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    Procrastinating about marks

    I have tried em. Used Matrix and got 80.25
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    Procrastinating about marks

    Gee wiz... After ALL this time I thought procrastinating meant worrying... Thanks for your response. Anyone else got a estimate? (I don;t trust the calculators)
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    Procrastinating about marks

    Heyo. I'm procrastinating about my marks... Is this a good?: Business 81 / 5 English 82 / 5 Geo 80 / 5 Legal 81 / 5 Modern 85 / 5 History Ext 39 / E3 SOR 40 / 5
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    Best way to recieve marks?

    There is no best way. Do what you think is best.
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    His Ext Major Work - 2013

    @History 101 - the teacher does not need to read the book. If the project is done well then any realtivley compedent student of history should manage to decipher it. Please all remember that you may thoroughly enjoy your subject matter and may have a vast knowledge of it, but that (sadly)...
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    Essay writing

    Quality > Quantity. Markes expect you to write in an articulate manner, cutting to the chase and forcefully putting across your argument. This isn't Modern/Ancient History where you have to deal with the usual waffle, for example, 2 lines on introducing an idea/person/place. The markers know...
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    Can't access Assessment Rankings from Students Online.

    Title. Any ideas? I've gone to my details but the title "HSC Assessment Rank" is blacked out.
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    Please help no idea wut2do

    Ideally, you want a topic which is steeped in debate, naturally. I did my major on 'Sonderweg'. In this topic there are 3 core sections of historians. Those who wrote pre 1933, those who wrote immediately after the war 1945-1960 and those from the 1960's onwards. So firstly, you have a clear...
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    His Ext Help

    Certainly provide context for your content, what the historians views points on it (though don't be excessive) and of course why and how they hold these views. I shall rephrase my earlier remarks: REMEMBER be wary of how much you write in terms of content.
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    His Ext Help

    REMEMBER You are not supposed to talk content, merely what the historians views are, how they come about, how they are shaped by their temporal context etc etc etc. I got 23/25 for my Major this year...
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    How did we go on the CCSA Trial?

    Title. I felt the first question was worded to be purposefully tricky. Despite that it was easy to tact on what 'needed' to be said. The second question I felt was a sinch. It was very easy to bend your essay to the question and was very much what the entire case study was all about, so it...
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    How to answer the 'What is History Question'?

    Hi there. I have my history ext exam tomorrow. I am one of two people in the class so its a major test or ranks!! Looking at the 2011 HSC Question, the question being "To what extent do historians 'own' historians", Support your augment with sustained integration of the Source (Eric Foner -...
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    Anyone who went to the history study day...

    Heyy, I went to that. That was in the Thomas Mann theatre right? With that dopy Mr Wong who couldn't get the slides to work? Can't remember the music but I'm glad someone on this forum went... (I think?). GL For tomorrow
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    A looming decision

    Any more advice/estimates guys? I have my history ext. exam tomorrow... SACRED!!
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    A looming decision

    Thanks for your input, OP's :) Anyone else out there willing to help?
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    Who should win the next election

    He promised something, pushed into it by the kitchen cabinet, and called it 'the greatest moral challenge of our time'. You fly the flag for you believe in, that means, going to DD. I'm big Keaneally supporter. She appeared on qanda after the election and was charming, witty and had some good...
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    What are the most interesting facts you have learned in Modern History?

    That A.J.P Taylor thought it inevitable, given the 'unnatural' developments of German history, that there would National Socialism / Hitler. This is called the Sonderweg thesis.
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    Who should win the next election

    2pp was up, yes. But the satisfaction question was in the 30's.Of course the satisfaction question means nothing really (like who is the preferred PM, ugh), but this combined with Rudd'd 'great backflip' put him in an untenable decision...
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