Leaving Cert History Project

DaMorganator

I was just wondering what guidelines are there to the research topic? My history teacher is useless and she hasn't explained anything:mad:. I was thinking of the 1798 rebellion in the south-east. Is that a good topic and should I broaden it to the whole of Ireland?

Bucklesman

DaMorganator wrote: »

I was thinking of the 1798 rebellion in the south-east. Is that a good topic and should I broaden it to the whole of Ireland?

Au conraire, you need to narrow the focus as much as possible. There's a huge amount in that topic already. You need to get down and dirty with the action and tell the real story tbh. One incident, individual or aspect is enough. Sticking to one single battle is your best bet.

I did mine on Free State reprisals in Kerry during just one month of the Civil War. I ended up using the entire project booklet in order to give it a proper treatment, and in reality I should have narrowed the focus to just one incident.

theowen

Bucklesman wrote: »

Au conraire, you need to narrow the focus as much as possible. There's a huge amount in that topic already. You need to get down and dirty with the action and tell the real story tbh. One incident, individual or aspect is enough. Sticking to one single battle is your best bet.

I did mine on Free State reprisals in Kerry during just one month of the Civil War. I ended up using the entire project booklet in order to give it a proper treatment, and in reality I should have narrowed the focus to just one incident.

+1. You should try to get it down to just one day or something like that. Then flesh it out with the consequences of those events etc.

ReacherCreature

DaMorganator wrote: »

I was just wondering what guidelines are there to the research topic? My history teacher is useless and she hasn't explained anything:mad:. I was thinking of the 1798 rebellion in the south-east. Is that a good topic and should I broaden it to the whole of Ireland?

Like others have said, narrow it down as much as you can. Pick an individual event, battle, personality - what you want and what fits. The more narrowed down the more unique it will be, this will, if done properly make it interesting.

If you make it too wide open, you'll probably digress and go off your intended mark. If it's too big, you won't fit it in and it'll be aimless and wandering.

Approach your teacher about it and explain it. Do a bit of work on the entire 1798 rebellion (read an overview, look it up online and so on) and you should find an aspect you like and want to do a further study on it.

eoins23456

ReacherCreature wrote: »

If it's too big, you won't fit it in
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thats what she said;)

ReacherCreature

eoins23456 wrote: »

thats what she said;)

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...waaaaayyyy!

LC2010HIS

lol i got 55/60 for my one this year as i viewed my script.
i have to repeat though :( dunno what project to do now!

Ditzie

LC2010HIS wrote: »

lol i got 55/60 for my one this year as i viewed my script.
i have to repeat though :( dunno what project to do now!

I know I'm in the same boat, I've started it but I got 97% in my one last year, It sucks you can't use it

ReacherCreature

Wow that sucks.

Out of curiousity, what event did you guys base your work on?

EuropeanSon

theowen wrote: »

+1. You should try to get it down to just one day or something like that. Then flesh it out with the consequences of those events etc.

I did mine on a very big topic (Abraham Lincoln's attitude to and treatment of slavery), and got 94% when I viewed my script. It doesn't have to be a super narrow focus.

theowen

EuropeanSon wrote: »

I did mine on a very big topic (Abraham Lincoln's attitude to and treatment of slavery), and got 94% when I viewed my script. It doesn't have to be a super narrow focus.

In general you really should try to narrow it done tho' :cool::p

RolandIRL

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Out of curiousity, what event did you guys base your work on?

i did my LC last year, and my project was on Rommel's involvement in the Siege of Tobruk, Libya.
got 100% in it, but i did OL (though HL was written on the topic, i dropped down after i had it submitted)

EuropeanSon

theowen wrote: »

In general you really should try to narrow it done tho' :cool::p

I suppose. Only super awesome people can afford to do really broad topics and still get high marks. :P

Twee.

+1 on narrowing it down! You'll be reading every book under the sun if you go too broad. I started off with the Spanish Civil War, narrowed to Guernica, and then finally focussed on the German involvement/training ground for Nazis angle.
Also, the examiner will have read every topic before, especially if you go for something Irish, so try make it as exciting and specific as you can. Brighten their day, they're gonna get a **** load of 1916 Rising papers.
If you're specific, you know exactly what you're looking for and don't need to waste time doing crazy research. Start reading ASAP, so you can spend as much time on the essay as you need. It's not a long assignment, it just needs to be right. Make a note of every good page in a book, every site you visit. It'll all just slot in at the end.
Ask your teacher for a blank assignment copy book and photocopy it so you can make sure your essay is going to fit. You don't want to find out it's too long a week before it;s due in.
Best of luck. It's a great assignment and can be fun if history is your thing.

Ditzie

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Wow that sucks.

Out of curiousity, what event did you guys base your work on?

I did mine on Kevin Barry

Ilyana

Just for yourself, sometimes doing a topic that isn't on your course at all can be easier. I started off with something loosely connected to what I was studying for the written exam (the burning of books in Nazi Germany), but I became bored and unmotivated covering the same topic twice. I changed it totally to something during Vietnam War because it wasn't at all related to the course. It was way more interesting, so I actually wanted to do it. Worked out well, I got an A2 (after a disastrous written exam!). Happy days :cool:

Pheima

Hey I got 100% in my research topic (honours) and an overall A1 in history for lc. If anyone needs any help just ask:D

Dougal.Maguire

Pheima wrote: »

Hey I got 100% in my research topic (honours) and an overall A1 in history for lc. If anyone needs any help just ask:D

what did you do it on ?

ricero

i did the Nazi euthanasia programme very very straightforward and easy enough project id recommend it to any leaving cert student this year

jumpguy

Sorry to bump this, but I was wondering if you were doing the modern history course (1815 - 1993) and you did a history topic on something before 1815, would that be okay? Or does it have to be between 1815 and 1993?

Bottleopener

jumpguy wrote: »

Sorry to bump this, but I was wondering if you were doing the modern history course (1815 - 1993) and you did a history topic on something before 1815, would that be okay? Or does it have to be between 1815 and 1993?

As far as I know you can do something from before this, as according to my teacher, Classical Studies students have done stuff related to Classics in the past.

According to the pdf onThis Page the only restraints are the end date (ie. 1993 for Irish history and 1992 for World/European)

Aifric1

Pheima wrote: »

Hey I got 100% in my research topic (honours) and an overall A1 in history for lc. If anyone needs any help just ask:D

How did you do in your written? Any tips for it? I get As in class and Cs in exams, even though my timing's good, and I put in ****loads of work Any tips for the RSR in terms of analytical writing?

Gav77

How did you get an A1 in terms of the written exam? Any tips for getting full marks on essays??

Daithi.orian

Does anyone know what the deadline for submitting the research topic is? I'm doing some tutoring with Leaving Cert History students at the moment but they never seem to know when exactly it is meant to be submitted. I had heard April but is that official?

readystudypass

Daithi.orian wrote: »

Does anyone know what the deadline for submitting the research topic is? I'm doing some tutoring with Leaving Cert History students at the moment but they never seem to know when exactly it is meant to be submitted. I had heard April but is that official?

http://www.examinations.ie/exam/KeyDates_2011.pdf

rolo454

I did mine on "Pablo Picasso's Guernica and it's effects on the Spanish Civil War".
You need to be very specific.
Choose something that you love if possible. I like art so I did a painting.
Some people in my class did the Beatles, John Lennon and Che Guevara among others.

bonkers12313

ricero wrote: »

i did the Nazi euthanasia programme very very straightforward and easy enough project id recommend it to any leaving cert student this year

Hi.. I'm thinking of doingthat title... Can I ask where you got your sources from?? Thanks

bonkers12313

Sources used for your project?

LC2010HIS

Hello !

I decided to leave it all till tonight! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: Thats the thing with repeating, your not afraid of your life this time cause you realize it was all fairly overrated. Which is a bad thing for easily distracted people like me !

I decided to do the Romanov downfall after seeing a good documentry.
Did the whole essay under 2hours. Short words though!

Copy - Paste - Rephrase is clearly the way to go

Ugh. No outline done yet. Tbh, thats the worst part of the project !

ReacherCreature

LC2010HIS wrote: »

Copy - Paste - Rephrase is clearly the way to go

Ugh. No outline done yet. Tbh, thats the worst part of the project !

History over two years has clearly thought you well. ':rolleyes:'

sstalins

Hi,

I am currently doing my leaving cert history project. My subject is Hitler, 1889-1919. My course is Dictatorship and democracy in Europe. Is the title too close to the couse or does it matter. Can any one advise?:)

Ilyana

sstalins wrote: »

Hi,

I am currently doing my leaving cert history project. My subject is Hitler, 1889-1919. My course is Dictatorship and democracy in Europe. Is the title too close to the couse or does it matter. Can any one advise?:)

Hi!
Tbh your topic is very broad, it'll be difficult to narrow it all down to fit into the wordcount while still keeping all the relevant information.

You could focus on one particular event in Hitler's early life/career, such as the Beer Hall Putsch (sp?) or something. You'll get plenty of info on it from three sources, but not so much that it's impossible to "prune" it, as my history teacher said

Your topic can come from your course (once it's not a key personality, word for word). But I actually found that doing something from outside my course (for me, the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War) kept my interest as I wasn't doing it in school too.

You probably could do your intended topic, but those are just a couple of ideas that might make your task a little easier

greenbox

I have chosen to talk about the harsh treatment of Armenians under ottoman empire control but reading your comments i am guessing it is WAY too broad a topic what do you think??

spurious

greenbox wrote: »

I have chosen to talk about the harsh treatment of Armenians under ottoman empire control but reading your comments i am guessing it is WAY too broad a topic what do you think??

Pick one incident and write about that.

AWalkInTheFall

Ditzie wrote: »

I know I'm in the same boat, I've started it but I got 97% in my one last year, It sucks you can't use it

I repeated my leaving cert last year and even though you're not meant to use the same project, I completely did and my new history teacher told us all to basically repeat as well, and only change the title slightly and slightly change the direction of the project which we did, and I ended up getting 99/100 in the project (I think it's out of 100 anyway), so as long as it's not word for word the same, you should be fine!

damad1

im thinking of doing mine on the venetians involvment in the fourth crusade. is this too broad

JDOC1996

Would it be better just to focus on a personality for my project, or should I focus on an event?
I was think of doing the involvement of the irish in the Spanish civil war, or else something to do with the crimean war.
It has to be finished for next month, so I'm under some time constraints here...
Can anybody be of assistance?

AtomicKoala

JDOC1996 wrote: »

Would it be better just to focus on a personality for my project, or should I focus on an event?
I was think of doing the involvement of the irish in the Spanish civil war, or else something to do with the crimean war.
It has to be finished for next month, so I'm under some time constraints here...
Can anybody be of assistance?

Is the personality of historical significance? Can you focus on part of their life?

If you are doing a popular choice make sure to take it from an angle, remember that 8000 other students will be handing up a project! So something JFK related will land you with probably a hundred competitors, for example.

titan18

I did mine on personalities a few years ago. My topic was How Fascism influenced Sport, or something along that, basically just a project on Mussolini's involvement in the creation of Serie A, and the Italian world cup victories, and Hitler's use of the Olympics as a way to show Aryan supremacy. I'd imagine it's a topic not done a lot, and I ended up getting 99/100 in it, so it clearly worked.