Revs Exam Discussion 2012

[osgood]

Hey Historians!
With the exam literally two weeks away and the anniversary of the Bolshevik coup three days ago, I thought it would be a choice time to initiate some revolutionary discussion!
How is everybody's study going?
Are there any areas that you may need clarification which other members may aid you with perhaps?
General thoughts on the exam ect.?

Allons- y citoyens!

[s.ay]

Hey!
Good idea Well I seem to be going through stages of relative peace, anxiety and just plain terror, much like the French Revolution itself hah. I'm struggling with being confident in what I do know, and consolidating what I do not. Just going through past exams, memorising quotes/stats etc. How about you?

[mseleanor]

I'm both nervous and sort of excited to get it all over with! I've done a few practice exams and plan to do 11 more before the real exam, so hopefully that'll help consolidate things. Going over historians for France and Russia, reviewing dates and whatnot. OH, and practising neat handwriting 

No major panic attacks...yet. Although I have come down feeling quite nauseous with nervousness a couple of times.

I must say - listening to La Marseillaise and Boney M's Rasputin can be quite therapeutic

[osgood]

I most definitely understand the feeling- I can't wait for all this study to cease but yet cannot really envision a life without revs..hmm..!
Don't worry e.claire, I don't expect to ever feel absolutely confident with Revs- I'm constantly finding new 'pockets' of information which I've overlooked/ have not really revised..*cough* Thermidor! *cough!*

[saheh]

I'm so excited for revs! Now English is over I can study for it and there is so much to study! But it's awesome to learn :p
And osgood I was talking to my teacher today and we call that the 'messy area' of France... Cannot remember what is what

[werdna]

Remember for Revolutions, your focus is on the cause/effect and then action/reaction!

[osgood]

Right on Werdna.
Say, how do you all go about structuring 10 marker responses? I tend to split 'points' or 'arguments' via historians, stating an opinion then evidence and then contrasting it or developing it with another opinion and complementing evidence. I do wonder if it is effective however in distinctly outlining arguments..also wastes a fair bit of room on historiography..

[zombiesatemybrain]

So excited and nervous for Revs!

Boney M's Rasputin is very contagious indeed.

[ThyJovan]

Can't wait for Revs, let myself down in the English exam, won't happen for my favourite subject at all.

If anybody likes their metal, may I suggest TURISA's cover of Rasputin? Ha

[s.ay]

Right on Werdna.
Say, how do you all go about structuring 10 marker responses? I tend to split 'points' or 'arguments' via historians, stating an opinion then evidence and then contrasting it or developing it with another opinion and complementing evidence. I do wonder if it is effective however in distinctly outlining arguments..also wastes a fair bit of room on historiography..

That's pretty much what I do! I'm finding memorising the historians + the essay to be the points of the exam which are causing me the most bother atm.
Also, what is considered to be a high mark on the history exam overall? I'm rather confused as to whether I should be feeling good about my trial results or not :/

[Patches]

According to our teacher (he's an exam marker) he usually sees a couple of 80/80 per year, but anything above 70 is doing pretty well (38+ study score kind of range). It does vary a bit from year to year though, he said.

[saheh]

Yeah how do you guys structure your extended response?! (Sec A q1/2)

And yeah how many marks can you afford to lose to get 40+!? I never new revs was so hard to scre high in

[s.ay]

Ah for extended responses, I just have a topic sort of sentence, then firstly, secondly, thirdly. Stats and dates, with a primary quote or two if it suits. Then a sentence at the end to tie it back to the question. Haha yeah I didn't know how hard revs was until every person kept telling me how scared I must be feeling for the exam eep

[Dejan]

I love revs, although haven't studied for it yet but when it comes closer I will begin. I'm using my timeline I have created to study and just keep reading them over and over. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE RUSSIAN REVS IS ABOUT, IT'S SO HARD AND DIFFICULT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND . For french I pretty much know everything really really well and I am very confident 100% for French in the exam . The essay is which what I am scared about the most, the rest of the questions are not to difficult to answer hehe

[saheh]

Ah for extended responses, I just have a topic sort of sentence, then firstly, secondly, thirdly. Stats and dates, with a primary quote or two if it suits. Then a sentence at the end to tie it back to the question. Haha yeah I didn't know how hard revs was until every person kept telling me how scared I must be feeling for the exam eep

Ooooo quotes!? Like historians of historical figures!? Yeah I do it kinda the same

I love revs, although haven't studied for it yet but when it comes closer I will begin. I'm using my timeline I have created to study and just keep reading them over and over. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE RUSSIAN REVS IS ABOUT, IT'S SO HARD AND DIFFICULT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND . For french I pretty much know everything really really well and I am very confident 100% for French in the exam . The essay is which what I am scared about the most, the rest of the questions are not to difficult to answer hehe

Omg serious!? France is soo dense I'm spending all this week going over it
I'm doing the essay for Russia coz its pretty straightforward