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{{Short description|School examination in Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{unreferenced|date=May 2014}}

'''The Irish History Junior Certificate Examination''' is an achievement test on world history that is offered to students in Ireland.

It is one of a suite of [[Junior Certificate Examination]]s the country uses to assess students. It has two difficulty levels, Higher and Ordinary. This subject is not required at a national level. However, many schools make it compulsory. Most students choose to complete the Higher Level exam.

== Ordinary level ==
The Ordinary Level exam lasts 90 minutes. It includes four questions. The maximum score is 180.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Questions
!Number
!Type
!Mark
!Recommended time to spend
|-
|Question 1
|Sources: Pictures
|35 marks
|15 minutes
|-
|Question 2
|Sources: Documents
|35 marks
|15 minutes
|-
|Question 3
|Short Questions
|60 marks
|20 minutes
|-
|Question 4
|People in History
|50 marks
|30 minutes
|}

== Higher level ==
The exam lasts 150 minutes. It includes six  questions. The maximum score is 270.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Questions
!Number
!Type
!Mark
!Recommended time to spend
|-
|Question 1
|Picture Questions
|35 marks
|10 minutes
|-
|Question 2
|Document Questions
|35 marks
|10 minutes
|-
|Question 3
|Short Questions
|60 marks
|20 minutes
|-
|Question 4
|People in History
|50 marks
|25 minutes
|-
|Question 5
|Long Document Question
|30 marks
|15 minutes
|-
|Question 6
| One of four options (see below)
|60 marks
|20 minutes
|}

Questions 1, 2 and 5 are mandatory. Only 10 of the 20 sub-questions in Question 3 are required. Question 4 includes two sections. One sub-question from each section must be answered. In Question 6, only two of four possible sub-questions need to be completed. The four sub-question topics are:
*Question A: Unknown until exam
*Question B: Social Life
*Question C: Political History
*Question D: [[World War I]] & [[World War II]]

== Topics  ==
Topics include:  
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*Historians, Archaeologists, Sources
*[[Ancient Rome]]
*Ancient Ireland
*Early Christian Ireland
*[[Middle Ages|The Middle Ages]]/Medieval times
*Monks and Friars
*The [[Renaissance]]
*Exploration and Discovery
*The Reformation
*Plantations in Ireland
*The [[American Revolution]]: 1775-1881
*The [[French Revolution]]: 1789-1799
*The Revolution in Ireland:1798
*The Agricultural Revolution
*The [[Industrial Revolution]]
*The Transport Revolution
*Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century
*The Home Rule Crisis in Ireland:1910-1914
*The [[Easter Rising]] and After:1916-1918
*War of independence and Civil War:1919-1923
*[[Cumann na nGaedheal|Cumann nan Gaedheal]] in power:1923-1932
*[[Fianna Fáil]] in Government:1932-1948
*The Inter-Party Government:1948-1951
*From 1950 onward (Different Governments)
*[[Northern Ireland]]:1920-2000
*Dictatorship (knowledge of characteristics)
*[[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|Fascist Italy]]
*The Nazis take power in Germany
*Hitler's Five Steps to War
*World War II:1939-1945
*The Super-powers & [[Cold War|the Cold War]]:1945-1991
*Social Changes in 20th Century Ireland
}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124171648/http://www.skoool.ie/skoool/examcentre_jc.asp?id=177 History-Skoool.ie]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124171355/http://www.skoool.ie/skoool/examcentre_jc.asp?id=156 Higher Level History-Skoool.ie]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060219061937/http://www.skoool.ie/skoool/examcentre_jc.asp?id=238 Ordinary Level History-Skoool.ie]

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