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OCR History B (Modern World) GCSE - 12th June 2012

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Original post by momo26396
Yehh.... bolshevism really should not have been on that paper.... the grade boundaries should be lower or they will remover the question.



Original post by KatiexZoe
That wolf question was awful! It's ridiculous as the Bolsheviks are covered in the Russia depth study in the OCR revision guide?


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Original post by momo26396
The Wolf (QUESTION 4A)
Although this was not on the specification, Bolshevism is a type of communism

The wolf and the blood represented the destruction of communism, like the spartacists sort of thingg.......


Sorry everyone but it was on the specification 'The Revolution of 1918–19 and the establishment of the Republic;' Our school certainly did very little on it apart from the Sparticists though :/

I think that they were forced to use more obscure sources perhaps because they might be running out of sources. :/

Thanks momo26396 :smile: for a minute I was really worried, I'd got the whole question wrong! :P

link to spec: http://pdf.ocr.org.uk/download/kd/ocr_9976_kd_gcse_spec.pdf?
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Oh crap.
These answers are completely different. I wrote for the bolshevik question that the purpose of the source was to encourage the people of Germany to take a stance against communism. The blood thirsty dog who has appeared to kill a German supports the idea that the communists were using violence to seize power and control the german people and that communism is a world threat/danger. At the time..blah..blah...spartacists...
^was done in more detail but that's the brief idea. Is that, completely out of context?

One other source that I completely messed up on was the Transparent Dodge source. Did anyone else get confused over what it was?
Reply 42
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momo26396
Sources are there totally for your own interpretation. Although the mark scheme says the 'main message' of the cartoon, it is ultimately your own opinion and the examiner will not take off marks if you can say what you think well enough!!!!!!!!!!!! The transparent dodge one was pretty simple.
Just wondering, for question 4B, you had to give two interpretations, or is that wrong?????

:smile:
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momo26396
As in for and against Germany being able to pay reparations...................... using the source (like hyperinflation etccccc)
Original post by momo26396
How many pages did you guys use??????????


13 LOL How about you?
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momo26396
9

I'm good like that :-)

13 is crazily too much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is your handwriting massive?
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L_Vieru
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Original post by AKKaur
13 LOL How about you?


The examiner is not gonna be happy. LOL :biggrin:
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momo26396
9, I'm good like that :-)

13 is crazily too much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is your handwriting massive?
what do you guys think I would get if I explained the communist point but then mentioned the 'November Criminals' who were considered socialist (but in propaganda portrayed as Bolsheviks) and talked about the shock of the ToV so it was published because that was when opposition to the terms of the Treaty was at its most potent. I also talked about the fear of communism in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1918. I thought about doing Spartacist revolution but the source was too ambiguous.
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momo26396
Overall, I must say that the paper was actually good!!!
wrote 1.4 pages for the ten mark questions
Did question 1+3+4+5

Wrote 1.5 pages for the ten mark questions
Also, you know for the question did hitler start the war?? could I have focussed on the nazi-soviet pact, outlining how he had signed that and how he had to take over poland and how chamberlain could no longer appease him/??
Original post by momo26396
plebiscite held in 1935 to ask whether they wanted to rule on their own or be part of Germany
90% of people voted for union
Army entered
Gained back lost land, 13%

expand


I did that I put it was occupied by the league but in 1935 people voted if they wanted it to return. 477,000 voted yes, just under 50,000 said no. Hitler now gained back the Saar. Would I get the full 4 marks?


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Original post by momo26396
Sources are there totally for your own interpretation. Although the mark scheme says the 'main message' of the cartoon, it is ultimately your own opinion and the examiner will not take off marks

:smile:


I feel like an idiot. I didn't mention loans in any part of the answer to do with the german "faking" a sinking.
Just out of curiosity what did you put as your knowledge in that transparent dodge question? I was stumped by the date, being 1921. I took a risk and began justifying the harshness of the terms of the treaty, such as the reparations being 2% of germanies annual production. I'm afraid It's not right, it's got me well paranoid D:
Reply 52
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Original post by Umackjiggles
what do you guys think I would get if I explained the communist point but then mentioned the 'November Criminals' who were considered socialist (but in propaganda portrayed as Bolsheviks) and talked about the shock of the ToV so it was published because that was when opposition to the terms of the Treaty was at its most potent. I also talked about the fear of communism in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1918. I thought about doing Spartacist revolution but the source was too ambiguous.


As mentioned previously, sources interpretation is your own. The idea seems good, so you will get the marks.

exam is over.. im off
Original post by momo26396
9

I'm good like that :-)

13 is crazily too much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is your handwriting massive?


Haha awesome :wink:

I know that now :biggrin: I guess i was on a bit of a flow... everyone was like WHATTTT! And no not really, average! How well do you think you've done? :smile:
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momo26396
Original post by Melissajanex
I did that I put it was occupied by the league but in 1935 people voted if they wanted it to return. 477,000 voted yes, just under 50,000 said no. Hitler now gained back the Saar. Would I get the full 4 marks?


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Yes..... four marks
Original post by momo26396
Overall, I must say that the paper was actually good!!!
wrote 1.4 pages for the ten mark questions
Did question 1+3+4+5

Wrote 1.5 pages for the ten mark questions
Also, you know for the question did hitler start the war?? could I have focussed on the nazi-soviet pact, outlining how he had signed that and how he had to take over poland and how chamberlain could no longer appease him/??


I did about that question. I put about the checolslovakia crisis and then Poland. For other reasons I did policy of appeasement and league weakness. You could write about soviet pact though because it was part of the steps to war.


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Original post by AKKaur
Haha awesome :wink:

I know that now :biggrin: I guess i was on a bit of a flow... everyone was like WHATTTT! And no not really, average! How well do you think you've done? :smile:


Found it pretttty good, ta
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15nico360
how did anyone find the question about how does this prove that Germany could have paid the reparations i didnt know what to *facepalm*
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Original post by L_Vieru
Oh crap.
These answers are completely different. I wrote for the bolshevik question that the purpose of the source was to encourage the people of Germany to take a stance against communism. The blood thirsty dog who has appeared to kill a German supports the idea that the communists were using violence to seize power and control the german people and that communism is a world threat/danger. At the time..blah..blah...spartacists...
^was done in more detail but that's the brief idea. Is that, completely out of context?

One other source that I completely messed up on was the Transparent Dodge source. Did anyone else get confused over what it was?


I completely got the Transparent Dodge one wrong- lost all 7 for that one I'm pretty sure. Getting pretty worried now...
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Original post by Umackjiggles
what do you guys think I would get if I explained the communist point but then mentioned the 'November Criminals' who were considered socialist (but in propaganda portrayed as Bolsheviks) and talked about the shock of the ToV so it was published because that was when opposition to the terms of the Treaty was at its most potent. I also talked about the fear of communism in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1918. I thought about doing Spartacist revolution but the source was too ambiguous.



it doesnt matter, sinceyou have backed up your opinion with details form the cartoon you can get a high mark. no answer is ever wrong if backed up with contextual knowledge-- teacher told me that :biggrin:

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