JC 2013 History Papers Wed. June 12th, 2013 - OL and HL

spurious

History OL & HL
Wednesday June 12th 2013

All discussion and questions about the History papers goes here, following the exam.

Please keep off-topic chat elsewhere.

Good luck all.

cfc.forever

Gonna study for this

DublinArnie

Just finished HISTORY! I finished 30minutes early... I know that doesn't sound good if i'm going for an A, but I had a panic attack at the start:o
My opinions:

-The short questions were slightly more "complex/techniqical" if you know what I mean, you had to write more and have a wider knowledge on the 2nd year course (yes, i'm looking at you American revolution!). I've managed to get at least 10 right for sure.

-The documents were very easy, except I couldn't answer the "Mention two terms of the Anglo-Irish treaty 1921?" question because my teacher didn't bother covering Irish history in 20th century. However, I wrote "Ireland to be a republic state" and "Ireland to have its own parlament". Are they right?

-The people in history were amazing, my teacher's predictions came true! I've managed to write 2 pages for each People in History.

-The sources were dodgy in my opinion. But I think I've got full marks in it as I've answered everything and mentioned the facts. Good thing the plantations came up!

-Now, here is where the panicing started. ANCIENT CIV OUTSIDE IRELAND CAME UP for Q6 A!!! £@#% SAKE! I wrote about the Romans ... I still remembered everything. I flew pass the housing paragraph but burial was a bit tricky, eitherwise, i'm managed to write 6-8 real facts for each . I almost cried though .

The international relations was amazing! I've wrote loads of pages filled with sweet facts that get to the point , aced that one!

-The pictures section was easy, no hassle .

Overall, it was a nice paper, probably the best paper in the last three years. I've had a panic attack at the start, i've straight away looked at section 6 A to see if reformation or reniassance came up, but my heart skipped five beats because it was something I didn't prepare! :mad: I worried that I wouldn't finish in time because I had to remember everything about the Romans, so I quickly wrote in symbol writing and finished the exam 30mins early. I had one page on the exam booklet left ...

I hope you boardsies did good! I'm reliefed that I can now forget everything i've learnt in the past three years as it's a 50/50 for me doing history in the leaving . TIME FOR A BREAK!

Jijsaw

LUTHER AND COLUMBUS CAME UP, WAYYYYYYY!
Overall a lovely paper Hoping for an A

juniorcert

Loved that paper so much! I had done Luther and Columbus for the pres and got full marks, so over the moon when they came up For q.6 I did C political developments and D international developments, loved them So much easier than I was expecting, thank God

Jijsaw

juniorcert wrote: »

Loved that paper so much! I had done Luther and Columbus for the pres and got full marks, so over the moon when they came up For q.6 I did C political developments and D international developments, loved them So much easier than I was expecting, thank God

I did three from q.6 because I had an extra 40 minutes and it I'd have to walk home and it was pouring down with rain :P I did Romans, Changes since 1945 (or whatever) and International Developments a.k.a the world war 2 chapter :P
And the short questions were strange, I think, you had to think about them more but I'm about 98% sure I got 10+ right

juniorcert

Jijsaw wrote: »

I did three from q.6 because I had an extra 40 minutes and it I'd have to walk home and it was pouring down with rain :P I did Romans, Changes since 1945 (or whatever) and International Developments a.k.a the world war 2 chapter :P
And the short questions were strange, I think, you had to think about them more but I'm about 98% sure I got 10+ right

Ya it started lashing towards the end for us too but I didn't have time or motivation to do another long q so I just sat there, haha. And ya the short q were a bit weird alright, not like the usual ones but I definitely got 10 right

DublinArnie

It wasn't raining here during the exam!

greenpyjamas

Think I developed proper wrestling biceps on my right arm from that exam...

OisinLAD

DublinArnie wrote: »

Just finished HISTORY! I finished 30minutes early... I know that doesn't sound good if i'm going for an A, but I had a panic attack at the start:o
My opinions:

-The short questions were slightly more "complex/techniqical" if you know what I mean, you had to write more and have a wider knowledge on the 2nd year course (yes, i'm looking at you American revolution!). I've managed to get at least 10 right for sure.

-The documents were very easy, except I couldn't answer the "Mention two terms of the Anglo-Irish treaty 1921?" question because my teacher didn't bother covering Irish history in 20th century. However, I wrote "Ireland to be a republic state" and "Ireland to have its own parlament". Are they right?

-The people in history were amazing, my teacher's predictions came true! I've managed to write 2 pages for each People in History.

-The sources were dodgy in my opinion. But I think I've got full marks in it as I've answered everything and mentioned the facts. Good thing the plantations came up!

-Now, here is where the panicing started. ANCIENT CIV OUTSIDE IRELAND CAME UP for Q6 A!!! £@#% SAKE! I wrote about the Romans ... I still remembered everything. I flew pass the housing paragraph but burial was a bit tricky, eitherwise, i'm managed to write 6-8 real facts for each . I almost cried though .

The international relations was amazing! I've wrote loads of pages filled with sweet facts that get to the point , aced that one!

-The pictures section was easy, no hassle .

Overall, it was a nice paper, probably the best paper in the last three years. I've had a panic attack at the start, i've straight away looked at section 6 A to see if reformation or reniassance came up, but my heart skipped five beats because it was something I didn't prepare! :mad: I worried that I wouldn't finish in time because I had to remember everything about the Romans, so I quickly wrote in symbol writing and finished the exam 30mins early. I had one page on the exam booklet left ...

I hope you boardsies did good! I'm reliefed that I can now forget everything i've learnt in the past three years as it's a 50/50 for me doing history in the leaving . TIME FOR A BREAK!

I love you so much for putting up those predictions last night, you probably got me an A :O

DublinArnie

OisinLAD wrote: »

I love you so much for putting up those predictions last night, you probably got me an A :O

Good!

Jijsaw

OisinLAD wrote: »

I love you so much for putting up those predictions last night, you probably got me an A :O

SHIFT! :P

SuperMattDude

amazing paper thanks to whoever it was that put up all those predictions hopefully i got an a

OisinLAD

Jijsaw wrote: »

SHIFT! :P

Already have..

:L if you guys see the papers up let me know

Cr4pSnip3r

That was easy. I'm starting to think the SEC likes us.

claryfray

I just want to say thank you SEC for such a nice paper!!

I wasn't banking on doing Irish history on Q6 (although I wanted to) because my teacher didn't cover the whole section with us, and in the end I couldn't do it because we hadn't covered The Shannon Scheme or Mother and Child Scheme and I although I did look up the accounts, didn't know them well enough. Did 6A and 6D which were pretty easy, although some of the short Q'S in 6A I wasn't sure of..?

We also didn't do anything from Jack Lynch's period but the Q was only a 2 marker so thats fine.

In the mocks I got 80%, and I did much better today so I am hoping for an A..!

Jijsaw

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

That was easy. I'm starting to think the SEC likes us.

Or their tricking us and we'll all get NG's :O

DublinArnie

claryfray wrote: »

I just want to say thank you SEC for such a nice paper!!

I wasn't banking on doing Irish history on Q6 (although I wanted to) because my teacher didn't cover the whole section with us, and in the end I couldn't do it because we hadn't covered The Shannon Scheme or Mother and Child Scheme and I although I did look up the accounts, didn't know them well enough. Did 6A and 6D which were pretty easy, although some of the short Q'S in 6A I wasn't sure of..?

We also didn't do anything from Jack Lynch's period but the Q was only a 2 marker so thats fine.

In the mocks I got 80%, and I did much better today so I am hoping for an A..!

What civ did you do for Q 6 A?

claryfray

DublinArnie wrote: »

What civ did you do for Q 6 A?

Ancient Rome

Cr4pSnip3r

Jijsaw wrote: »

Or their tricking us and we'll all get NG's :O

Man, that'd be a bummer.

Cr4pSnip3r

claryfray wrote: »

Ancient Rome

Same here.

Jijsaw

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

Same here.

+3

DublinArnie

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

Same here.

If you did burial, what did you write? XD

greenpyjamas

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

Same here.

I wrote down the Roman Empire, would it be accepted as Ancient Rome?

DublinArnie

What did you people write down for ii) burial? If you did the Romans .

Cr4pSnip3r

DublinArnie wrote: »

If you did burial, what did you write? XD

I didn't do burial.

And, @green: Of course, there was only the one Roman Empire, anyway.

claryfray

greenpyjamas wrote: »

I wrote down the Roman Empire, would it be accepted as Ancient Rome?

I would expect so..:)

OisinLAD

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

Same here.

We studied Ancient Greece in school, and I thought that I couldn't pick Q6 (a) because the first question was like name a leader/ruler and greece was a democracy But apparently I could have and It was only 2 marks Instead I did Q6 (c) and my account and the mother and child thing was terrible

Hoping I get the A from everything else :L I'd hate to have gotten an A in the Mock and then drop to a B

Cr4pSnip3r

OisinLAD wrote: »

We studied Ancient Greece in school, and I thought that I couldn't pick Q6 (a) because the first question was like name a leader/ruler and greece was a democracy But apparently I could have and It was only 2 marks Instead I did Q6 (c) and my account and the mother and child thing was terrible

Hoping I get the A from everything else :L I'd hate to have gotten an A in the Mock and then drop to a B

I said Julius Caesar for mah Rome :L

I did Q6 (c), easiest thing ever. Couldn't have asked for better.

claryfray

I did Housing and Family Life. For housing I wrote about the domus, villa and insulae. I THINK I got 8 SRS...hopefully :P For Family Life I wrote about the father's role and mothers role in the family, the education of the children, what they wore, what they ate and I said they went to the baths every day :P I got a load of facts down here but I am not sure how many are going to be taken as 'significant' to family life...I mean its a pretty broad heading..:L

OisinLAD

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

I said Julius Caesar for mah Rome :L

I did Q6 (c), easiest thing ever. Couldn't have asked for better.

Yeah well for me it was graaand until the mother and child scheme

Jijsaw

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

I said Julius Caesar for mah Rome :L

I did Q6 (c), easiest thing ever. Couldn't have asked for better.

Emperor Constantine

claryfray

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

I said Julius Caesar for mah Rome :L

I did Q6 (c), easiest thing ever. Couldn't have asked for better.

I wrote Julius Caesar too!

What did you write down for their achievements? I wrote a little about Romanesque architecture and then said frescoes :L

And what did you write for how evidence was found about the civilization or something? I wrote ruins of ancient rome eg. Colosseum and I think i wrote down documents of people accounting seeing the Gladiator Fights or some crap like that :P

greenpyjamas

OisinLAD wrote: »

Yeah well for me it was graaand until the mother and child scheme

Weirdly enough the Mother and Child scheme was the last thing I looked over at half one; must be psychic!

Jijsaw

claryfray wrote: »

I wrote Julius Caesar too!

What did you write down for their achievements? I wrote a little about Romanesque architecture and then said frescoes :L

And what did you write for how evidence was found about the civilization or something? I wrote ruins of ancient rome eg. Colosseum and I think i wrote down documents of people accounting seeing the Gladiator Fights or some crap like that :P

The Aqueducts and the architecture.
I wrote about the ruins and the city of Pompeii

greenpyjamas

claryfray wrote: »

I wrote Julius Caesar too!

What did you write down for their achievements? I wrote a little about Romanesque architecture and then said frescoes :L

And what did you write for how evidence was found about the civilization or something? I wrote ruins of ancient rome eg. Colosseum and I think i wrote down documents of people accounting seeing the Gladiator Fights or some crap like that :P

I said the calender, roads and architecture.

For evidence i said Pompeii and I think something about art or ruins :L

DublinArnie

claryfray wrote: »

I wrote Julius Caesar too!

What did you write down for their achievements? I wrote a little about Romanesque architecture and then said frescoes :L

And what did you write for how evidence was found about the civilization or something? I wrote ruins of ancient rome eg. Colosseum and I think i wrote down documents of people accounting seeing the Gladiator Fights or some crap like that :P

I wrote for achievements:
-Conquered most of europe at the height of the empire.
-Conquered several middle-eastern countries such as Palastine.

I wrote for evidence:
-The Gauls kept records of the presence of the Roman Legion
-Pompei is a roman city preserved under a layer of ash from the eruption of vesuvius.

Cr4pSnip3r

claryfray wrote: »

I wrote Julius Caesar too!

What did you write down for their achievements? I wrote a little about Romanesque architecture and then said frescoes :L

And what did you write for how evidence was found about the civilization or something? I wrote ruins of ancient rome eg. Colosseum and I think i wrote down documents of people accounting seeing the Gladiator Fights or some crap like that :P

Aqueducts and infrastructure.

I said artefacts like Pottery, Coins, Jewellery etc. and documents written by writers such as Tacitus.

claryfray

Yeah thanks guys! I was going to write down Pompeii but I thought it was too similar to Colosseum :P

SeanIAm

I wrote Constintine ( or something equally as wrong), do you think I'll still get the marks?

spurious

SeanIAm wrote: »

I wrote Constintine ( or something equally as wrong), do you think I'll still get the marks?

Yes it is not a spelling test.

Lost In Confusion

amazing paper hoping for a way, really wanted to do irish history as a 3rd option after i was finished the others but didnt have time i didnt like the plantation question cause i didnt study for that but i wrote 4 pages for people in history total :P im happy

claryfray

spurious wrote: »

Yes it is not a spelling test.

Ha ha when we were doing The Cuban Missile Crisis everyone was looking at Khrushchev like..:O And my teacher was like 'If you get the K at the beginning and the v at the end you'll be fine' :P

Lost In Confusion

i knew the irish history so well, so badly wanted to do it i knew every single thing about mother and child

MmmPancakes

Emperor Nero is best emperor..... except that time when he burned rome down..

That was fine, hoping for an A. The account for Q5 didn't suit me much but overall I don't think I lost 27 marks

Lost In Confusion

MmmPancakes wrote: »

Emperor Nero is best emperor..... except that time when he burned rome down..

That was fine, hoping for an A. The account for Q5 didn't suit me much but overall I don't think I lost 27 marks

your like me

greenpyjamas

Lost In Confusion wrote: »

amazing paper hoping for a way, really wanted to do irish history as a 3rd option after i was finished the others but didnt have time i didnt like the plantation question cause i didnt study for that but i wrote 4 pages for people in history total :P im happy

Same, I wanted to do International Relations for a third long q, but didn't have time. I sort of crucified myself cause I wrote 8 and a bit pages for P.I.H, was so happy that Luther and Columbus came up, would have preferred an artist but oh well!

glitzandbits

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Same, I wanted to do International Relations for a third long q, but didn't have time. I sort of crucified myself cause I wrote 8 and a bit pages for P.I.H, was so happy that Luther and Columbus came up, would have preferred an artist but oh well!

8 pages??? What?? I did a page on a bit on each

Cr4pSnip3r

glitzandbits wrote: »

8 pages??? What?? I did a page on a bit on each

A page and a bit on each is perfect. There's no need for more once you have your facts to get your marks.

greenpyjamas

glitzandbits wrote: »

8 pages??? What?? I did a page on a bit on each

Yeah, its a problem of mine!

Lost In Confusion

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Yeah, its a problem of mine!

i had to cut out half of wat i wanted to write cause time -.-