hey....
i would REALLY appreciate an answer on this one...
should we include historians views in our personality study answers!??
just fyi i did albert speer, really enjoyed the topic i was just a bit confused as to how much to include as they are only smaller mark q's.
thanks ppl
Hey! So a slightly different perspective to dancing phalanges
Though I definitely think that including historians is great, and I would recommend it - it is not "necessary", at least in regards to the final HSC exam (schools sometimes have different policies in regards to their internal marking). Historians count as detail, which is why they are great, but many students end up relying on historians, providing more of a shopping list of interpretations, rather than their own analysis. Though it is important for the personality study to understand the themes of the historiography, in regards to the differing interpretations you are asked to discuss (eg. Good Nazi? for Speer), if you really don't know an exact quote or historian, you can still get a good mark
Remember to only use historians to back up your own arguments, rather than making them the form of your argument. Defs agree with dancing phalanges though about making sure you analyse the quote, rather than just dropping it in - that is why I personally liked paraphrasing, rather than direct quotes (though I did both in the exam)! You can use quotes in Part A as well