The CfE Higher Modern Studies Course Notes helps teachers and students map their route through the CfE programme, providing comprehensive and authoritative guidance for the course. Course Notes give a practical, supportive approach to help deliver the new curriculum and offer a blend of sound teaching and learning with assessment guidance. Progress and attainment for all• A complete core resource covering Democracy in Scotland and the United Kingdom, Crime and the Law, Social Inequality, the USA and Poverty and Conflict Across Africa• Outcome and Assessment Standards are fully covered• ‘Activities’ will get students thinking about what they have learned and help them to develop the skills needed for the assessments• ‘Activities’ are mapped and indexed by Outcome so you can see at a glance which criteria each activity fulfils Active learning• ‘Make the link’ features encourage broader thinking between and across subjects• ‘Key words’ define words and phrases to aid understanding• ‘Case studies’ explore how issues studied have an impact on real-life people and events Assessment and practice you can rely on• Extensive assessment practice covers all the skills students will need to succeed in the unit assessments, Assignment and exam• ‘Summary’ sections and ‘Learning checklists’ enable students to monitor progress regularly