History (LC)

ceruleanblue

I have five questions about the 2015 LC History exam that somebody may be able to give me clarity on (I'm finding it difficult online to get up-to-date info).

"Candidates should answer on three of the topics in their chosen Field of Study as well as answering the compulsory documents-based question on a topic nominated by the State Examinations Commission." (S0712)

From the above, I gather that students only focus on four areas of the 6 available areas on the Late Modern syllabus, and this will constitute the 80% of the LC marks which are awarded for the written exam. Is this correct? That's my first question.

My students will sit the 2015 LC, when The pursuit of sovereignty and the impact of partition, 1912 - 1949 will be on the Documents course. Because this is from an Irish topic, does this mean that in the rest of the exam only one question will come from Irish topics, while the other two questions will come from non-Irish topics? That's my second question.

So, for the booklist, would the following books suffice for the exam requirements in 2015?:

1) Sovereignty and Partition - Case Study Topic by M.E. Collins (Edco)
2) Politics & Society in Northern Ireland 1949-1993 M.E.Collins (Edco)
3) Dictatorship and Democracy 1920-1945 by Stephen Tongue (Edco)
4) Division and realignment in Europe, 1945-1992

Will I have to put an additional general book on top of these? Thats my fourth question.

Also, the scoilnet Hist In-service website hasn't been updated since autumn 2012. Does anybody know where I could find out about History In-service times for autumn/winter 2013? That's my fifth question.

Boober Fraggle

1. That is correct.

2. 4 questions will come up for each of the other 5 Topics. Students (the teacher) picks one of those topics to cover in class, and the student picks one of the 4 questions from that topic.

3 and 4. Those topics would be fine to cover. Students would not need any other books on top of that list.

5. There should be an up to date list of inservices added at some stage during September/October. There is probably an email address for a contact on the PDST on the website, if you email them, they might be able to tell you when that list will go up exactly.

jayo76

There are 12 possible topics which can be covered on the leaving cert course, 6 in Irish history and 6 from Europe and the wider world

For 2014 and 2015 as you say the compulsory documents question for all students is from sovereignty and partition so as you said yes your students will need to answer just one other section on Irish history( in your case northern Ireland)

Students will then answer 2 sections from Europe/ Wider World from a choice of 6, in your case Europe 1920-45 and Europe 1945-89, this is perfectly fine.

The four books you have suggested are fine and you do not need a general textbook.

My students will be studying
- Ireland 1870-1914
.- Sovereignty( Documents)
Europe 1920-145
America 1945-89

ceruleanblue

Thanks very much for that clarity. I ordered 3 of the 4 books. Edco told me today that they're discontinuing the Division & Realignment In Europe 1945-1992 by de Buitléir etc.

Is there any alternative book by somebody other than Seán Delap (Like Brockie & Walsh's Modern Ireland, I found McCormack and Delap's Uncovering History book riddled with inaccuracies so moved all 1st years over to another book this year)?

I emailed the Hist support service so hopefully I'll hear back from them presently.