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Modern Studies

 

 Mr Cowan
 
 Mr McDougall

      
 Mr Cowan                           Mr McDougall


 Contact the Modern Studies Dept:

 e-mail :
 modstudies@kilmarnockacademy.co.uk

 tel: 01563 525509


HELLO FROM FALKIRK
Hi there, I'm a newly qualified Modern studies teacher working in Braes High in Falkirk. I'm really starting from scratch here trying to build up a new subject. I came across your website and saw the wonderful things that you are doing there in Kilmarnock. I just wondered if you have any ideas for 1st and 2nd year resources that I could use. I would be happy to share any materials that I have with you.

Yours Kevin Deane, Braes High School.

Mr McDougall replies: The matter is in hand, Kevin.

 WOULD YOU VOTE FOR THEM?

 These pictures show pupils from  class 2D2 (when they were in first  year). They were working on  organising and running a general  election campaign. As well as  creating pamphlets and posters  they had to prepare and deliver  campaign speeches.




MSP Margaret Jamieson with KA pupils, outside the Scottish Parliament building.



MSP Margaret Jamieson with KA pupils, inside the debating chamber.

CLASS ACTION AT THE PARLIAMENT!

In November, twenty intrepid pupils from Kilmarnock Academy set off to Edinburgh to explore new horizons and expand their minds! Accompanied by their enthusiastic Modern Studies teachers, they were given VIP tours of the body politic at Holyrood.

Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, met the pupils at the Scottish Parliament and took them on a whistle stop tour. After getting comfortable in the seats in one of the committee rooms, they moved on to explore the Parliamentary chamber and even had the chance to pull up a chair on the front bench. It's now entirely possible that Kilmarnock Academy might just give Scotland a future First Minister!

After a tour of the chamber, Kilmarnock Academy 's finest got down to the nitty-gritty of Scottish politics and got a taste of the daily work of an MSP. The façade of plush offices and ‘think pods' the MSPs enjoy hide a frantic working lifestyle. Our pupils were no slouches and instantly felt at home among the piles of paperwork and masses of meetings.

After a good walk around the capital, it was time for our explorers to troop their way back home. A great day was had by all and everyone left having learnt something – even the teachers!

Report by Mr McDougall

CLASS ACTION AT THE PARLIAMENT - more pictures