, the market-leading textbook, has been updated to reflect recent exam trends and ensure Leaving Certificate History success.

Modern Europe

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Special focus on the 2020/2021 compulsory documents study with a 

The three most popular topics in one book, now including Nation States and International Tensions, 1871–1920

Updated to include even greater exam focus

Leaving Certificate History for both Higher and Ordinary Level

Includes the three* most popular syllabus topics, two of which must be studied:
– Nation States and International Tensions, 1871–1920 (new)
– Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe, 1920–45
– The United States and the World, 1945–89 (compulsory documents topic for 2020/2021 exams)
*Two further topics, Division and Realignment in Europe, 1945–92 and European Retreat from Empire and the Aftermath, 1945–90, are available online at gillexplore.ie for maximum choice

 Essay Plans and Updated Exam Questions help hone exam technique

 Timeline feature helps students to contextualise events

Strong emphasis on Key Personalities and Key Concepts throughout

Updated Case Studies include new sources, additional questions and guidelines for contextualising the prescribed Case Studies

 Analysing Documents feature provides a unique method for deeper, more effective analysis of sources

Valuable sample Research Study and guidelines for improving essay-writing help prepare students for all aspects of assessment

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Case Studies include new sources, additional questions and guidelines for contextualising the prescribed Case Studies

 Analysing Documents feature provides a unique method for deeper, more effective analysis of sources

 focuses exclusively on Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe, 1920–45, the topic prescribed for the 2024 and 2025 exams

Case Studies

Guidelines for answering documents-based questions, to hone exam technique

New sample questions for all three case studies, to allow plenty of practice

Sample answers and essay plans, to encourage students to develop their answers

Sections on answering Ordinary Level questions and Higher Level essays, to provide insight on the marking schemes

 textbook. Written specifically for students sitting the Leaving Certificate in 2024 and 2025, it helps students achieve their potential through active learning methods and with effective, exam-focused advice.

Focuses on the compulsory documents-based topic,

Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe, 1920–45, and includes:

NEW!Documents Resource Book (dictatorship and democracy 1920–1945)

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Part 3 Case Study
The Sunningdale Agreement

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Part 3: Chapter 21

Sample Video Content

Chapter 19 Case Study - Stalin's Show Trials 1936–38

Sample Resource Book PowerPoint 

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