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We wish you an enjoyable and productive study of Leaving Cert History in the new school year 2011/12!

Leaving Certificate History Exam 2011

Good Luck to all History students in their Leaving Certificate History Exam!

Remember to

• Pace yourself - Keep to your time plan.
  
  


• Plan your essays (brainstorm of key terms)
  
  


• A lot of marks can be picked up on the Case Studies and US History (if you are doing that option). Know these well.




• Read the essay questions carefully, underline the key words and make sure each paragraph in your essay relates back to the key words in the question. Echo back these key words in a variety of different ways.
  

Good Luck !

Decolonisation of India

Part 1 of a great series on this topic

Mock History Exams 2011

Best of luck students in your exam on Friday. Watch your timing and carefully consider which questions you are suited to answering. This can be the difference between an honour and a pass. All those who are nervous about the honours paper, give it your best shot and we will assess your result after the exam.
Please bring in your Research Topic notes on Tuesday. I promise to have your mock papers corrected and we will revise the paper in class.
Ms Gallagher

Leaving Certificate History Exam Wed 16th of June

Revision Hints

Know your Northern Ireland Case studies really well and the general context of these. Consider the questions

What was the significance of.........

What events lead to....

When studying the other topics, consider the bigger picture/ themes of the case studies in the Topic: eg The Moon landing - theme the Space Race, Vietnam War - theme American Foreign Policy..

Exam Hints

Read the exam paper carefully. Underline key words in the question and in the documents.

Plan your answer.

Focus on the question.

Check your Time regularly.

Pack in as many key points, one per short key paragraph.

Good Luck and let me know what you think of the paper.

2010 Leaving Cert History Exam

Good Luck to all students studying for their History Exam! We wish you well over the next couple of weeks with your Revision. More blog posts to follow about Exam Revision and approaching the History Exam itself.

Vietnam 35 years later - 47 image Photo Essay

Vietnam, 35 years later

April 30th, was the 35th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon and Tuesday, May 4th, was the 40th anniversary of the shooting of protesting students at Kent State University, USA. Click the link below to go to this interesting 47 image photo essay (primary sources) about the Vietnam War. It includes some images that some people may find disturbing, but hides and labels these so you are given the choice to click into them and open then only if you wish.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/vietnam_35_years_later.html