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

brooksyy96 · 16-05-2015 09:45PM

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 01:24PM

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 02:38PM

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 03:50PM

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 04:07PM

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 07:37PM

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 09:37PM

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 09:42PM

Bourke97 wrote: »

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

Does not compute!

Lune · 18-05-2015 02:15AM

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 02:30AM

Lune wrote: »

For Northern Ireland, what does BB stand for?

Basil Brooke, I think.

Anonymagician · 18-05-2015 07:55AM

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 04:38PM

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 03:54PM

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

spottyapples · 19-05-2015 04:22PM

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 09:38PM

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 02:42AM

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

Anonymagician · 24-05-2015 09:22AM

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.

tara13 · 24-05-2015 01:38PM

pugsforbubbles wrote: »

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.

Learn Stalin and USSR very well, and know race relations, Montgomery bus boycott ect very very very well too I don't do NI

Hi, any chance anyone has an essay on Uniost Oppoaition to HR? I'm badly stuck 👍

KA97 · 24-05-2015 06:56PM

So i'm going to try to do 12 essays in the next week, i'm doing 4 in each u.s.a, northern ireland, and dictatorship and democracy. Any suggestions on what essays will most likely come up or what usually comes up, want to get a few essays in the bag but no idea where to start

starting very late haha

LeeLee97 · 24-05-2015 07:38PM

KA97 wrote: »

So i'm going to try to do 12 essays in the next week, i'm doing 4 in each u.s.a, northern ireland, and dictatorship and democracy. Any suggestions on what essays will most likely come up or what usually comes up, want to get a few essays in the bag but no idea where to start starting very late haha

Do Stalin and Lenin, haven't come up together in years

ben2790 · 24-05-2015 11:13PM

spottyapples wrote: »

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

US foreign policy (cuba, korea and berlin blockade)
Johnson vs Truman
race relations and MLK in particular

Kremin · 24-05-2015 11:44PM

KA97 wrote: »

So i'm going to try to do 12 essays in the next week, i'm doing 4 in each u.s.a, northern ireland, and dictatorship and democracy. Any suggestions on what essays will most likely come up or what usually comes up, want to get a few essays in the bag but no idea where to start starting very late haha

What I'm covering:
USA:
Moon Landing
Economy
Race Relations
Foreign policies and the two wars etc.

Northern Ireland:
Coleraine controversy
Welfare state
Sunningdale/Anglo (Doing both individually and its possible they'll come up together)

Dictatorship:
Stalin and characteristics of russia
Britiain inbetween the war.
Propaganda and how dictators used it.. etc

I think this should be enough honestly but who knows.

Jason_H · 25-05-2015 09:44PM

Our teacher is a LC examiner, and he's gotten 2/4 right every year for each topic

DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRACY
1- Compare Britain and Russian Economy
2- Nazi Propaganda
3- Vichy France
4- New Technologies and the Home Front in Britain

USA AND THE WORLD
1- Role of Women (Friedan and Monroe)
2- Military and Information Technology
3- Economy 63-89
4- Age of consensus and Religion

MOVEMENTS FOR REFORM
1- 85/86 Elections
2- Religion and Education
3- Land Agitation
4- Redmond and Carson leadership

brooksyy96 · 25-05-2015 10:13PM

Jason_H wrote: »

Our teacher is a LC examiner, and he's gotten 2/4 right every year for each topic

DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRACY
1- Compare Britain and Russian Economy
2- Nazi Propaganda
3- Vichy France
4- New Technologies and the Home Front in Britain

USA AND THE WORLD
1- Role of Women (Friedan and Monroe)
2- Military and Information Technology
3- Economy 63-89
4- Age of consensus and Religion

MOVEMENTS FOR REFORM
1- 85/86 Elections
2- Religion and Education
3- Land Agitation
4- Redmond and Carson leadership

seems very off

LeeLee97 · 25-05-2015 10:22PM

brooksyy96 wrote: »

seems very off

Indeed... Russia and Britain in the same question?

Anonymagician · 25-05-2015 10:39PM

Jason_H wrote: »

Our teacher is a LC examiner, and he's gotten 2/4 right every year for each topic

DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRACY
1- Compare Britain and Russian Economy
2- Nazi Propaganda
3- Vichy France
4- New Technologies and the Home Front in Britain

USA AND THE WORLD
1- Role of Women (Friedan and Monroe)
2- Military and Information Technology
3- Economy 63-89
4- Age of consensus and Religion

MOVEMENTS FOR REFORM
1- 85/86 Elections
2- Religion and Education
3- Land Agitation
4- Redmond and Carson leadership

If these are in any way correct then I won't be able to write a single thing. It seems very, very off.

randylonghorn · 25-05-2015 10:49PM

Jason_H wrote: »

Our teacher is a LC examiner, and he's gotten 2/4 right every year for each topic

Be aware that someone being an examiner gives them no particular advantage in predicting questions on the papers.

Tips on how best to approach the paper / answer questions (in general), yes, it might easily give a little extra insight into that all right.

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

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