Modernity Scotland

19/01/2026

Late notice I know but you might be interested in a new organisation, Educators for Peace. They’re hosting an online CPD tonight.

13/01/2026

With Prelims underway across the country it's very much "the business end" as they say of the school term. Give your pupils 24/7 access to a massive range of up to date, dynamic resources with Higher Modern Studies and Politics access. Both courses are now just £50 up to the May SQA exams. There are cheaper student subscriptions too, for individual topics as well as the whole course.

Modernity Scotland provides digital learning for Higher Modern Studies and Higher Politics.

09/10/2025

New blog post on SQA/Qualifications Scotland & wee improvements that could be made.

Tip a bow for the new revolution?

05/10/2025

I've given the site a wee bit of a refresh. For the first time I've added pupil subscriptions. Parents were asking and I should have done this a while ago. Anyway, hope you like it.

Modernity Scotland provides digital learning for Higher Modern Studies and Higher Politics.

10/06/2025

Higher Politics 2025-2026 is now up and running,

08/06/2025

Higher Politics references. And Frank Sinatra.

Davy Russell's on top in June

02/06/2025

My thoughts on this year's Higher Modern Studies paper. https://open.substack.com/pub/johnmctaggart/p/the-last-time?

It may be the last time but I don't know.

20/05/2025

I hope all goes well for all taking Higher Modern Studies on Friday. I'm not wishing anyone "the best of luck" though. Its not about luck, its about hard work. You've worked all year, you've done your prep, you don't need luck. I am though sticking on the audio for "Effectiveness of measures to tackle inequality" as I think its a very frustrating topic, which I explain on the website. I hope this audio maybe clarifies things or reassures. https://soundcloud.com/modernity-scotland/scotlands-persistent

12/05/2025

11/05/2025

Maybe my favourite feature of the new site is the Deep Dive Audio. Each topic, for example, The Governance of Scotland, has its own Deep Dive Audio. This audio usually lasts for about twenty minutes and involves two presenters discussing the issues. Each subscribing school or college can create accounts for each student. This means students can access the resources, for example, The Deep Dive Audio any time they want. We all learn in different ways. The Deep Dive can be a great home study task or just to reinforce what you've done in your lesson. Check out this one and see how the Deep Dives can enhance you and your students' experience!

Higher Modern Studies. Audio discussion on alternatives for the governance of Scotland.

10/05/2025

Here's the Individualist/Collectivist Debate presentation. A PPT version of this and all the other topics is available to subscribers. This video is on the Modernity YouTube channel where there are many other relevant Modern Studies videos.

06/05/2025

A wee blog post about the "Individualist and Collectivist debate" in Social Inequality.

Or is Greed Good?