Modern Resources? (1 Viewer)

[hatty]

Which books and resources etc, did you find most useful whilst studying this subject?


One of my main problems in MHI, is forming an argument, (and ill be posting pretty much the same thing in Ancient History), are any of you aware of any good resources that us new modern studnets may find useful?

How do formulate ur study notes and what useful tips would can u give us?


Thanks alot

 

[MissSavage29]

hi, i'm a 2004 like urself -
Personally i like to get as many books as i can (by historians, text books etc) and get quotes, facts and stuff liek that and incorporate that into my study notes.

So far i've based my study notes directly on the syllubus dot points cause u really cant go wrong if u do that.

What topics are u doing?
If u are doing any the same as me i might be able to give u some historians.

I do ancient as well - so if u do/have posted over there and do corresponding units i can give u some otehr historians too

 

[hatty]

helloo.

thanks 4 ur advice.

next year, i shall be doing Germany, Albert Speer and War in the Pacific.

 

[MissSavage29]

we're doing Russia, Trotsky and Cold War so i dont think that helps...

But i am looking at Speer to an extent within my Ext I History project - i am asuming he was the one who was hilter's right hand man??? I'm reading his book at the moment

 

[hatty]

yes probably, i havent started on him yet.

which book did he write?

 

[Loz#1]

Learn to love your syllabus. If you want to make study notes, I suggest putting them under each dot point.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Originally posted by hatty
yes probably, i havent started on him yet.

which book did he write?

Speer's most famous work is Inside The Third Reich, an important source for his 'apologia'.

 

[sugared plum]

there are so many books out on germany. get a good textbook - i had one i used a lot called republic to reich I think?? it was by 2 people, and written for the syllabus in England. but it was totally amazingly good. i will find the details if you're interested. it had heaps of historiography (whcih is where all the marks come from) and really helpful.

 

[Supra]

Republic To Reich
K.J. Mason
ISBN: 0-07-470299-8
$39.95 @ Dymocks

 

[spin spin sugar]

yeah ditto as far as republic to reich goes

i also used one for Indochina which was REALLY good, it only came out last year and was written by the head marker... it was called Conflicted Spaces or something like that.

as far as constructing an argument goes, which particular aspect of that do you have trouble with? structuring your essay? or choosing what side to argue? elaborate..

also i agree with Loz 1, its best to write notes according the the syllabus dot points directly.. make sure you have something for EVERY SINGLE dot point. that goes for all your subjects

 

[braindrainedAsh]

Republic to Reich is good, as is McCallums (is it called Germany Democracy to Dictatorship? Something like that can't remember!)

Also, for Indochina, Contested Spaces (I think it was by Cantwell) and Conflict in Indochina (Ian Sutherland, he was my history teacher) are good. Cantwell's book had some good stuff on how to incorporate historiography in to your arguments.

For summaries, I agree with the others, summarize to the syllabus points. Make sure you cover groups and concepts as well. For a good study guide, I'd recommend the HTA Modern History Study Guide, the WW1 section is especially helpful for revising... the Germany section is not that great though.

 

[spin spin sugar]

Originally posted by braindrainedAsh
Also, for Indochina, Contested Spaces (I think it was by Cantwell) and Conflict in Indochina (Ian Sutherland, he was my history teacher) are good. Cantwell's book had some good stuff on how to incorporate historiography in to your arguments.
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AGH! thats the book i was talking about. yeah, it also has several essay plans and so on- it's a great book

 

[enter~space~cap]

I never buy books...
i always google my stuff out...

highlight the dot points on your syllabus sheet one by one and paste them into ur google search bar and hit enter...

then theres your resources

 

[Josie]

still, you gotta be careful with the net. Anyway, getting books and stuff would probaby a good idea. I tend to use a combination, the large sheetage we get in class, some books I have a home/from the library, and I use the net to look up some sources.

 

[Sarah168]

i know of ppl who simply rely on whatever is done in class and do NOTHING by themselves then whine that they "never learn anything"!