!! History HL 2015 ... predictions, guesses and discussion

pugsforbubbles · 17-04-2015 2:02am #1

Does anyone have any predictions on what essays they think might come up for the following:

• Dictatorship and democracy
• Politics and society in Northern Ireland
• The United States and the world

- As well as what type of contextualisation questions could come up for the documentary question.

BlueWolf16 · 19-04-2015 1:51pm

It's going to cause a national outcry if it's not the Treaty Negotiations for the document.. Last year was Belfast, so very unlikely to come up again, while the eucharistic congress was on 2 years ago?? I think.. anyways, I think most Mocks papers had Treaty, so yeah, hopefully it's the Treaty..

As for others, don't know myself, but I'm thinking Hitler and Jews for dictatorship, since I think it's been a while since that came up. I'd also revise Nixon&Reagan together for a question as LBJ has been on for like the past 5 years..

Kremin · 26-04-2015 8:05pm

How can I cut down on history? History is my 7th subject but I'd still like to get a high B in it, so what topics should I know perfectly to have a chance at this? Thanks!
Btw: I'm doing Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, Dictatorship and Democracy and USA and the Wider World.

Anonymagician · 26-04-2015 8:50pm

If you want to cut it down there's not really a way to do it without taking risks. If you look at the patterns you'll see quickly enough what's worth doing in detail and what's not. For example Stalin and race relations come up in some form *almost* every year, from what I gather.

Lune · 28-04-2015 6:32pm

Would anyone be able to tell me a list of the essays I should have prepared for Dictatorship & Democracy, and USA? We're not covering everything and I want to know what is being left out! Thank you

Kremin · 28-04-2015 8:09pm

Lune wrote: »

Would anyone be able to tell me a list of the essays I should have prepared for Dictatorship & Democracy, and USA? We're not covering everything and I want to know what is being left out! Thank you

For U.S.A I'm gonna have the US economy, Moon Landing and Race relations learnt off really well. Dunno what else to even do.

Anonymagician · 28-04-2015 8:26pm

Kremin wrote: »

For U.S.A I'm gonna have the US economy, Moon Landing and Race relations learnt off really well. Dunno what else to even do.

I'm struggling to find solid topics from this section too. Definitely learning race relations and I will touch the moon landings but I wouldn't be confident on it appearing. After that I just don't know

Kremin · 28-04-2015 9:00pm

Anonymagician wrote: »

I'm struggling to find solid topics from this section too. Definitely learning race relations and I will touch the moon landings but I wouldn't be confident on it appearing. After that I just don't know

tbf Race Relations or the economy is more than likely gonna come up in some form.

BlueWolf16 · 29-04-2015 2:06pm

Lune wrote: »

Would anyone be able to tell me a list of the essays I should have prepared for Dictatorship & Democracy, and USA? We're not covering everything and I want to know what is being left out! Thank you

I have:

*Race relations* (MLK/Montgomery bus boycott)
*Economy* (ups and downs, up to and including Reagan)
Truman (how he layed the foundation for the cold war, ie. policy of containment, truman doctrine, etc)
Johnson (Success/failures, though that came up last year so I wouldn't be very optimistic)
*Nixon/Reagan* (who was more successful)
McCarthyism/Anti-war movement.
Some personalities, like Bing Crosby and Chaplin (I personally don't like these types of questions, but its up to you)
*Korea/Cuba/Berlin*

The starred ones I would say to pay particular attention to. Would recommend doing the little parts too, like Detente and SALT agreements. Economy can come up with consensus (atleast I think it did in the DEB mocks). Moon landings worth looking up too.

Dictatorship:

*Hitler and Jews*
*How Hitler's foreign policy led to WW2*
*Hitler's rise to power*
*How Hitler consolidated power*
Personalities, like Leni Riefenstahl, Goebbels.
Hitler and church relations (was up last year, so if you have time, it wouldn't hurt to look it up)
Technology of Warfare (Blitzkrieg, rockets, etc)

I'll probably take a risk and leave out Stalin, Britain and France. Mussolini not likely to come up on his own, so hopefully a little revision will do fine. If you have time, Maynard Keynes could be a nice topic to revise too.

Anonymagician · 29-04-2015 3:28pm

BlueWolf16 wrote: »

I have:

*Race relations* (MLK/Montgomery bus boycott)
*Economy* (ups and downs, up to and including Reagan)
Truman (how he layed the foundation for the cold war, ie. policy of containment, truman doctrine, etc)
Johnson (Success/failures, though that came up last year so I wouldn't be very optimistic)
*Nixon/Reagan* (who was more successful)
McCarthyism/Anti-war movement.
Some personalities, like Bing Crosby and Chaplin (I personally don't like these types of questions, but its up to you)
*Korea/Cuba/Berlin*

The starred ones I would say to pay particular attention to. Would recommend doing the little parts too, like Detente and SALT agreements. Economy can come up with consensus (atleast I think it did in the DEB mocks). Moon landings worth looking up too.

Dictatorship:

*Hitler and Jews*
*How Hitler's foreign policy led to WW2*
*Hitler's rise to power*
*How Hitler consolidated power*
Personalities, like Leni Riefenstahl, Goebbels.
Hitler and church relations (was up last year, so if you have time, it wouldn't hurt to look it up)
Technology of Warfare (Blitzkrieg, rockets, etc)

I'll probably take a risk and leave out Stalin, Britain and France. Mussolini not likely to come up on his own, so hopefully a little revision will do fine. If you have time, Maynard Keynes could be a nice topic to revise too.

You're really going to leave out Stalin? He's pretty much a staple question.

westernfrenzy · 29-04-2015 11:12pm

I think something on American culture could appear, the Jarrow March I'm hoping comes up too. Not sure about the rest though.

MikeSD · 29-04-2015 11:18pm

Stalin comes up every year guys! No harm learning off a few paragraphs on Lenin aswell.

irishmag · 02-05-2015 11:25pm

Hi guys,
what are your predictions regarding the essays in History HL LC 2015? Topics: Dictatorship & Democracy, Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, The United States and the World?

I'm not asking about the documents question because its so narrow and so unpredictable that there is no point gambling in that section.

So.... any thoughts?

ColmL18 · 03-05-2015 2:13pm

Any predictions for HL History? I'm doing my own predictions out now based on the past papers and wanted someone to compare mine with.

Anonymagician · 03-05-2015 3:22pm

irishmag wrote: »

Hi guys,
what are your predictions regarding the essays in History HL LC 2015? Topics: Dictatorship & Democracy, Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, The United States and the World?

I'm not asking about the documents question because its so narrow and so unpredictable that there is no point gambling in that section.

So.... any thoughts?

Stalin in some form. Hitler's rise to facism/Germany in the inter-war years or similar. Race relations, probably a specific bus boycott question and I'm thinking a question about the presidency - Roosevelt to Reagan.

I'm not doing the NI section though.

Chicharito11 · 04-05-2015 11:31pm

Just wondering as I'm having trouble figuring out what to glance over and what to know in depth. So far I've studied Stalin's policies and characteristics of his state, Mussolini's policies, Hitlers external policies, Propaganda for the three dicators, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and I have glanced over a few others.

Kremin · 05-05-2015 2:07pm

So what do you think we should have learned minimum for all 3 topics? I thought I would be okay but then I realised if coleraine or the welfare state don't come up I'm pretty screwed, lol.

Charliek96 · 05-05-2015 11:17pm

Does anybody have any suggestions as to what the essay topics might be for the Nation states and International tensions, Dictatorship and Democracy and the Political and social movement sections?? I am totally screwed and left all my study to the last 28 days like a dope! Hoping someone could help me condense my workload.

hotmail.com · 06-05-2015 12:03am

Kremin wrote: »

So what do you think we should have learned minimum for all 3 topics? I thought I would be okay but then I realised if coleraine or the welfare state don't come up I'm pretty screwed, lol.

Some of the questions are quite open and can incorporate a lot of the topics in the course. So, when you see the exam paper, make sure to read the questions carefully to spot this.

Questions asking about 'society and the economy' means you can effectively talk about anything you like, within the time frame given. Coleraine can be included here.

I'm not sure anyone should recommend what you should focus on, because it's difficult to predict with any certainty! Good luck.

Cr4pSnip3r · 06-05-2015 2:41pm

With all subjects there's always this weird thing with students were they think that because something has come up for so many years in a row, it won't come up this year! Sure wouldn't students in past years have said that and they got it.

ADowling · 06-05-2015 6:10pm

irishmag wrote: »

Hi guys,
what are your predictions regarding the essays in History HL LC 2015? Topics: Dictatorship & Democracy, Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, The United States and the World?

I'm not asking about the documents question because its so narrow and so unpredictable that there is no point gambling in that section.

So.... any thoughts?

Northern Ireland, Coleraine, Civil Rights Movement and Welfare State.

Dictatorship and Democracy, Stalin (he has been up every year in some shape or form except for last year) and probably something to do with inter war years in Germany, Hitler's rise to power or maybe use of Propaganda to consolidate power.

Not sure for USA topic..

irishlad12345 · 06-05-2015 11:11pm

The treaty negotiations should come up for the document question remember everyone last year was was sure it was going to come up but instead it was the Belfast blitz

HDorrian1967 · 07-05-2015 4:19pm

The fortieth anniversary of the Americans pulling out of Vietnam was only a few weeks ago, so it might come up.
The American economy.

Hitler - economy; propaganda
Stalin - success of his policies i.e. collectivisation, internal, external
Comparison of Britain & France between the wars.

1885/6 elections

flankerdo · 08-05-2015 12:30pm

BlueWolf16 wrote: »

I have:

*Race relations* (MLK/Montgomery bus boycott)
*Economy* (ups and downs, up to and including Reagan)
Truman (how he layed the foundation for the cold war, ie. policy of containment, truman doctrine, etc)
Johnson (Success/failures, though that came up last year so I wouldn't be very optimistic)
*Nixon/Reagan* (who was more successful)
McCarthyism/Anti-war movement.
Some personalities, like Bing Crosby and Chaplin (I personally don't like these types of questions, but its up to you)
*Korea/Cuba/Berlin*

The starred ones I would say to pay particular attention to. Would recommend doing the little parts too, like Detente and SALT agreements. Economy can come up with consensus (atleast I think it did in the DEB mocks). Moon landings worth looking up too.

Dictatorship:

*Hitler and Jews*
*How Hitler's foreign policy led to WW2*
*Hitler's rise to power*
*How Hitler consolidated power*
Personalities, like Leni Riefenstahl, Goebbels.
Hitler and church relations (was up last year, so if you have time, it wouldn't hurt to look it up)
Technology of Warfare (Blitzkrieg, rockets, etc)

I'll probably take a risk and leave out Stalin, Britain and France. Mussolini not likely to come up on his own, so hopefully a little revision will do fine. If you have time, Maynard Keynes could be a nice topic to revise too.

Do you have an essay on Reagan/Nixon you would be willing to share or even a structure/plan for one ?

irishlad12345 · 09-05-2015 2:14am

the treaty has to come up in history for the document question it would be a crime if it doesn't

Kremin · 09-05-2015 10:57am

irishlad12345 wrote: »

the treaty has to come up in history for the document question it would be a crime if it doesn't

just for that logic they might throw on the eucharist congress or even worse the belfast blitz just to catch people out.
To be safe you have to learn all 3, and to be fair there isnt even a lot in all of them

Anonymagician · 09-05-2015 11:00am

Kremin wrote: »

just for that logic they might throw on the eucharist congress or even worse the belfast blitz just to catch people out.
To be safe you have to learn all 3, and to be fair there isnt even a lot in all of them

Considering there is only three I will have them all learned but I don't think the idea of the exams is to catch people out, it's to test the material.

Kremin · 09-05-2015 11:55am

Anonymagician wrote: »

Considering there is only three I will have them all learned but I don't think the idea of the exams is to catch people out, it's to test the material.

Yeah and you're supposed to know all of the material, and if people are skipping certain topics because theyre SURE that X will come up, the examiners might just put Y on it to reward the people who learnt it.
Same happened last year in history my teacher said, everyone was saying that the treaty HAD to come up, and then the belfast bombing did.
The examiners are always trying to throw people off to avoid rote learning etc.

irishlad12345 · 09-05-2015 2:44pm

i did history last year and belfast came up everyone was sure it was sure it was going to be the treaty lot of disappointed people that day :P

randylonghorn · 09-05-2015 10:28pm

irishlad12345 wrote: »

the treaty has to come up in history for the document question it would be a crime if it doesn't

Lol, no, it doesn't HAVE TO come up; and if it doesn't the Guards won't be making any arrests!

CYA, folks, and don't rely too much on predictions.

Bourke97 · 16-05-2015 12:43am

Im doing dictatorship and democracy and I think Stalin in some form, hitler and also maybe the use of propaganda by all dictators! For USA I'm kinda stuck, I think something with foreign policy will definitely come up! Does anyone think that maybe Martin Luther king might come up as a specific question? Maybe the effectiveness of his leadership During the civil rights movement? For movement for reform, I think parnells leadership with home rule and his contributions to land maybe? Or land on its own because has never come up! Michael davitt may be a possibility also and a question on the 2 main British parties, the liberals and the conservatives and what they did for/against home rule? For document I think the treaty as Belfast came up last year and the Eucharistic congress is very wishy washy! Please let me know your predictions on MLK? He may be a possibility as he hasn't come up on the HL paper since 2011

also if he came up on HL mock paper? My school doesn't do mocks so I don't what came up on it? Please let me on MLK anyway? Thanks.

brooksyy96 · 16-05-2015 9:45pm

Anyone have predictions for movements for social reform ?
im learning cultural nationalism but i need something else so im not ****ed if it doesnt come up

fongcy · 17-05-2015 12:03am

hi i know everybody is assuming the treaty of the congress could show up in the exam this year.
i wonder does anyone know the possible essay titles that can come up in the question?
e.g how did the treaty negeotiation led to the civil war etc..

Anonymagician · 17-05-2015 1:24pm

brooksyy96 wrote: »

Anyone have predictions for movements for social reform ?
im learning cultural nationalism but i need something else so im not ****ed if it doesnt come up

I'm going to study Unionism/Carson for this and the Lockout

brooksyy96 · 17-05-2015 2:38pm

Anonymagician wrote: »

I'm going to study Unionism/Carson for this and the Lockout

why unionism/carson? ... lockouts were up last year so ill probably give that a miss

Deranged96 · 17-05-2015 3:50pm

I'm cutting down dictatorship and democracy to just Hitler, Mussolini and WW2.

I'm cutting down the good oul US of A to race relations and foreign policy.

For Movements for political and social reform I shall gamble with cultural nationalism, land reform and Davitt.

As for the dastardly documents- Treaty and that oul religious one.

History is a high risk, high reward sort a subject

TheSunderz · 17-05-2015 4:07pm

I've cut down to Mussolini, Hitler an WW2 for dictatorship and cut down to race relations and US economy ups downs and effects. Then treaty negotiations with abit of the congress on the side tbh Belfast is so easy there is very little to know about it compared to the other two.

Shazwazz927 · 17-05-2015 7:37pm

The Treaty is the hot pick for the case study in my view. With it not coming up last year, the anniversary of 1916 next year and the fact that there are different case studies next year. But then again I'd have the Congress well know just in case. Anyway the content in it is very concise and easy.

For Dictatorship and Democracy, the questions last year weren't very appealing but this can only be good for us. I'm looking at, as many on this are also predicting, Anti-Semitism, Technology of Warfare, Nazi/Stalinist State, Hitler's Foreign Policy and propaganda in Germany and The Soviet Union.

For Northern Ireland, there is always going to be a question asked which involves BB and O'Neil. That is why you won't have to look further than the two of them. I'm looking closely at the BB and O'Neil comparison, Civil Rights, BB and O'Neil's contributions separately and the Welfare State maybe Direct Rule too.

My last topic is Division and Realignment. Not a common one I know but maybe someone out there is doing it too. For this topic my big bankers are the 1973 Oil Crisis and Social Criticism/Literature. European unity is always a good one to have lined up too just be careful of the different parameters that can be asked. I also have Fall of Communism and Communist Economies in my back pocket too.

Hopefully this will be of some help to some of you. Plus I'd like to hear any other tips anyone has.

Bourke97 · 17-05-2015 9:37pm

Anonymagician wrote: »

I'm going to study Unionism/Carson for this and the Lockout

Im doing movement for social reform also, and something always come up on home rule/land. I think a land question on its own because it's never been asked or Parnell strengths and weaknesses as if hasn't been asked for a while! So focus on parnel/HR/Land and unionist opposition and you should be grand! Also pay particular attention to the 1885 elections as it's been 200years this year!

randylonghorn · 17-05-2015 9:42pm

Bourke97 wrote: »

... the 1885 elections as it's been 200years this year!

Does not compute!

Lune · 18-05-2015 2:15am

Shazwazz927 wrote: »

The Treaty is the hot pick for the case study in my view. With it not coming up last year, the anniversary of 1916 next year and the fact that there are different case studies next year. But then again I'd have the Congress well know just in case. Anyway the content in it is very concise and easy.

For Dictatorship and Democracy, the questions last year weren't very appealing but this can only be good for us. I'm looking at, as many on this are also predicting, Anti-Semitism, Technology of Warfare, Nazi/Stalinist State, Hitler's Foreign Policy and propaganda in Germany and The Soviet Union.

For Northern Ireland, there is always going to be a question asked which involves BB and O'Neil. That is why you won't have to look further than the two of them. I'm looking closely at the BB and O'Neil comparison, Civil Rights, BB and O'Neil's contributions separately and the Welfare State maybe Direct Rule too.

My last topic is Division and Realignment. Not a common one I know but maybe someone out there is doing it too. For this topic my big bankers are the 1973 Oil Crisis and Social Criticism/Literature. European unity is always a good one to have lined up too just be careful of the different parameters that can be asked. I also have Fall of Communism and Communist Economies in my back pocket too.

Hopefully this will be of some help to some of you. Plus I'd like to hear any other tips anyone has.

For Northern Ireland, what does BB stand for?

Peregrine · 18-05-2015 2:30am

Lune wrote: »

For Northern Ireland, what does BB stand for?

Basil Brooke, I think.

Anonymagician · 18-05-2015 7:55am

Bourke97 wrote: »

Im doing movement for social reform also, and something always come up on home rule/land. I think a land question on its own because it's never been asked or Parnell strengths and weaknesses as if hasn't been asked for a while! So focus on parnel/HR/Land and unionist opposition and you should be grand! Also pay particular attention to the 1885 elections as it's been 200years this year!

I personally don't like HR. To me, it can come up in too many different ways and I don't know if I could twist my knowledge to the question. Hence why I'm doing Unionism, the lockout and probably the GAA.

spottyapples · 18-05-2015 4:38pm

Okay, I don't know about the rest of you studying history but I'm extremely overwhelmed right now.... And I figure we're all a team right? So fellow historians I think it's all time we had a nice long discussion and help each other out right? Pull all our teachers tips together to see where we're at? So anyone willing to help reply or drop me a PM and we can have some history banter. Much love people

cab15 · 19-05-2015 10:02am

spottyapples wrote: »

Okay, I don't know about the rest of you studying history but I'm extremely overwhelmed right now.... And I figure we're all a team right? So fellow historians I think it's all time we had a nice long discussion and help each other out right? Pull all our teachers tips together to see where we're at? So anyone willing to help reply or drop me a PM and we can have some history banter. Much love people

So weird I was literally just about to write a post just like this! Yeah I felt okay for the pre's and now I just feel really panicky on what to cut down on or what to leave in! Our teacher taught Northern Ireland REALLY badly to us so I'm praying something straight forward like Coleraine or Suningdale comes up so I can just rattle that off. She seems adamant that The Treaty Negotiations is up for the Document but I'm kind of hoping for Eucharistic Congress, its just a nicer Q to answer with not a lot of room for a poorly phrased Q.

For Dictatorship and Democracy, I think it'll be a double header between Hitler/Mussolini on Church/State or possibly facist regimes, and then a separate Stalin Q - possibly on rise to power or propaganda/personality cult. For America, hopefully Lyndon Johnson vs Harry Truman, Cold War, Foreign Policy and definitely a Race Relations Q

They're the topics I did well in class so I'm really hoping for those questions or something similar!

spottyapples · 19-05-2015 3:54pm

What are people expecting to come up in the United States and Wider World section?

spottyapples · 19-05-2015 4:22pm

cab15 wrote: »

So weird I was literally just about to write a post just like this! Yeah I felt okay for the pre's and now I just feel really panicky on what to cut down on or what to leave in! Our teacher taught Northern Ireland REALLY badly to us so I'm praying something straight forward like Coleraine or Suningdale comes up so I can just rattle that off. She seems adamant that The Treaty Negotiations is up for the Document but I'm kind of hoping for Eucharistic Congress, its just a nicer Q to answer with not a lot of room for a poorly phrased Q.

For Dictatorship and Democracy, I think it'll be a double header between Hitler/Mussolini on Church/State or possibly facist regimes, and then a separate Stalin Q - possibly on rise to power or propaganda/personality cult. For America, hopefully Lyndon Johnson vs Harry Truman, Cold War, Foreign Policy and definitely a Race Relations Q

They're the topics I did well in class so I'm really hoping for those questions or something similar!

Same our teacher did Northern Ireland terrible. I haven't a clue about NI to say the least. I'm hoping to do well enough in my other sections

Yeah, we covered a lot about the growth of fascism under Dictatorship and Democracy. We also did early rises to power I think, not much on Church/State relations as it appeared last year though. I would like to think Hitlers Foreign Policy is a possibility also? For Stalin we just covered him all as he somewhat of a definite question in some way or form?

For America I'm lost, Lyndon Johnson and Race Relations have come up almost 3 years in a row I doubt they'll go for a 4th? 😱 I feel either an essay on the Bus Boycott or Vietnam war as case studies are due up?

cab15 · 19-05-2015 10:54pm

Yeah, we didn't do much past paper work so I really don't have much knowledge of how frequently topics come up - we literally just write the essays for all topics! Yeah Bus Boycott and Vietnam would be very accessible questions!

LeeLee97 · 22-05-2015 9:38pm

All Of Nazi Germany (including Anti-Semitism & Holocaust)
All of Russia except WW2

Wilhelm II's Naval Policy
Franco-German tensions
Imperialism
Causes of WW1
Russia 1870-1920

Butt & Parnell
Political 85-86
Land agitation & land reform

Anything else i should maybe do? Have about 20 essays in total across the 3 topics

Lune · 24-05-2015 2:42am

Could anyone tell me the exact time you should spend on each question and section of the exam?

Anonymagician · 24-05-2015 9:22am

Lune wrote: »

Could anyone tell me the exact time you should spend on each question and section of the exam?

42 minutes including reading and planning time but you could probably gain time on the documents.

!! History HL 2015 ... predictions, guesses and discussion

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