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smelly girl

i did 'medical experiment of the holocaust' as my special topic.i know i cant answer any other questions now but my teacher reckons i cant answer questions on the weimar republic and 2nd world war. does anyone else know what the story is?

claire h

If that's your special topic then there shouldn't be any overlap with the Weimar Republic, and unless a really specific essay about Hitler's policy in WWII comes up, you should be okay for that, too. As long as you don't use the specific information you've given in your special topic essay in another essay - you can't get marks for writing the same stuff twice, in other words - you're fine.

PHB

You're teacher is stupid

If the information from your special topic is not used again in your essay you should be ok.

I assume the medical research into the holocust has absolutely nothing to do with the foreign policy or hitler, but why don't you email the chief examinier?

Kold

Actually, I'm doing Reinhard Heydrich (Deputy Comm of the SS) as my special topic but WW2 and the rise of the nazis is my best subject, they're quite likely to overlap aren't they?

smelly girl

Originally posted by PHB
You're teacher is stupid

If the information from your special topic is not used again in your essay you should be ok.

I assume the medical research into the holocust has absolutely nothing to do with the foreign policy or hitler, but why don't you email the chief examinier?

how do i go about emailing him/her? i think i mention hitler once in it so i think im probably sorted for it. My special topic was actually more along the lines of how they were carried out. Pretty gruesome stuff.

StickyMcGinty

do the special topic question first when your doing the exam.

its helps, trust me!

PHB

Well, I did my special topic on Hitler in World War One.
It had no real reference to his foreign policy, thus I could do any other question on Hitler.

Exam Technique btw:

Sit down
Do NOT open the paper!!!!!

Write out your special topic [25 mins]
- Get it down to 25 mins, if you can't change it!!

Open the paper, do the suplementarary questions [7 mins]

Open the paper
Read the paper[4 mins]

Doesnt have to be 4 minutes, just make sure you decide exactly what questions you are doing.

39 Minutes a Question:

4 Minutes to Plan
35 Minutes to Write
5 Minutes a Paragraph

At the end 8 minutes to read over the whole paper

Do this and you'll get the best possible mark you're able to get

valor

dont suppose you have any desire to share your special topic PHB? mine on keynes is going badly and its getting worryingly close to june

PHB

Hmm, I looked and actually couldn't find it

Sorry, also just sit down for a weekend and do it completely.
Then its done

Kold

Apparently they keep all the outstanding ones too.

valor

got it finished anyway, teacher says it should be of a1 standard. just gotta find some extra sources now ;-)

orangerooster

Ah if you put any work whatsoever into the special topic youll get the 80 marks.Sher its grand and handy-just pratice to get the time down.Youll be sorted.

StickyMcGinty

does anyone know how to get the EXACT mark from the dept that you got in leaving cert history??

PHB

You can only check it during re checks

Morgoth

Originally posted by Kold
Actually, I'm doing Reinhard Heydrich (Deputy Comm of the SS) as my special topic but WW2 and the rise of the nazis is my best subject, they're quite likely to overlap aren't they?

I did Heydrich as well for my ST and I had no trouble at all, I kept it very specialised wrt his own life and character. I also did my section 4 essay on something to do with the Nazis, can't remember now exactly.

If you want any tips with it gis a shout, I don't mind. Easy to answer the typical ST questions as well with Heydrich.

And yes, to reiterate another poster, do your special topic first and make sure you can get it written in max 35 minutes. It'll give you the confidence you'll badly need when you realise you've got another 15-20 pages to go. :P

edit: Oh yeah, I managed to get the first paragraph written on the answer booklet before the guy said we could turn over our papers, so look for being able to do that. Gained me about 3 mins in total I think, I finished with about 1 minute left at the end. ;D

Squall

I did IBM and the Nazis for my special topic. It had a little bit of overlapping but once the informtion isnt all available in your history book you should be fine.