Research Project

Topbike77

In History for my leaving cert im required to do a Research Study Report worth 20% of my exam. Im wondering what would be an interesting topic to do it on. I was thinking about doing something like an assassination. Only catch is that it should not be something very well known eg. JFK Assassination. Otherwise my examiner will know inside out and it will be harder to get marks on.

Any ideas would be much appreciated!

Starscream25

Does it have to be on the curriculum? Might be a grim subject and I'm picking this out of the blue but would you consider the Rwanda genocide in the 94, I'm sure your examiner would look favourably upon a decision to take on a difficult quite emotional piece.

Topbike77

Starscream25 wrote: »

Does it have to be on the curriculum? Might be a grim subject and I'm picking this out of the blue but would you consider the Rwanda genocide in the 94, I'm sure your examiner would look favourably upon a decision to take on a difficult quite emotional piece.

It can be anything at all. Ill look in to that and see, thank you.

Topbike77

Just checked out the Rwanda genocide. Unfortunatly I ran it by my teacher but it has to be before 1993. And this took place in 94 so I just missed out on it. I was thinking of doing the Battle of Verdun in 1916.

Brown Bomber

Ronan14 wrote: »

Just checked out the Rwanda genocide. Unfortunatly I ran it by my teacher but it has to be before 1993. And this took place in 94 so I just missed out on it. I was thinking of doing the Battle of Verdun in 1916.

Iran-Contra or Operation Gladio.

looksee

Are you proposing to include Conspiracy theories in your thesis? Might not go down too well with the examiner.

Brown Bomber

looksee wrote: »

Are you proposing to include Conspiracy theories in your thesis? Might not go down too well with the examiner.

The above aren't conspiracy theories, they are hidden history which are intentionally conflated with "conspiracy theory" to delegitimise them, a conspiracy in itself.

You could also do the CIA's overthrow of the democratic Iranian government in 53 or Israel's nuclear weapons programme/ Vannunu.

Starscream25

So many topics to choose from. I wish I did history for my leaving cert. the Cuban missile crisis would fe a good one. I rememember my dad telling me his teacher told all students to go home on a particular day as everyone thought it was going to kick off.thankfully it didn't.

weisses

looksee wrote: »

Are you proposing to include Conspiracy theories in your thesis? Might not go down too well with the examiner.

Laughable comment ... Conspiracy theories have a place in History

Gulf of Ton-kin is one and there are so many more

Operation northwoods is another

Topbike77

looksee wrote: »

Are you proposing to include Conspiracy theories in your thesis? Might not go down too well with the examiner.

Yes the teacher encouraged them.

Thanks for all the recommendations guys ill do a bit of research on them now.

returnNull

also maybe look into jimmy hoffa?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_hoffa

Flaregon

you could always try old media stuff.
like the loony tunes or the original fantasia, they were raciest as hell or u could have some fun with propaganda.

there is one Conspiracy theories that alway goes down will, the sinking of the lusitania.