MATSEC AM History case studies
MATSEC AM History · Put your knowledge to work in context.
MATSEC Advanced Level History - often called Advanced Matriculation (AM) History - is a subject examination offered under the MATSEC Examinations Board of L-Università ta' Malta, the body that administers Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate examinations in Malta. The board publishes its regulations, guidelines and policies, syllabi, current session information, applications, past papers, marking schemes and exemplars, and research and reports through its own section of the University of Malta website. The MATSEC AM History case studies are 5 cases and about 2,693 words.
1The Great Siege Ledger: Reconciling Casualty Figures
In a sixth-form seminar on the 1565 Siege of Malta you are given three extracts and asked to write a source criticism under timed conditions. Extract A is a chronicle published in 1567 by a knight of the Order, dedicated to the Grand Master; it claims that 25,000 Ottoman soldiers died and only 8,000 Christians.
584 words, about 3 min2The Factory Commission and the 1841 Infant Mortality Table
You are a research assistant to a parliamentary committee in 1842 investigating child labour. The committee has two tables for 1841.
512 words, about 3 min3Sette Giugno: Petition, Dispatch and Crowd
You are writing a timed essay on the causes of the Sette Giugno riots in Malta on 7 June 1919. The examiner provides four extracts.
533 words, about 3 min4The July Crisis: Three Source Cards and the Problem of Responsibility
In a document exercise on the July Crisis you are given three source cards and asked to argue about responsibility. Card A is a Serbian nationalist newspaper editorial of 29 June 1914 celebrating the Sarajevo assassination as a blow against 'foreign tyranny' and saying that 'young Bosnia' had acted for freedom.
539 words, about 3 min5Periodising the Cold War in the Mediterranean
A local museum is planning a twelve-panel exhibition called 'The Cold War in the Mediterranean'. The curator must choose a starting date: 1947, 1949, 1956 or 1964.
525 words, about 3 min