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VCE Stuff => VCE Humanities => VCE Arts/Humanities/Health => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE History: Revolutions => Topic started by: lishan515 on January 02, 2008, 12:04:36 pm
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Hello there,
I am doing Revs this year.
We do the French and Russian revolutions.
Does anyone have any hints, tips, gripes to share?
I have heard that France is difficult due to the huge amount of individual events.
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Hi Lisa, i'm on the internet on my mobile so i'm not sure whether this message will work but here goes. I did revolutions and absolutely loved it. It is an extremely rewarding, fascinating and interesting subject if you are willing to be an inquisitive, hard working and dedicated student. It certainly is not a subject for the faint hearted. I completed the American and French revolutions. America was often straight forward in nature due to the simplicity of the events and details, yet it is important to go beyond a peripheral and basic understanding and search for a deeper meaning in regards to the events that occurred. France was definately more challenging any many of the lecturers said that it was the most complex and content heavy revolution. The French revoltion can often be daunting due to the myriad of content that must be learnt and analysed, yet if dealt with in a systematic manner, it is more than managable. You will find the content of area of study two for France the most difficult in terms of the amount of content. You must also be able to become familiar with a range of French terms which pop up along the way. I actually prepared an advice thread for Revs early in December which I never got around to posting. I will post it when I get back from holidays on January 15. I'll be visiting an internet cafe tomorrow to post a list of holiday pointers for this subject. I hope this will be adequate for the time being. Given that I am on my mobile phone, I hope this posts.
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Thanks Nick,
I have heard from the people who did it last year that it is alot of work and from a friend who always tries to cram, said that it is a subject that you cannot do that due to enourmous amount of material. The ones who made sure they kept up with it, did all the reading seemed to love it.
Enjoy the remainder of your holiday - I am just about to go on one. Be assured, this is more than adequate.
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just make sure from early in the year you start learning historians opinions-as this is the hardest bit for the exam.
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Gudentag, I too am doing Revs. We are doing the Russian and Chinese revolutions
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Good luck comrades... lol. Yea, it is a lot of work, so don't fall behind otherwise you will regret it. Don't try to ROTE learn quotes, try to full understand their point of view, and extra reading helps.
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good luck everyone =] i'm doing revs as well...russian first, then french. i've read a bit already and it's so interesting!
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Am I the only one doing the Chinese Revolution?
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I'm doing the French and Russian revolutions so perhaps you are.. :P
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China and America tend to be the least common revolutions, while France/Russia is the most popular combination.
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i DID russian and chinese oO they go well together
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I'm doing French and Russia.
I love the revs...
BUT
my teacher is a nutcase!! she thinks haemophilia is bleeding from the navel!
how on earth am I supposed to get a good score if my teacher cannot teach!!
'Scuse my little rant :)
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I'm doing French and Russia.
I love the revs...
BUT
my teacher is a nutcase!! she thinks haemophilia is bleeding from the navel!
how on earth am I supposed to get a good score if my teacher cannot teach!!
'Scuse my little rant :)
Solution: Get yourself a tutor ^_^
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HOORAH! Activity on the Revs board! So yeah, anybody else doing Russia? We are just finished the 1905 "Revolution". Where is everyone else up to?
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France - Finished the events of 1789 (well for AOS I)
We start Russia end of next term
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i should have done revs over economics, i did history 1 & 2 last year but decided to do eco. What a mistake i have made, I hate it. My school does russian and french, i think chinese would be the most interesting though.
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i should have done revs over economics, i did history 1 & 2 last year but decided to do eco. What a mistake i have made, I hate it. My school does russian and french, i think chinese would be the most interesting though.
i thought u were banned?
yea economics sucks ... but you never no, u may end up doing better then u think
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yeh i was banned but i've done my time and i just want to move on now lol. well im not too sure about myself doing better than i want to as i have already conceded it will be definitely my 6th subject. I guess not everyone loves all their subjects
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revs is goood, a lot of notes though..my notes have reached 13,000 words :S
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revs is goood, a lot of notes though..my notes have reached 13,000 words :S
WOW thats crazy, that was one of the reasons i decided to not do it because you have to know soooo much information. I wasnt keen on that idea
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revs is goood, a lot of notes though..my notes have reached 13,000 words :S
Yikes! Just make sure you remember to have summaries otherwise come exam time- death by reading...
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LOL
My "summaries" for the exam consisted of about 60 pages. I don't know how I managed to learn it all adequately.
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actually i think economics wasnt that bad of an idea after all. lol