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Leaving Cert History Essays?
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Cora O Mahony wrote: »India is tipped by all the grinds schools to come up because it was answered so badly last year.
Out of interest, which grinds schools are you referring to? You claim 'all of them' have said this which is a blatant exaggeration
. I'm slightly concerned you're trying to throw people off here and the fact this is your first post doesn't help... 0 -
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Ah Yes, but could you give a coherant answer on the succeses and failures of the Land Wars between 1879 and 1882?!
Not so simple actually.
Its one thing to write stuff on a page but in history they are ruthless on the Overall engagement with the question (OE) and overall coherance.
Its basically an applied english exam with references to historical events.
Sorry, looking back at what I said was ridiculously condescending, arrogant and in no way helpful. I never actually did leaving certificate history, just picked it up in college and carried on towards MA level.
What I was trying to say, but didn't portray at all because I'm an ass (being honest, and sorry for doing so) is that asking for other essays will not benefit you at all. What you need to do, is research and write your own work. That way you understand your own arguments much more clearly and you will understand why you are saying what you are saying.
Some general rules of thumb I've learned, might help and might not, but here goes.- When writing, leave your introduction until the very last thing. Obviously when writing on the day you can't do this, but in your preperation leave it until last. That way you know exactly what your introduction needs to state.
- Every paragraph must make a relevant point to your overall argument. A paragraph needs to first of all outline what the paragraph will do in relation to the overall argument. Then you state why this is relevant by using supporting evidence.
- Dates are important, but my advice is not to get hung up and depressed if you cannot remember them. What is much more important than dates is your interpretation of events. You'd be amazing how many students at my level cannot remember essential dates, myself included. I constantly have to look up some really basic stuff, but whats important is my understanding of when something happened and why.
- Concluding is simple. That doesn't change. You simply summarise everything you have said, ie a line per paragraph, summarising everything in relation to the argument you set out in your introduction (or will set out in your introduction if you are preparing.)
Again apologies for my first post, I am writing a dissertation and think it just had me in a bad and unhelpful mood. If you love history, or are considering carrying on to third level, arguments are what set you aside from the rest. Obviously this is the 11th hour for leaving, so much of this work should be done already. Wikipedia is indeed your friend, as at leaving level there is more than enough here to formulate good strong arguments to support your points. Don't be afraid to think outside the box. For example I wrote one paper on the cause of the Irish Civil war, arguing that the divide in Ireland went back a decade or two prior to the treaty. If you can support your argument anything is valid. I wrote my first major work on Holocaust denial, stating how deniers are wrong, and often delirous, but that doesn't mean these people should be censored. Eventually thinking outside the box leads to a much stronger argument, giving you a unique advantage in writing something interesting. No matter what level you are writing at, if you write something which grabs your audience and catches their attention, your grades will benefit. Once you support everything with evidence.
I'm not 'classically trained' in history as they say on masterchef to the chefs, but I have developed these little methods of writing which set me aside from the traditional writing, and if you can set yourself aside from simple chronological narrative writing, again your grades will benefit.
Hope this is of some help to you all, and I wish you all the very best of luck in the upcoming exams. Hopefully see some of you around colleges in years to come
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Out of interest, which grinds schools are you referring to? You claim 'all of them' have said this which is a blatant exaggeration. I'm slightly concerned you're trying to throw people off here and the fact this is your first post doesn't help...
Kilmartin and the tutorial, why would i try throw people off ? hmmm:rolleyes: was just trying to help.. i just came on here to look at some essays (y)0 -
The papers for this year were in an advanced stage of setting before last year's exams would have been corrected.
Exam 'setters' (do you mean drafters?) do not go around advertising who they are, so I doubt anyone knows whether they were at a History talk or not. If they were and advertised themselves as setters or drafters they will be out of a job next year. They are not allowed do talks on exams, in Trinity or anywhere.
A great deal of mis-information and nonsense in this thread.
The history paper was only finalized in November
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Cora O Mahony wrote: »The history paper was only finalized in November
Yes, but that means finalised as in the question breakdowns and all the ancillary stuff. The guts of the paper were set last summer, though I guarantee the setters didn't go blabbing what is on it.
'Predictions' for most subjects are a complete waste of time.
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