Revs Exam Discussion 2012

[s.ay]

That sounds like a good plan
Don't get too hung up about the motivation factor. Last week I was feeling really awful about the exam and revision in general, but after taking it easy and doing some planning and purposeful work, I feel heaps better. Organisation and perspective work wonders at times.
Don't be too hard on yourself. Come next Wednesday, I'm sure you will be feeling much better! And the best motivation to do something is the feeling you get once it is over!

[saheh]

Ok guys yeah I'm feeling much better. My teacher is amazing so he gives good advice to freaking out students :p


How do you go about historiography? Especially for France? (I can't remember if we spoke about it)

[sz]

hey, does anyone know what the usual A+ cutoff for revs is?? 

[Art Vandelay]

hey, does anyone know what the usual A+ cutoff for revs is?? 

using http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/statistics/section2/vce_history_revolutions_ga11.pdf, it was 59/80 last year (2011) for an a+

[ThyJovan]

That cutoff is a relief, thought I did fairly average on my prac exam and got a 62, can't wait for Wednesday.

I'm just having some trouble on Chinese historiography, I've got plenty on Russia and only recently have I managed to get a decent bank of historian views for China. 

[osgood]

Hi guys,
Quick question about the essays.
In regards to questions I have seen in Checkpoints and past exam papers like 'The extent to which the new regime achieved political change' which focus only on one of politic-social-economic, how would you go about including adequate information? I feel like my essay would be a third of its usual length

[mseleanor]

Well I know for me, I've always structured my essay chronologically by phase - 1. State Capitalism 1917-18 2. War Communism/Civil War 1918-1921. 3. NEP 1921-1924

So I'd talk about how political authority was changed in each period... for me that wouldn't be lacking in evidence and information because of the way I structure it. So perhaps when you need to focus on one of the three Politics/Economics/Social restructuring the essay may help.

[saheh]

The essayis one of my fave components because its so straightforward..
I follow the social, economic and political set up
So depending on what stance I take,
I'd start with for example social aspects (Kronstadt uprising, Cheka and whatever else [i can't remember, that's not a good thing is it haha])
And within that paragraph I'd structure it as chronologically as I could.
Then political (constituent ass. Takeover, purging of party members in 1921-22, one party state)
And then economic: war communism, then the backflip with NEP

[Hannah_Banana]

I'm gunna faaaaaaaiiiiillllllll I know nothing!

haha but seriously WHY SO MUCH TO REMEMBER!??

[s.ay]

I have reached that point where opening a paper feels like a drag, and I don't know whether that is a good or bad sign haha...

[saheh]

I guess it's a good sign coz you know your shit and are over doing papers?
I open it and have a mini heart attack b/c I'm like holy crap what is that I don't even remember u sure you got the right paper? Haha

[s.ay]

hahaha oh trust me, my heart has received a huge workout over the past few weeks. I just can't wait for it to be over! Have you guys allocated which rev you will be doing for each section?

[Patches]

I'm doing Russia part 1 and China part 2 since we've only been doing essays on China, think it would be a bit easier writing the essay on Russia though =/

[mseleanor]

France Part 1, Russia Part 2 - we've studied the whole year in preparation for this set up.

[saheh]

Our sacs and stuff have been structured around France sec A and Russ sec B

I can't fit any more info in my head and I've  barely revised Russia :/