hey guys,
i might've asked this question before... but anyway: what are some tips to do well in the personality section? i've never gotten above 20/25 for it and my teacher didn't give specific tips to make it better. i've been told to include more detail, but is there anything else i can do?
thanks!!
also: under the geopolitical movements dot point in detente, how relevant is all the stuff in the middle east? in class, we were given background on it (suez crisis, stuff like that) but how much of the background is relevant? do i just start talking about the middle east from the six-day war in 1967? does that make sense ahahahah i can rephrase if needed
I'm not sure how helpful this will be, but I did well in the personality section in trials (24/25) so I thought I'd just share what I did. My personality is Trotsky, so for the 10 marker question is pretty much just having succinct notes under each of the first three dotpoints (historical context, background, rise to prominence) which you should be able to translate into paragraphs. And have some details that make you stand out from other student (so do some research)
And for the last dotpoint (significance and evaluation) this is usually the one that gets asked for the 15 marker. This is a more interpretation and analysis based question, and its basically like writing a mini essay. For this, they usually give a quote so I went through the past papers and broke down the questions to figure out how I would answer them and planned out varying responses. You'll usually have to talk about your personality's significance or contribution to their time, or how the events of the time shaped them (or vice versa) or talk about the different historical perspectives of that personality (so for me, that was naive idealist, ruthless authoritarian etc.. this is all present on the syllabus haha).
so yeah! That's what I did. I don't know if this will help but I hope it does haha. I only know all this from stuff I've picked up from my teacher and reading around atarnotes
(and reading Susie's responses, she's a legend)