OCR A2 Britan and Ireland 1798-1921 8th June

Anybody else doing this exam?

how're you feeling about it?

I am! omg i thought it was only my school doing it

so did I! how's revision going?

urm not to bad, I have made a really long timeline, completed some past paper questions. Im trying to focus on like land/economic/agriculture themes atm wbu?. really hope we get good questions this year lol like constitutional /revolutionary nationalism/ urm turning points.

same i'm hoping nationalism comes up or turning points but nothing on the church like last year, or the economy because I'm not confident on that!

yeah nationalism question would be absolute bliss! Yeah I am focusing alot of my revision on the economy atm. what you hoping to get in the exam?

hoping for an A, you?

same!

good luck! hope it goes well for you!

you too! have you been doing past questions?

yeah but only in class so far. I want to do more because my teacher always gives us huge hints and tells us exactly what to revise and I don't think that helps because even thought I'll get high marks it'll be because I know what it's on if that makes sense? you?

How far was the issue of Home Rule in 1886 the main turning point in British attitudes to the Union with Ireland in the period from 1800 to 1921?

After an introduction which talks about the themes and sets out the essay I would:

As it specifically mentions 'British attitudes towards the Union' I would be tempted to split it into Whig/Liberal governments and Tory/Conservative ones and explain how the Home Rule movement changed their respective policies before comparing it to other movements that changed their policy e.g. Gladstone with Fenian uprising of 1867, the Famine and Peel's response, the Easter Rising and the Anglo-Irish War and so on, trying to compare each event to the HR Bill of 1886.

Then make a judgment at the end saying that even things like Catholic Emancipation, and the Fenian uprising shaped Government attitudes to the Union immensely, HR in 1886 was the most significant as it divided the Liberal Party like never before and shaped Conservative and Liberal policy towards Ireland for the next 30 years, with Conservative passing policies to 'Kill Home Rule with Kindness' and the Liberals consistently trying to pass Home Rule.

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! i have another question im stuck do you mind helping? you are a star

Yeah its fine haha, it's quite helpful for me as well to plan essays

Yeah, not too sure I'm just trying to learn all the facts in the next few days

This time next weeks we will be in the exam omg 🙈🙈🙈. How are you on the land /economy part of the course