MATSEC SEC History case studies
MATSEC SEC History · Put your knowledge to work in context.
MATSEC SEC History is a Secondary Education Certificate subject examination awarded under the MATSEC Examinations Board of L-Università ta' Malta. The MATSEC Board sits within the University of Malta and publishes, on its own pages, the material candidates need to orient themselves: Regulations, Guidelines and policies, Syllabi, Current Session Information, Applications, Past Papers, and Marking Schemes and Exemplars. The MATSEC SEC History case studies are 5 cases and about 4,058 words.
1Two Voices from the Great Siege: Judging Usefulness Against Reliability
Two sources are placed side by side in a textbook on the Great Siege of 1565. Source A is an extract from the journal of an Italian soldier who served inside Fort St Angelo during the siege and published his account in 1568, three years after the Ottoman withdrawal of 8 September 1565.
858 words, about 4 min21798: Religious Revolt or Something Wider?
In September 1798, three months after Bonaparte's expedition had taken Malta in June, the Maltese rose against the French garrison. Within weeks the French were confined to Valletta and the Cottonera lines, and a blockade began that lasted until the capitulation of 4 September 1800.
819 words, about 4 min3The George Cross and the Santa Marija Convoy: Comparing Incomparable Things
In April 1942, after months of heavy bombing, Malta was awarded the George Cross. On 15 August 1942, five of the fourteen merchant ships of Operation Pedestal reached Grand Harbour, including the tanker SS Ohio, towed in listing and half-submerged.
790 words, about 4 min4Was Independence in 1964 Inevitable? Testing a Teleological Plan
A candidate is preparing an answer to: 'Independence in 1964 was the inevitable outcome of British rule in Malta.' How far do you agree? The candidate's notes read as follows.
800 words, about 4 min5Emigration and Social Change: Pamphlet, Memory and Statistics
A candidate is investigating Maltese emigration for the question: 'How far did emigration change Maltese society between 1945 and 1970?' She has two sources. Source A is a pamphlet issued by the Emigration Department in the early 1960s describing assisted passages to Australia and promising 'a bright future for the Maltese family in a new land'.
791 words, about 4 min