History Extension Predictions/Thoughts (2 Viewers)

[soph235897]

meeee

ooh how do you structure your essay usually

 

[soph235897]

I feel like since this year is evil they will possibly ask 2

ahh no that's so frustrating !!

 

[99.95dreams]

ooh how do you structure your essay usually

basically 2 debates, with positive and negative views + the historians who taught certain ways abt her because of her context!

 

[scarlett_tran]

basically 2 debates, with positive and negative views + the historians who taught certain ways abt her because of her context!

would you consider 4 paragraphs?
debate 1 - positive
debate 1 - negative
debate 2 - positive
debate 2 - negative

and then thread the concept/argument of like context etc throughout?

 

[scarlett_tran]

also another question but ive seen an essay that brings up a case study in q1... are we allowed to do this?

 

[soph235897]

also another question but ive seen an essay that brings up a case study in q1... are we allowed to do this?

yes! my teacher said it's okay, but just be careful to not spend too long on it, only use it briefly and only if it is 100% relevant

 

[sethdonno]

are they allowed to ask for 3 areas of debate in case study?

they probably can cause they explicitly say that you have to do 3 - but i doubt they will
In the current syllabus theyve asked to do 1/2 or more every time except once when they specified you had to do one

 

[99.95dreams]

also another question but ive seen an essay that brings up a case study in q1... are we allowed to do this?

of course, that is actually ideal

 

[soph235897]

good luck guys!!

 

[Anonymouswolfie67]

do u guys think its only going to say 1 debate or multiple

 

[athena3708]

do u guys think its only going to say 1 debate or multiple

i feel like its going to be one debate, MAYBE two, but i doubt there will be a required 3. my teachers said that they would have to deal with so many arguments from teachers

 

[JacquesPieface]

How did we find that guys?

 

[killer queen]

guys please enlighten a curious individual - how does history extension work? I know you guys have a major work/project thing, but what is all this about case studies? what is the exam actually on?

 

[samdaman33]

How did we find that guys?

the section 1 was a bit cooked and i didn't love section 2 either but it wasn't TOO bad

 

[JacquesPieface]

guys please enlighten a curious individual - how does history extension work? I know you guys have a major work/project thing, but what is all this about case studies? what is the exam actually on?

It's about historiography so the study of history as opposed to specific events. Think like what does history achieve and why, what can history be used for, what is the purpose of history and what should the purpose be. We do a unit on constructing history which looks at history over time, it's purpose, and different philosophies, things like that, and then we also do a case study on historiographical issues surrounding an event or policy or whatever else (we did appeasement) and study the debates surrounding it. The exam is 2 essays, one on the first part and one on the second

 

[JacquesPieface]

the section 1 was a bit cooked and i didn't love section 2 either but it wasn't TOO bad

Yeah the question was a bit weird for section one but I actually really liked the source so fingers crossed. Section 2 could've been better but I made a decent argument I think

 

[killer queen]

It's about historiography so the study of history as opposed to specific events. Think like what does history achieve and why, what can history be used for, what is the purpose of history and what should the purpose be. We do a unit on constructing history which looks at history over time, it's purpose, and different philosophies, things like that, and then we also do a case study on historiographical issues surrounding an event or policy or whatever else (we did appeasement) and study the debates surrounding it. The exam is 2 essays, one on the first part and one on the second

ooh that's pretty cool! it sounds fun and scarily broad though, if y'all are all doing different like historians and stuff, idk I'd get so scared my examples wouldn't fit the q - sounds like y'all handled it supremely though!

 

[JacquesPieface]

ooh that's pretty cool! it sounds fun and scarily broad though, if y'all are all doing different like historians and stuff, idk I'd get so scared my examples wouldn't fit the q - sounds like y'all handled it supremely though!

Yeah it is pretty fun!
I get were you're coming from lol that would be terrible
Luckily they try and make the questions broad so you can talk about what you want
Thank you!

 

[scarlett_tran]

Yeah the question was a bit weird for section one but I actually really liked the source so fingers crossed. Section 2 could've been better but I made a decent argument I think

what did you argue for source A?

 

[JacquesPieface]

what did you argue for source A?

I eventually got to that he condemned the misuse of history for purely nationalistic purposes and also expressed that history should seek to tell the 'truth' whatever that may be. But I also said he was nuanced in his ideas so that made his interpretation more valuable. Thinking back on it my argument kind of declined as I kept writing but that's okay
How about you?