Predictions for Modern? (1 Viewer)

[sketchy slav]

I know I don't do Russia as my National Studies but how the devil would you answer that? I mean Stalin's "socialism in one country and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact could get you somewhere and something about the Comintern but in essence:

"W H A T F O R E I G N P O L I C Y ?"

edward spotted

 

[beanbug]

Tbh, I was expecting a communist victory question given that it wasn't at least, really asked in the retrospective HSC questions. I also feel like the Second Civil War can be an area where students may forget because well, that 4 year period from 1945-1949 happens soooo quickly. If you don't mind me asking, what were your options for Peace and Conflict and Change in the Modern World? Because those questions for my options were ABSOLUTE heaven.

i did indochina for peace and conflict and we got great questions for that too - it was "why was there conflict in indochina from 1954?" and "why did anti-war movements emerge in response to the conflict in vietnam?" (not in exact words). i was expecting some really niche and specific question about communist victory in laos and cambodia or the tet offensive but yk what i'll take it! i did crm for section four and it wasn't entirely unexpected - leadership, opposition, evaluation of success. i found it a bit interesting that the survey wasn't assessed to a bigger extent, esp in p&a as that seemed to be the trend in recent years.

 

[Zippas]

very fucken famous last words i bombed it

Sorry for jinxing you bro LMAO

 

[rev668]

Sorry for jinxing you bro LMAO

is what it is at the end of the day

 

[pilot_djeddie]

edward spotted

IDK WHO U ARE TALKING ABT.

 

[pilot_djeddie]

i did indochina for peace and conflict and we got great questions for that too - it was "why was there conflict in indochina from 1954?" and "why did anti-war movements emerge in response to the conflict in vietnam?" (not in exact words). i was expecting some really niche and specific question about communist victory in laos and cambodia or the tet offensive but yk what i'll take it! i did crm for section four and it wasn't entirely unexpected - leadership, opposition, evaluation of success. i found it a bit interesting that the survey wasn't assessed to a bigger extent, esp in p&a as that seemed to be the trend in recent years.

Imagine for CRM if they added a purely Malcolm X question...
Or for Indochina, "assess the implications of Dien Bien Phu"

 

[rev668]

Interesting! Love the test so much that I hugged the essay booklet and kissed it lol

kissing the essay booklet is crazy i wanted to rip mine up and convince them they lost my paper

 

[pilot_djeddie]

aight ladies and gentlemen, modern history is up:

https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/e29c2cd5-a0cc-43eb-9a8f-9702b06a175a/2024-hsc-modern-history.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-e29c2cd5-a0cc-43eb-9a8f-9702b06a175a-pb1qghN

 

[Zippas]

Section I of the test

Section II Russia Power Struggle

Section III Europe, Germany's failure in Russia

Section IV Tia square decent

Russia power struggle q was pretty good, just was weird at first glance as with most of the exam hahaha

 

[Solarised]

Russia power struggle q was pretty good, just was weird at first glance as with most of the exam hahaha

It felt like I was adapting my English essay to the question lol, cuz I just used my old power essay and remodelled it

 

[Zippas]

It felt like I was adapting my English essay to the question lol, cuz I just used my old power essay and remodelled it

Same, my arguments were the basically the same, just reworded it slightly lol

 

[pilot_djeddie]

Russia power struggle q was pretty good, just was weird at first glance as with most of the exam hahaha

Now that I am looking at the questions again, I am slightly confused as to why NESA decided to do a 2022 reincarnation but arguably, easier. I was honestly prepping for another 2021 modern exam

 

[Zippas]

Now that I am looking at the questions again, I am slightly confused as to why NESA decided to do a 2022 reincarnation but arguably, easier. I was honestly prepping for another 2021 modern exam

Im assuming they'd face quite a bit of backlash if they asked an even harder foreign policy Q than last year, at least the one they asked was a pretty good one if you actually studied for it

 

[L. Mandrake]

NESA is beyond backlash

 

[L. Mandrake]

Guys, I don't think we fully realise the role NESA plays in our collective lives.

 

[pilot_djeddie]

Im assuming they'd face quite a bit of backlash if they asked an even harder foreign policy Q than last year, at least the one they asked was a pretty good one if you actually studied for it

But beyond Russia as an option for national studies and if you looked at all the options and their questions, I would argue that this paper is definitely on the easier side as a whole. Even Power and Authority and their 15 marker was hella easy (granted that you studied).

 

[beanbug]

Imagine for CRM if they added a purely Malcolm X question...
Or for Indochina, "assess the implications of Dien Bien Phu"

malcolm x question would be soo good imo i enjoyed learning about him because before y12 i had only really learned about the nvda part of the crm. lowkey such a blessing they haven't assessed the survey for indochina, theres so much going on

 

[L. Mandrake]

But beyond Russia as an option for national studies and if you looked at all the options and their questions, I would argue that this paper is definitely on the easier side as a whole. Even Power and Authority and their 15 marker was hella easy (granted that you studied).

Isn't anything easy, granted you've studied?

 

[pilot_djeddie]

Isn't anything easy, granted you've studied?

That math advanced test on monday says otherwise…

 

[pilot_djeddie]

Even English, my most hated subject is now looking hella easy (was so happy with that 20 mark discursive).