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Modern History Reading/Resource Guide
Rasika:
Omg this is so good! Thank you!
sudodds:
--- Quote from: Rasika on May 22, 2017, 12:38:40 am ---Omg this is so good! Thank you!
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Glad you found it useful! If you find any other resources that you feel deserve a shout out let me know and I'll add them to the list :D
herb123:
hey @sudodds
i couldnt help but notice you put anything by Ken webb on the anti-list
I havent read any of his works but i heard him speak at the HTA study day and thought he was pretty good
are his textbooks just bad ahahah
sudodds:
--- Quote from: herb123 on June 17, 2017, 08:42:49 pm ---hey @sudodds
i couldnt help but notice you put anything by Ken webb on the anti-list
I havent read any of his works but i heard him speak at the HTA study day and thought he was pretty good
are his textbooks just bad ahahah
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Okay so content wise, Ken Webb is fine. Like he's not giving you the wrong timeline of events, the wrong dates or the wrong statistics. However is doing well in Modern about that? Hardly. Doing well in Modern is knowing how to APPLY this content, and in my opinion (and the opinion of my teachers and other students I know, some of whom did really well in Modern History) Kenn Webb's books just fail to translate that. Using Ken Webb alone you will not learn how to construct and sustain a thesis, make a critical, nuanced judgement or form a sophisticated source analysis - this is were a band 6 lies. Along with this I found the structure of his textbooks confusing (ie. strays away from the syllabus often, or doesn't explicitly specify which section the content is pertinent too), and many of the activities utterly useless. However, remember that this is just my opinion - other students have used and enjoyed his textbooks and that is great! More power too them, but if you want my recommendation I'd skip Ken Webb and go straight to 'Key Features of Modern History' by Bruce Dennett, that's were it's really at 8)
Can't comment too much on his lectures, as I personally have not attended any due to not doing any of the subjects that he lectured (and also because my teacher would probably disown me). Maybe it has changed, but from what I have been told by previous Germany students who attended the HTA study day last year it was pretty much just a content drop - which is fine, but again you need to go a lot further as a student if you want to score those top band marks.
Susie
jakesilove:
--- Quote from: sudodds on June 17, 2017, 10:38:29 pm ---Okay so content wise, Ken Webb is fine. Like he's not giving you the wrong timeline of events, the wrong dates or the wrong statistics. However is doing well in Modern about that? Hardly. Doing well in Modern is knowing how to APPLY this content, and in my opinion (and the opinion of my teachers and other students I know, some of whom did really well in Modern History) Kenn Webb's books just fail to translate that. Using Ken Webb alone you will not learn how to construct and sustain a thesis, make a critical, nuanced judgement or form a sophisticated source analysis - this is were a band 6 lies. Along with this I found the structure of his textbooks confusing (ie. strays away from the syllabus often, or doesn't explicitly specify which section the content is pertinent too), and many of the activities utterly useless. However, remember that this is just my opinion - other students have used and enjoyed his textbooks and that is great! More power too them, but if you want my recommendation I'd skip Ken Webb and go straight to 'Key Features of Modern History' by Bruce Dennett, that's were it's really at 8)
Can't comment too much on his lectures, as I personally have not attended any due to not doing any of the subjects that he lectured (and also because my teacher would probably disown me). Maybe it has changed, but from what I have been told by previous Germany students who attended the HTA study day last year it was pretty much just a content drop - which is fine, but again you need to go a lot further as a student if you want to score those top band marks.
Susie
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Definitely support the sentiment outlined by Susie above. Personally, I tried to develop my own, nuanced thesis', rather than relying too heavily on information he published.
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