This research focuses on how help materials impact on high school students history learning. The concentration lies in putting the students at the center of the research and highlighting their attitude to the method. The essay tries to report statistics and facts about the students' attitude to the learning method. The essay must seek answers to what specific abilities are developed within the didactic area of history and how cause-effect is reasoned. The essay is a preliminary investigation for possibly a more advanced investigation in the future. The sources were provided by student and teacher responses to an aided test. The essay seeks answers to the following questions in order to achieve the purpose of the research: How do aids in examinations affect students' learning? How do students relate to the specific learning method? How do the teacher relate to the specific learning method? Which perspectives on history appear in the student answers?      The survey was carried out in a vocational high school located in a medium sized city in Sweden. 12 students participated in the survey. In the essay, an inventory design study with structured interviews is applied. Structured interviews are often used as a research strategy in both qualitative and quantitative methods.      The results show that the students have a positive attitude towards the learning method and that the method has a positive effect on their subject knowledge within the subject of history. The study as a whole needs to be seen as an initial preliminary investigation into how the method of using aids in examinations affects the students' historical subject progression in history.