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hmm since this thread is attracting a lot of attention, im just wondering, do any of you have any notes or any analysis on the sources from the source booklet? i need help thanks !
you mean for the essay on 'what is history'? I didn't exactly 'focus' on one or two historians, but I had 6-7 that I knew the most about/was most comfortable with. You can't remember everyone in the source booklet! - I think if you try to focus on too many of the historians you probably compromise the depth of your response. So, know a few of the historians (under 10 I would say) very well and memorise some quotes. Ideally, don't only focus on historians from similiar time periods (eg. you don't want all classical or renaissance historians). try to get some diversity chronologically and in terms of their approach to defining and writing history - that way you can compare and contrast the development of 'what is history' throughout time contextually.Did you focus on any particuliar historians people? Von ranke...Elton etc
I know it's bad to objectify things, but between 5-8 seems to allow for the best answers.silvermoon said:you mean for the essay on 'what is history'? I didn't exactly 'focus' on one or two historians, but I had 6-7 that I knew the most about/was most comfortable with. You can't remember everyone in the source booklet! - I think if you try to focus on too many of the historians you probably compromise the depth of your response. So, know a few of the historians (under 10 I would say) very well and memorise some quotes. Ideally, don't only focus on historians from similiar time periods (eg. you don't want all classical or renaissance historians). try to get some diversity chronologically and in terms of their approach to defining and writing history - that way you can compare and contrast the development of 'what is history' throughout time contextually.
too right brother!Asheroth said:One of the exemplar responses in the Standards Pack was just a comparison of Elton and Carr, with some other supporting historians thrown in.
It irritates me that, for some reason, people still believe that Carr is the definitive example of relativism. If you want to discuss relativism, use Jenkins or some theorist.
You realise that statistics are available on such things?fleepbasding said:Way too many people dropped hist ext in my class last year. Most just get overwhelmed by the readings and feel that "What is History" has too much scope to be able to synthesise into a 1 hour essay. Contrary to what some people in this thread have said, I don't think it's that easy to achieve a band E4, and I don't think many people actually get it. I've heard stories of entire cohorts shanking it (marks in the 30s) and even statistically less people get E4 in hist ext compared to other ext subjects. From memory, it is about 10%.
Same as 99% of unis, unfortunately.Shoelia said:I mean come on, there are over 10 centuries of history our education doesn't cover
at my school.... its the totally opposite.. im a modern history lover ,, but i hate ancient... and they chose to do ancient .. without even for warning me ... so right now i am trying to study for this freaking topic i hate ... tacitus ... but i love the historiogrpahy part.. and i get that.. i just suck at ancient and i have thought of dropping ext due even though i love my major work . i dunno what to do :SShoelia said:I really liked the historiography part of extension, I found it interesting, though i really need to improve my essays. Thing is, its catered for modern history students. At least at my school it is. Which sucks because i hate modern history, and we're doing appeasement.
I won't be dropping it though but I would prefer to do something inbetween Modern and Ancient. We were supposed to be doing Elizabeth. I mean come on, there are over 10 centuries of history our education doesn't cover and my one chance and they give me Hitler.
Gah. Oh to be an Ancient Historian in this modern, modern world.
im currently doing ext history... and for out case study, we're learning bush legends... anyone done that before? coz im lost and we're not studying it till like term 3... helP!ElendilPeredhil said:Does anyone here really dislike extension history?
I did extension history because I love history, I’m doing ancient and modern as well but I have just found it really crappy and pointless. My teacher is a very vague man who trails off in the middle of sentences and I nearly fall asleep every Tuesday and Friday morning when I go to it.
It’s a shame, because I think, I could like this subject a little bit more with a better teacher but as it is it seems pointless- a good cure for insomnia.
I don’t know what I was expecting from extension history but a lot of this stuff is really rubbish. Anyone agree with me?