Ext History (1 Viewer)

[eling]

i'm doing modern history atm and i'm thinking of ext next yr...wotz dat like??

 

[Sarah168]

http://www.boredofstudies.org/community/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29494

there you go

 

[nessie_lee]

yeah it's tops,. i was a nong for dropping modern for year 12.. i wish i had kept it, it's better than Ancient!

 

[Sarah168]

u suck

modern history rules! y did u drop it in the first place?

 

[Tenille]

cause she sucks? (im joking nessie_lee)

 

[astro]

what does it actually take to do ext...

 

[~dEjA vOuX~]

I think you have to love history, be able to write well, and be willing to read ALOT

 

[ujuphleg]

i'd advise you to look at the syllabus, but basically there are 3 sections

1. opic called What is History and basically just you look at the different views of historians on history and debate things like - does history actually exist or is it just an interpretation of the past?

2. the Case Study. there are 25 (?) Case Studies which your teacher can pick from. they range from ancient things lik greeks, romans and histrocity of Jesus Christ to fairly modern things like Winston Churchill or my case study, which is the presidence of John. F. Kennedy. There are also 5 (?) Australian History case studies but i don't know how popular they are.

finally there is the section 3. which is The History Project. Basically you can pick ANY aspect of history you wish to study (so long as it doesn't overlap with the examinable content of any other HSC or SC exam, which is where its usually caught) and write a 2500 word essay on the historiographical point of the history. So usually, people pick something with historical debate to it. something like JFK's assasination is good because there is controversy and while JFK is a case study, we don't do his assasination. oh and the history project is internally marked.

hope that helps, but i'd really advise you look at the syllabus for a more accurate description.

good luck

 

[Sarah168]

i think that writing skills with good expression and an ability to be articulate in what you say is more important than reading in ext hist. although, reading IS a big component.

 

[nessie_lee]

Lol thanks... i so don't suck! i'm tops!.. i'm a nong for dropping modern instead of ancient... i didn't wanna run the risk of getting my yr 11 modern teacher for yr 12... and guess what.. she ended up leaving, and my modern class scored a really great teacher!... serves me right!!

 

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Ok this is off the topic but like i want to get one of those prize winner books of ppl who liked blitzed the hist ext essay, how do i do that ne 1?

 

[Sarah168]

go the history teachers association web site and they have the book for sale

 

[Scarlett O'Hara]

thanks

 

[ms.cinderella]

Originally posted by Scarlett O'Hara
Ok this is off the topic but like i want to get one of those prize winner books of ppl who liked blitzed the hist ext essay, how do i do that ne 1?

your teacher might also have a copy too.