National 5
History · National 5
Scottish, British and European history, assessed by source evaluation and extended essays across two papers.
What History is about
History studies Scottish, British and European topics through sources, asking why events happened, how interpretations differ, and how far the evidence supports a claim.
What it offers you
Source analysis, argument and extended writing — the core skills behind history, law, politics and journalism.
Papers & marking schemes
2026
2 files2025
2 files2024
2 files2023
2 files2022
2 filesSQA publishes the most recent five years of papers. Older papers and specimen papers live on their site — open History National 5 on sqa.org.uk.