History Extension Question Thread!

[Maraos]

Hey guys,

So I'm surfing around Book Depository and I was wondering if you guys could recommend some historiography-related books that could be useful for History Extension? The books I've currently bookmarked are:
E.H Carr- What is History
John Vincent- An Intelligent Person's Guide to History (currently unavailable on Book Depository but under my radar)
Richard J. Evans- In Defence of History

Thanks

I would highly recommend John Warren's 'History and the Historians', it has information on a lot of different historians and goes through chronologically the different periods in history from ancient historiography to post-modernism, really useful source helped me alot this year.

[av-angie-er]

Hi! I've managed to write essay plans for many of the recent HSC papers and now I'm struggling to find other questions to try and prepare responses for. Would anyone have suggestions about potential questions/concepts that we should prepare to be asked about in an exam? I've done to death all of these questions about the role of evidence, imaginative history, objectivity etc. from the past 10 or so years. What else might there be? Hope this makes sense!

[damecj]

Hey,

Section II was my weakest as in trials I got 21/25. I've done heaps of past papers but just struggling with the sources in some of the papers and how to use them effectively. Considering the source is only one sentence long I'm struggling to portray a strong thesis with topic sentences throughout my response.

Just wondering if I could get some advice about the most effective way to answer those Section II questions

[katie,rinos]

Hi! I've managed to write essay plans for many of the recent HSC papers and now I'm struggling to find other questions to try and prepare responses for. Would anyone have suggestions about potential questions/concepts that we should prepare to be asked about in an exam? I've done to death all of these questions about the role of evidence, imaginative history, objectivity etc. from the past 10 or so years. What else might there be? Hope this makes sense!

Hey,
Some that I can think of (might cross over with yours though) are:
- Academic v. popular history
-The democratisation of history: Who can write history?
- Digital revolution... a valid form of history?
- Is history fiction?
- Who owns history?
- Role of popular culture
- Social history (pros and cons)
This is what I can think of at the moment but there are probably more.
Sorry this took so long. Hope this helps! Good luck for your exams!

[Zainbow]

Hey,

Section II was my weakest as in trials I got 21/25. I've done heaps of past papers but just struggling with the sources in some of the papers and how to use them effectively. Considering the source is only one sentence long I'm struggling to portray a strong thesis with topic sentences throughout my response.

Just wondering if I could get some advice about the most effective way to answer those Section II questions

Hey! Try checking this out:

http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/history-20160523-gp1wky.html

It may not be much but there's some useful info there

[Zainbow]

Considering the exam is in the afternoon tmr, what is the best way to prepare in the morning? What should I do? I feel like doing responses will only tire my arm

[katie,rinos]

Hey,

Section II was my weakest as in trials I got 21/25. I've done heaps of past papers but just struggling with the sources in some of the papers and how to use them effectively. Considering the source is only one sentence long I'm struggling to portray a strong thesis with topic sentences throughout my response.

Just wondering if I could get some advice about the most effective way to answer those Section II questions

Hey,
This is something that most of my class didn't do too well for trials. One of the ways we were practising to improve is through doing mini essay plans and skills work on past questions.
We would:
- Read the quote and rewrite it in our own words.
- Choose an area of debate for our case study.
- Do each of the three schools reflect this view (of the source)? Yes/No? How?

So, this meant that we were engaging with the question and that our essay would be constantly referring to the question. For my essays I do short plans beforehand and refer back to it to make sure I'm always answering the question. For your thesis, just make sure you are directly linking to the question/quote.

Hope this helps! Good luck for tomorrow! 

[katie,rinos]

Considering the exam is in the afternoon tmr, what is the best way to prepare in the morning? What should I do? I feel like doing responses will only tire my arm

Hey,
This is something I was wondering myself, tbh.
I don’t think I would do any full papers or essays because I don’t want my hand to be sore, and I don’t think that doing it that late would be a productive use of my time (and it would probably stress me out). I think I might just end up looking over my flashcards (on the historians for part 1 and my case study) and I might do some small essay plans and get the main ideas from some sources. Or you could hop on the Debate thread! and argue some of your ideas (One of my favourite threads-I found this really helpful during trials and writing practise essays ).
Ultimately, it's up to you, and whatever you think will help you the most for the exam.
Good luck for tomorrow! 

[sudodds]

HEY GUYS!!!!!

GOOD LUCK FOR TOMORROW!!!! Sorry I haven't been as active on here over the last few days - consequences of the modern and ancient exam being beforehand But if there are any last minute questions, i'll be available tonight till late!!

I'm super proud of the little community here - the progress you have all made is astounding, and I'm sure you will absolutely smash it tomorrow!!!

good luck,

Susie <3

[Zainbow]

Hey,
This is something I was wondering myself, tbh.
I don’t think I would do any full papers or essays because I don’t want my hand to be sore, and I don’t think that doing it that late would be a productive use of my time (and it would probably stress me out). I think I might just end up looking over my flashcards (on the historians for part 1 and my case study) and I might do some small essay plans and get the main ideas from some sources. Or you could hop on the Debate thread! and argue some of your ideas (One of my favourite threads-I found this really helpful during trials and writing practise essays ).
Ultimately, it's up to you, and whatever you think will help you the most for the exam.
Good luck for tomorrow! 

Thank you! Yeah that seems like a great idea, I might do that. And good luck to you too!!!

HEY GUYS!!!!!

GOOD LUCK FOR TOMORROW!!!! Sorry I haven't been as active on here over the last few days - consequences of the modern and ancient exam being beforehand But if there are any last minute questions, i'll be available tonight till late!!

I'm sure proud of the little community here - the progress you have all made is astounding, and I'm sure you will absolutely smash it tomorrow!!!

good luck,

Susie <3

Thanks Susie!

[cakelover]

Hihi,
Just wondering, do you think this year's History Extension question 2 will ask you to talk about 2 areas of historical debate? - Because I'm not sure if I'll be able to write 2 Hopefully they will only ask for 1

[sudodds]

Hihi,
Just wondering, do you think this year's History Extension question 2 will ask you to talk about 2 areas of historical debate? - Because I'm not sure if I'll be able to write 2 Hopefully they will only ask for 1

It very much so is a possibility! However, if that is the case, just focus on one and maybe just mention another in as much detail as you can. It's not ideal, but if it does say two, you do really have to make sure that you have two discussed. The exam is in the afternoon tomorrow, so if you have time, I recommend having a glance over one of the other debates and grabbing a few quotes for it!

Good luck tomorrow!!

Susie

[cakelover]

It very much so is a possibility! However, if that is the case, just focus on one and maybe just mention another in as much detail as you can. It's not ideal, but if it does say two, you do really have to make sure that you have two discussed. The exam is in the afternoon tomorrow, so if you have time, I recommend having a glance over one of the other debates and grabbing a few quotes for it!

Good luck tomorrow!!

Susie

Okkiee hahaha. Thank you Susie!! I'll look over another debate then. Will try my best!

[Maraos]

Any predictions on what the 'what is history' question will be on? Or is it practically impossible to predict a history extension question?

[sudodds]

Any predictions on what the 'what is history' question will be on? Or is it practically impossible to predict a history extension question?

Impossible aha, cos that would require me knowing the sources as well since they're so intrinsically related! Sorry !