OCR A-Level History Unit 2 (Y201-Y224) - 13th June 2023 [Exam Chat]

a B is about 60%

america and civil war anyone??

yesss how did you find it?

it was okay messed up a bit how about you…

I found the paper pretty good overall but def ran out of time on the 20 marker so probs lost marks there which is annoying

which ones did you do

I did the first question like the westwards expansion and native americans pair - so happy they were a combo lol

oh i didnt i hated that lol

no bc I was the opposite I saw the civil war 10 marker and hated it

the 10 marker civil war was a beauty shiloh and antietam wow i

tbf I didn't revise civil war bc it's always a question per topic and i just hate civil war lol so objectively it was a gorg 10 marker just not for me - will say though that 20 marker was lovely they're def going to make the grade boundaries for the paper high this year lmao

Yeah nothing on police state in the textbook either, so I just talked abt an authoritarian state. 10 marker unrest factor was p stupid too considering there wasn't really any. They probably won't care tho, it's history you can interpret the question however you want as long as you stick to your initial interpretation and it's within reason

Honestly, I don't know why they use the German acronyms, like it is an exam for English speaking students? Do they just want people to fail lol. But tbf it is only 10 marks, like only 5% of the whole A level so you can still do really well anyway. Just enjoy the fact that history is done now and try not to stress about results day

I essentially spent a decent chunk of my essay alluding to and half of my conclusion explicitly arguing that dictatorships come in all shapes and sizes, and while “police state” wouldn’t be inaccurate, a better term to use would be “military dictatorship”, given how society, government, and the economy were centred around the betterment of and development of and focused on the army. I have a feeling they’ll either love my essay — I’m usually a top-marks student, so if they like the way I’ve organised it, getting 18/19/20 isn’t out of the question — or they’ll hate it — because the content is there, I’ll get something, probably about 9 marks.

One of my friends in my class gave a half-conspiracy theory which I think is interesting; maybe they’re trying out slightly new styles of questions ahead of the revisions to the specification in a year or two’s time?

guys will the grade boundaries be a massive jump from 2019 or around the same ??? i’m scared

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They've been pretty much the same every non-covid year they're not going to change any more than a couple of marks from 2019

do you reckon lower pr higher

it was calm icl but then i realised it said 1850-61 lol what were your factors for the 20 marker and what did you say for the 10 marker i think the 10 marker was good