Twentieth century
The effect of two world wars helped shape Scotland's society in the twentieth century as well as the individual lives of Scots who lived through them. Many of the resources in this section focus on World War II and look at it from different themes, including evacuation, censorship and propaganda and rationing. Other resources in this section focus on social change in the post war decades.
Social reform
Study primary evidence in the twentieth century debate on whether to give women the vote. Create your own newspaper front page about social reform.
World War II
Find out about the events which led up to the Second World War, how the war was fought and how it effected many aspects of daily life.
Post-war Scotland
Discover how daily life has changed in Scotland over the last five decades.