Classical Society 50 marks and 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Assignment:  30 marks and 1 hour and 30 minutes write-up in class.

Advanced Higher 

Question paper 100 marks  

The question paper has 100 marks out of a total of 150 marks for the course assessment.  

The question paper draws on the skills, knowledge and understanding acquired during the course. 

 It allows candidates to:  

• explain, analyse, and critically evaluate sources to compare the classical Greek, Roman and modern worlds  

• analyse, evaluate and synthesise information to structure and sustain lines of argument  

• apply in-depth understanding of the continued relevance of classical Greek and Roman societies in the world today 

The Exam two parts:  

• Part A — Classical literature (50 marks)  

• Part B — Classical society (50 marks)  

In each section, questions follow the same pattern, for example:  

Part A — Classical literature  

• one 10-mark question requiring candidates to analyse a classical source  

• one 10-mark question requiring candidates to evaluate a classical source  

• one 15-mark question requiring candidates to compare two classical sources  

• one 15-mark source-based question requiring candidates to compare the classical and modern worlds  

Part B — Classical society  

• two 25-mark questions from a choice of four, requiring candidates to analyse, evaluate and synthesise information into a line of argument  

Candidates have 3 hours to complete the question paper. 

Project–dissertation 50 marks 

The project–dissertation has 50 marks out of a total of 150 marks for the course assessment.  

The project–dissertation enables candidates to demonstrate their skills, knowledge and understanding by undertaking independent research into a complex classical studies issue. 

The project–dissertation allows candidates to demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and understanding: 

•  justifying an appropriate complex classical studies issue for research 

•  researching the issue using a wide range of sources of information ¨ analysing the issue  

• comparing the classical world and later times  

• evaluating the classical world  

• synthesising evidence to develop a sustained and coherent line of argument. Setting, conducting and marking the project–dissertation  

Candidates choose an appropriate complex classical studies issue and:  

• research the issue  

• analyse and synthesise evidence  

• show detailed knowledge and understanding of the issue 

•  evaluate the significance of the classical world 

•  compare the classical world with later times 

•  develop a sustained and coherent line of argument with a reasoned conclusion  

The project–dissertation is managed by centres within SQA guidelines and is conducted under some supervision and control. Candidates produce the evidence for assessment independently, in time to meet a submission date set by SQA. 

Higher

Ancient Athens is credited with creating Western civilisation. This section of the course examines the lives of the men and women who lived at this great turning point in history

Part A Classical Literature 

Candidates demonstrate in-depth factual and textual knowledge and understanding of universal ideas, themes or values revealed in a classical text they have read, linking the classical and modern worlds.

We will study Sophocles, Oedipus the King, and Antigone.

These themes are:

• leadership

• fate versus free will

• heroism

• conflict

• women in society Question paper: Classical society Section 1: Life in Classical Greece Candidates demonstrate in-depth factual and theoretical knowledge and understanding of life in fifth-century BC Athens in relation to one of the following parts:

Part B: Life in the Classical Greece- 5th Century BC Athens

• Athenian citizenship

• Structure of the Athenian legal system

• Enslaved people in classical Athens

• Women in classical Athens

• Delian League/Athenian Empire

Part C: Power and Freedom- Life in the Roman World

• The Roman Republic up to 44 BC

• Enslaved people in the Roman world

• Roman women

• Roman Empire provincial administration

• Revolts in the empire: Boudicca’s Revolt and Judean Revolt.

Advanced Higher

Heroes and heroism

Candidates use the following texts to consider the qualities which characterise heroism in the classical world:

• Homer, Iliad, Books 1, 6, 22 and 24

• Homer, Odyssey, Books 1, 5, 6 and 22

• Euripides, Trojan Women

• Virgil, Aeneid, Books 1, 2, 4 and 12

• Ovid, Heroides, 1, 3 and 7

In studying these texts, candidates consider the following:

• morality and the hero

• the changing nature of heroism

• Greek and Roman views of heroism

• the hero as role model

• the hero and women

• heroes and anti-heroes