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Schools Conference: 2016

The papers presented at this Schools Conference were recorded by Education Scotland. The videos below can also be viewed on the Education Scotland YouTube page.

The Novels of James Robertson (Professor Alan Riach)

Click here to read James Robertson’s article ‘Slavery, Terrorism, Law, and Justice’, which focuses on a selection of his novels and was published in The Bottle Imp 14.

Two Short Stories of Walter Scott (Professor Alison Lumsden)

Click here for the ASL Teaching Notes, including the Higher/Advanced Higher Teaching Note on Two Short Stories by Walter Scott (‘Wandering Willie’s Tale’ and ‘The Two Drovers’).

Click here for the ASL Free Publications, including As It Was Told to Me: Three Short Stories by Sir Walter Scott.

Janice Galloway’s The Trick is to Keep Breathing (Dr Gillian Sargent)

Click here for the Scotnote study guide Janice Galloway’s The Trick is to Keep Breathing.

Click here to read Jorge Sacido Romero’s ‘An Interview with Janice Galloway’, published in The Bottle Imp 23.

Scottish Children’s Fiction for Levels 2 and 3 (Dr Maureen Farrell)

Scots Language Dictionaries (Elaine Webster)

Click here for the ASL Teaching Notes, including the P5-S6 Teaching Note on Scottish Languages.

Ena Lamont Stewart’s Men Should Weep (John Hodgart)

Click here for the Scotnote study guide Ena Lamont Stewart’s Men Should Weep.