* Leaving cert history - predictions / aftermath * (1 thread please)

Scurrilous Dykes.

Europe Topic 3: The Jarrow March will be coming up in the Europe topic, Stalin and the show trials if your not to keen on Britain:

Topic 6: I'm Praying that either Montgomery or Vietnam appear.

Ireland Topic 3: Cosgraves government, Belfast bombings, and it is quite possible since we are on the verge of another Eucharistic visit next year that a question on the congress could appear. But in regards the Eucharistic congress question I would steer well clear unless you have an thorough knowledge and passion for it its a real ball buster!

Case studies: Coleraine controversy has the best odds in my books. I would look over Suningdale before the Apprentice Boys, I seriously doubt that the Apprentice boys would come up.

What is your predictions?

polka dot

USA: Collapse of consensus, MBB, economic recession
Europe: Hitler's consolidation of power, anti-semetism, propaganda and/or terror, Stalin's domestic policy
Ireland topic 3: Belfast, JJ McElligott, compare FF government to Cumann na nGaedhael government, treaty... ehm. Really not sure about Ireland.

Document. I have no idea why everyone's convinced it's Coleraine?! Was it tipped somewhere or what?
Studying Coleraine and the Apprentice Boys equally and then skimming over Sunningdale just on the off-chance it comes up.

Gav77

Idealy:

Irish - treaty, CnG VS FF

Europe - Hitler, Fascism

America - Bus boycott, cival rights

Otherwise its going to be a rough exam

Lexii307

What i was told to look over:
Irish:Fianna Fail 1932-1939, Split in Sinn Fein, Treaty, FF v CnG
European:Hitlers foreign policy, rise of facism
American:Trumans presidency, Civil Rights, Vietnam

What i would like to come up:
Irish:All of above
European:Hitlers foreign policy
American:Civil Rights, US Foreign Policy

Ezkimosrawk

We were told different things still:
Europe (NSIT) Eastern Question, The Kaiser's Naval Policy.
Ireland (1870-1914) 1885-86 General Elections, Always something on Ulster.
Case Study : Almost certaintly Coleraine.
Europe D&D : Jarrow March, Hitler's Foreign Policy, Origin of Fascism Italy+Germany.

Dr.Evil

Am I guaranteed some sort of question if I know Irish history 1912 - Civil War..? As in one question to fall between those confines.

danslevent

I'm dreading the essay on the pursuit of soveriengty and impact of partition the most. Thinking of just doing the Belfast bombings, treaty negoiations/debates and the Easter rising. The rest can feck off.

bradleyboy

This is a thread for people doing hiher level history to ask for advice, give tips and post links to helpful websites! I would love to see ssay plans up here for wednesday

frenchy1992

This is going to be some rough exam..

Anyway, what I've prepared :

European topic 3:

-Hitler's foreign policies
-Rise of Fascism
-Inter-war years + Jarrow

Irish topic (pursuit of sovereignty + impact of partition)

-Economic + Social policies of cumann na nGaedheal
-Eco. + Social policies of Fianna Fail
-Anglo-Irish treaty
-Belfast during the war.

American topic :
-Detente (1972-1989)
-Vietnam
-Montgomery Bus boycott

And for the case study I've focused on Coleraine mainly even though I kinda know the apprentice boys !

TheRepeat

Does anyone have an essay plan for Decline of Cold War certainties? Baaadly stuck

ChristinaIndigo

If bus boycott doesn't come up... I am literally not going to get anything CLOSE to full marks in any other essay....
It's the only one that I ever remember...

I could study this subject for another 2 years and still never be prepared enough for it, so, basically it's being counted as my backup subject. I really can't start fretting about it, because I know it's by FAR my worst subject...

GoldRush4821

the only section im properly worried about is ireland we did it so late in the year that i left it too late to really get to grips with it now relying on north and south during war and social and economic policies of cumann na ngaedhael.. I really hope the growth and origins of fascism doesn't come up... what a terrible question!

Jolly Red Giant

TheRepeat wrote: »

Does anyone have an essay plan for Decline of Cold War certainties? Baaadly stuck

Not an essay plan but this might help -

http://leavingcerthistory.net/revision/revision-handouts

Click on 'USA' and then on 'Foreign Policy Part 2' - you will find some stuff at the bottom

Also -
http://leavingcerthistory.net/revision/revision-powerpoints/usa-and-the-wider-world/

view the 'Foreign Policy' slideshow and there is stuff in the second half of it.

Iceboy

If the MBB does come up will it be a question like
What impact did the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1956, have on the civil rights movement in the United States?

F1f1

Is anyone else doin topic 3 on Ireland, 1949-1989? No one seems to be doing it!

TheRepeat

Jolly Red Giant wrote: »

Not an essay plan but this might help -

http://leavingcerthistory.net/revision/revision-handouts

Click on 'USA' and then on 'Foreign Policy Part 2' - you will find some stuff at the bottom

Also -
http://leavingcerthistory.net/revision/revision-powerpoints/usa-and-the-wider-world/

view the 'Foreign Policy' slideshow and there is stuff in the second half of it.

Thanks very much

Lexii307

i feel so over prepared :eek:
I really only want 3 things to come up!
1.Hitlers Foreign Policy
2.Montgomery Bus Boycott
3.Fianna Fail 1932-1939

and Coleraine

I have done:
1.CnG and FF Foreign Policies comparison
2.CnG and FF Economic Policies comparison
3.Sinn Fein 1918 General Election
4.Fianna Fail 1932-1939
5.Rise of Sinn Fein
6.Anglo Irish Treaty 1921
7.FF foreign Policies
8.FF Economic Policies
9.Hitlers Foreign Policy
10.Hitlers Economic Policy
11.Lenin and Stalins contribution to Communism
12.How propaganda and terror was used to maintain communism
13.Hitler and the Nazis 1933
14.Stalins Economic Policy
15.Hitler as ruler of Germany
16. Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany
17.Italy before WW1
18.Civil Rights movement
19.Collapse of consensus
20.LBJ and Vietnam
21.US Foreign Policy

TheRepeat

Lexii307 wrote: »

i feel so over prepared :eek:
I really only want 3 things to come up!
1.Hitlers Foreign Policy
2.Montgomery Bus Boycott
3.Fianna Fail 1932-1939

and Coleraine

I have done:
1.CnG and FF Foreign Policies comparison
2.CnG and FF Economic Policies comparison
3.Sinn Fein 1918 General Election
4.Fianna Fail 1932-1939
5.Rise of Sinn Fein
6.Anglo Irish Treaty 1921
7.FF foreign Policies
8.FF Economic Policies
9.Hitlers Foreign Policy
10.Hitlers Economic Policy
11.Lenin and Stalins contribution to Communism
12.How propaganda and terror was used to maintain communism
13.Hitler and the Nazis 1933
14.Stalins Economic Policy
15.Hitler as ruler of Germany
16. Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany
17.Italy before WW1
18.Civil Rights movement
19.Collapse of consensus
20.LBJ and Vietnam
21.US Foreign Policy

I have near enough the same covered.. Still feel panicked though!

Jolly Red Giant

People - do not ignore the Apprentice Boys or Sunningdale - do contextualisation to cover your rear end.

aingel

Thought I was going to be able to get away with only doing bare minimum for History but after maths today it looks like I'm going to be cramming all weekend :eek: disaster.

I know communism and facism
For Ireland I know cumman na g but did awful in it in the pres
America is a disaster. I don't even know where to start
and colraine better come up
I hate history.
Love listening in class but the exam is a joke. Its a hundred times harder than almost any other subject. I think you should get double points or something for it. Compared to like Home Ec or Biology where literally learning off gets you marks. Its ridiculous the difference between subjects

GoldRush4821

Double points is a bit excessive(very excessive actually). I think most of us would be happy with 20 minutes extra, but as it is if you know your stuff and the right questions come up i think its more than doable to get it all done in time... i think people prepare essays that are too long, if you have a 3 and a half page essay and its quality then you're sorted but some people try and write 4 and 5 pages. That for me is not possible.

martyllia

i have 4 days to do all of my history & art history ,don't know how i'm going to do it,but i have to.

what i hope to do is :
IRISH:
Treaty
Belfast
CnG & FF policies
Civil War & War of Independence

EUROPEAN
Rise of fascism
Hitler's foreign policy
Nazi state
Hitler's rise to power
Anti Semitism & Holocaust
Jarrow March

USA
MBB & Civil Rights
Vietnam
Nixon
Truman
McCarthyism

NORTHERN IRELAND
Focusing on Colerine
Apprentice Boys not learning as much as for Colerine
Sunningdale -bare minimum,just basic idea of it

Do you think it's enough? Or if you have any tips what else can i learn,or what can i do instead of something from the list? Thankies!

C__

Looking at this it seems no one really does the book with Bismarck and the irish book with the GAA and stuff. Anyone here do it?

bradleyboy

i have a theory, that every year a question comes up from the culture/religion setion, or the last section as i call it, in every topic? which is a nice thought as this section only has roughly 3/4 chapters in it? what you guys reckon?

AdamD

GoldRush4821 wrote: »

Double points is a bit excessive(very excessive actually). I think most of us would be happy with 20 minutes extra, but as it is if you know your stuff and the right questions come up i think its more than doable to get it all done in time... i think people prepare essays that are too long, if you have a 3 and a half page essay and its quality then you're sorted but some people try and write 4 and 5 pages. That for me is not possible.

I always do 5 pages per essay. Just need to practice writing faster. Can't see you getting 60/60 with 3 and a half pages.

bradleyboy

C__ wrote: »

Looking at this it seems no one really does the book with Bismarck and the irish book with the GAA and stuff. Anyone here do it?

i do the nation states book hoping for an essay on technology of warfare, causes of ww1 or wilfred owen?

wazzarooney

I'm doing for Irish History:
1916
treaty
civil war
Eucharistic Congress
North and South during the war.

I'm leaving out all the governments and their policies? Would I be safe with that much?

AbsentPonderer

Anybody hoping for a nice question on Stalin? I am, if I see his economy I will be beaming at the page :P

C__

bradleyboy wrote: »

i do the nation states book hoping for an essay on technology of warfare, causes of ww1 or wilfred owen?

Wtf?????
I have never even heard of these essays. We just covered the Case studies cause we are "guaranteed" a question on them.
But id like a question on any of the 3 case studies or anti semitisim or I am f*cked

LC2010HIS

1916 -military failure
Rise of sinn fein and 1918
Anglo Irish T 1921
CNG VS FF economic policies
CnG - Challenges
Compare North and south during ww2
Belfast

Stalin show trials
Oirgins of fascism
Rise of hitler, hitlers - how he estab a totalitarian state, anti semtism, foreign policy
rise of mussolini

Vietnam
containment
Domestic factors
detente 72-89
troubled affleunce
impact of bus boycott on civil rights
collapse of consensus

coleraine!

Iceboy

Is anyone else a littl worried with the timing in the History exam? 40 per essay seems very little and time seems to fly bye in that exam centre, especially if your writing about something you don't know to well and have to think alot more to remember the stuff