JCE History case studies
JCE History · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The JCE History is a MATSEC Junior College Examination subject offered under the MATSEC Board at L-Università ta' Malta, a board listed in the University's Study menu alongside Junior College. Candidates preparing for it are typically students building a Junior College qualification in History. The JCE History case studies are 5 cases and about 4,106 words.
1Two Deaths on Sackville Street: Choosing a Source Under Time Pressure
You are answering a documents-based question on the Dublin Lockout of 1913. Your teacher supplies three sources and asks: 'Which source best supports the claim that police killed two workers during the baton charge in Sackville Street on 31 August 1913?' Source A is a leader from a Dublin daily newspaper published the next morning; the paper's largest shareholder was also a director of the tram company.
829 words, about 4 min2The Famine Essay: Ranking Causes Instead of Listing Them
A class is set the question: 'The Great Famine was caused by the failure of the potato crop. How far do you agree?' The limit is 400 words and at least two statistics must be used.
861 words, about 4 min3Labelling a Viking Grave: Inference, Hedging and Public Trust
Roadworks in Dublin uncover a shallow pit cut into gravel. The soil is acidic and no human bone survives.
763 words, about 4 min4Where Do You Break the Chapter? Periodisation as an Argument
A textbook team is dividing a course on Ireland, 1900–1985, into chapters. The editor insists on exactly one major break point, and four candidates are on the table: 1922, 1937, 1949 and 1973.
833 words, about 4 min5Two Historians on 1914: Using Interpretations Without Becoming Their Summariser
You are writing an essay: 'To what extent was Germany responsible for the outbreak of war in 1914?' You are given two extracts. Extract A, from a historian writing in 1961: 'Germany deliberately engineered a European war.
820 words, about 4 min