The following readings may not be required for your courses, but if you have the time and interest to learn more about Scotland and the United Kingdom, we recommend the following sources as a good place to start. The OIE reference library has guidebooks and other reference books on the United Kingdom.

Education System resources

Scottish Government’s website http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education

Parent’s Guide to the Exam System http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/education/policies_and_leaflets_for_parents/leaflets/parents_guide_to_exam_system.pdf

General Teaching Council’s website http://www.gtcs.org.uk/education-in-scotland/scotlands-education-system.aspx

Glasgow City Council, Living in Glasgow – http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=8597

Historical events

History of Scotland timeline – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Scottish_history

History of Scotland – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Scotland

Declaration of Arbroath – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Arbroath

The Jacobites, by Robert McCallum – http://www.biggrowl.co.uk/JACOBITE.HTM

The Cultural Impact of the Highland Clearances, by Ross Noble – http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/scotland_clearances_01.shtml

Scottish Enlightenment – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Enlightenment

Sir Walter Scott – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott

History of Scottish Devolution – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Scottish_devolution

Newspapers

The Scotsman -http://www.scotsman.com/

The Daily Record – http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/