History Revolutions Discussion

[Greggler]

mmmm.. of the two i've done - i think it is considered that biol was one of the hardest its been for a few years
dunno about any other subjects coz i dont do any others lol  being in yr 11

[tullyanders]

france section A... Question one was a disgrace! completely caught me out.

China Section B... thought the source lacked a little substance, but the essay topic was easy to expand on

[Greggler]

yeah was so glad about the essay

tully.. what did you expand on?
my paragraphs were structured like this:
Initial period of consolidation= some postive reforms/freedoms, however landlords suffered
100 flowers - freedom of speech destroyed/ intellectuals rights are sacrificed
GLF = mao's disregard of the rights of the peasants and workers (this was probs my weakest para, but i had time to put a little discussion in)
Cultural = bad for everyone/oppression/freedoms and rights gone right out the window for everyone including party members at the expense of maos hunger for political power

that was pretty much my theme throughout... despite initial positive transformations in society which granted basic civil liberties, maos desire for political power sacrificed the rights of the peasants.workers.intellectuals as evident in a number of his campaigns etc.

[mypurpleundercracka]

i reckon i aced the russian part, didnt like the french part really - was hoping for image but got a schama document instead

[tullyanders]

yeah was so glad about the essay

tully.. what did you expand on?
my paragraphs were structured like this:
Initial period of consolidation= some postive reforms/freedoms, however landlords suffered
100 flowers - freedom of speech destroyed/ intellectuals rights are sacrificed
GLF = mao's disregard of the rights of the peasants and workers (this was probs my weakest para, but i had time to put a little discussion in)
Cultural = bad for everyone/oppression/freedoms and rights gone right out the window for everyone including party members at the expense of maos hunger for political power

that was pretty much my theme throughout... despite initial positive transformations in society which granted basic civil liberties, maos desire for political power sacrificed the rights of the peasants.workers.intellectuals as evident in a number of his campaigns etc.

Almost exactly the same! Except I also included the San-fan and wu-fan campaigns. Yeah the freedoms and successes of the early 1950s were overshadowed by the radicalisation of policies

[alexi_12]

Has anyone noticed most of the exams this year have been on the easier side?

That might be because of the incredibly poor performance of alot of students last year. But don't quote me, that's just a hunch.
I'm basing this on how disastrous my school's year12s did last year. Below average marks for english, in the entire state.

[kendraaaaa]

Has anyone noticed most of the exams this year have been on the easier side?

That might be because of the incredibly poor performance of alot of students last year. But don't quote me, that's just a hunch.
I'm basing this on how disastrous my school's year12s did last year. Below average marks for english, in the entire state.

Holy ghost batman!! That's crazy, haha.

[kilner10]

Anyone write about the Tanaka Memorial for China Part B........haha

[Amnesiac]

Would anyone happen to have a copy of the exam? I'd love to see it.

[tullyanders]

could not remember the date of the rape of nanjing in section b China! tore me apart

[Trent]

Does anyone have a copy of the exam?

or just the questions on France and Russia? curious to see what they were

[kev0]

A: France
B: Russia

Parlement question caught me off guard at first, so I ended up talking about their dismissals and how they undermined Louis' authority.

Even though Russia's essay prompt was great, I screwed that up. I forgot all the dates, most of the historians and I ended up parroting Trudell and Figes (a few references to our textbook and anarchists) for the entire essay.

My entire year of Rev. SACs was better than this exam by far.

[Zoffle]

failed the russian ideals essay :|

[kendraaaaa]

Does anyone have a copy of the exam?

or just the questions on France and Russia? curious to see what they were

France short answer

Explain how the American War of Independance contributed to a revolutionary situation in France between 1783 - 1789
Explain how the role of the Parlements contributed to a revolutionary situation in France (loved this question!)

Russian essay
Basically, if and how did the Bolsheviks compromise their ideals between 1917 - 1924

Russian document
Was a speech from the leader of the Kadets, about the Tsar's abdication and what the Duma had planned. The questions were explain what lead Nicholas to abdicate, and then evaluate the effectiveness of this article in explaining the reasons for the Tsars abdication

French document
A Rude extract. It was on the Law of Frimaire, and the decline of the Jacobins post 1793. Question c. was asking about what circumstances led the Jacobin to pass the law. And question d. I forgot what it was about :/
That's all I remember off the top of my head.

[Greggler]

could not remember the date of the rape of nanjing in section b China! tore me apart

meh i hardly talked about that... that part i found hardest

for the 6 marker i discussed
- GMD = sell space buy time as indicated in image
- chiang lost support from westerners who held spheres of influence indicated by guy in tree.. as chiang was focused on ccp rather than japan
- lost support from peasants etc. who saw him as inadequete = more support for ccp

for 10 marker
- said it was accurate in its portrayal of GMD's early responsed (seel space buy time)
- however does not show US's involvemtn - quoted general stillwell who called chiang a peanut and dummy lol
- also did not show CCP who used the invasion by japan as a method via the long march (marching north to fight japanese) to gain support via the seeding machine as it 'forged a potent movement'
- does not show the effects the invasion had on gmd whilst fighting in civil war (quoted some historian who said the gmd lost the revolution directly as a result of japan's invasion)
- basically i said overall its accuracies included GMD's early response to japan.. however no depiction of CCP whose long march/civil war/second united front etc. was a product of the invasion and later a result of revolution..

ultimatley i had hardly done any preparation on this and bullshitted my way through using historiography i'd memorised for other events lol