Bagrut History case studies

The Bagrut in History is the Israeli matriculation examination in history, taken by high-school students working toward a Bagrut certificate and by external candidates completing matriculation requirements. It is a written examination: candidates answer open-ended questions built around primary and secondary sources, and some units include multiple-choice items. The exam is not a single national paper but a set of units and study tracks; which units a candidate sits is set by the school or by the external-candidate framework in force that year. Content spans modern Jewish history and Zionism, the Holocaust, the establishment and development of the State of Israel, modern world history, nationalism and the nation-state, and historical thinking skills applied to sources. Topics on this exam: Modern Jewish History and Zionism, The Holocaust, The State of Israel - Establishment and Development, World History in the Modern Era, Nationalism and the Nation-State in the 19th–20th Centuries, and Historical Thinking Skills and Source Analysis. The Bagrut History case studies are 5 cases and about 3,322 words.