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2017 CSSA Modern History Trial paper discussion
sudodds:
--- Quote from: fantasticbeasts3 on August 15, 2017, 03:41:44 pm ---has anyone gotten their trial for modern back? it's quite quick, but i got mine back today, and wanted to know if anyone else did (i had to hand back the paper because of the security period though). if so, how'd you go?
posting in this thread because i don't think it fits in the modern question thread... or maybe it does, but this is a trial discussion soooo
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Wow your history department is on the ball, that's so good! You happy with how you went?
fantasticbeasts3:
--- Quote from: sudodds on August 15, 2017, 04:13:54 pm ---Wow your history department is on the ball, that's so good! You happy with how you went?
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it's the one teacher who teaches both modern and ancient, and he tends to mark really fast, so it's good, but bad, because i hate getting marks back. i'm pretty happy with how i went, except for the personality study, which was my worst section. i don't know how to improve it, so do you have any tips? (i consistently get 7/10 for part a and i have no idea why because it asks to describe or outline and i feel like i do that but i always get get 7???)
rodero:
--- Quote from: fantasticbeasts3 on August 15, 2017, 04:26:59 pm ---it's the one teacher who teaches both modern and ancient, and he tends to mark really fast, so it's good, but bad, because i hate getting marks back. i'm pretty happy with how i went, except for the personality study, which was my worst section. i don't know how to improve it, so do you have any tips? (i consistently get 7/10 for part a and i have no idea why because it asks to describe or outline and i feel like i do that but i always get get 7???)
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The main distinguisher for that section is detail. So basically knowing your dates, key terminology and specific events. Although a describe question is lower order, the amount of marks given requires a bit more depth.
Also, are you sure the three events you chose were from the rise to prominence? Some people from my school didn't really know the syllabus, so used their three events from the wrong part of our personalities life. If you didn't do that, then I feel it may just be detail that is lacking. Feel free to post it up so Susie and I can give feedback :)
fantasticbeasts3:
--- Quote from: rodero on August 20, 2017, 07:32:42 am ---The main distinguisher for that section is detail. So basically knowing your dates, key terminology and specific events. Although a describe question is lower order, the amount of marks given requires a bit more depth.
Also, are you sure the three events you chose were from the rise to prominence? Some people from my school didn't really know the syllabus, so used their three events from the wrong part of our personalities life. If you didn't do that, then I feel it may just be detail that is lacking. Feel free to post it up so Susie and I can give feedback :)
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ahh right that makes sense! i always forget a lot of detail i've written in my notes but that's an issue that can be fixed :-) i memorised the syllabus for everything except ww1 (sad, i know, the syllabus is important there) so i put down the correct events for rise to prominence, but probably added some unnecessary stuff from background because i felt my response wasn't long enough 😅
sudodds:
--- Quote from: fantasticbeasts3 on August 20, 2017, 11:36:38 am ---ahh right that makes sense! i always forget a lot of detail i've written in my notes but that's an issue that can be fixed :-) i memorised the syllabus for everything except ww1 (sad, i know, the syllabus is important there) so i put down the correct events for rise to prominence, but probably added some unnecessary stuff from background because i felt my response wasn't long enough 😅
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In a Part A response, it most likely is the detail that you are getting stuck on in terms of marks. I recommend checking out this thread, which outlines a fantastic way to memorise detail!
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