OCR A-Level History Unit 3 (Y301-Y321) - 24th May 2023 [Exam Chat]

Reply 40

jx19

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Hi - I am doing Civil Rights in the USA - does anyone have a good structure for the paper - both questions?

Reply 41

Hasbo2005

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Original post by jx19

Hi - I am doing Civil Rights in the USA - does anyone have a good structure for the paper - both questions?

For the interpretations, it's intro, interpretation 1, interpretation 2 then conclusion.

for the 2nd part, for African Americans n women i typically go for political, social and economic. For native americans it's self determination, land and culture. For trade unions, it's pay and conditions, recongition/right to exist, and union action.

Reply 42

jx19

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Original post by Hasbo2005

For the interpretations, it's intro, interpretation 1, interpretation 2 then conclusion.

for the 2nd part, for African Americans n women i typically go for political, social and economic. For native americans it's self determination, land and culture. For trade unions, it's pay and conditions, recongition/right to exist, and union action.

Thankyou! - this is close to what I have been revising to do!

Reply 43

frenchgrace

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there has been a provisional government question (on why it was overthrown, war or Bolshevik strength), but only once. Last year was Khrushchev like someone else said.

I've been told it's should be about a 40% chance of getting the Provisional Government and about a 30% chance of the other two. (as Khrushchev has come up three times, and Alexander II has come up 4 times). Hope this helps, its worth prepping all of them though as its good for the thematic anyway :smile:

Original post by bday.xo

Anyone here for Russia and its rulers? i need predictions or revision help. Im struggling

(edited 11 months ago)

Reply 44

sticklobster

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Original post by WeirdMedievalCat

Any Russia people know how you'd approach the question 'assess reasons why some rulers were more successful in improving the economy 1855-1964'? Really not sure what I'd pick as the 3 paragraph themes. Level of opposition as one maybe?

i think you could do: industry, agriculture and maybe peasants/workers??
but in each paragraph, you would focus on the strategies, motivation, resources, personal qualities and personnel each leader had in regards to the factors. my teacher gave me a help sheet on it but the only factor they gave was industry

Reply 45

jx19

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Original post by Hasbo2005

For the interpretations, it's intro, interpretation 1, interpretation 2 then conclusion.

for the 2nd part, for African Americans n women i typically go for political, social and economic. For native americans it's self determination, land and culture. For trade unions, it's pay and conditions, recongition/right to exist, and union action.

Thankyou - do you (or anyone else reading this) have any essay plans - My teacher left last year and so we never got a clear structure!

Reply 46

BeastModeTrain

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Original post by Hasbo2005

For the interpretations, it's intro, interpretation 1, interpretation 2 then conclusion.

for the 2nd part, for African Americans n women i typically go for political, social and economic. For native americans it's self determination, land and culture. For trade unions, it's pay and conditions, recongition/right to exist, and union action.

usually instead of interpretation 1 and then interpretation 2 we do weaker interpretation and then stronger interpretation

Reply 47

frenchgrace

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Original post by WeirdMedievalCat

Any Russia people know how you'd approach the question 'assess reasons why some rulers were more successful in improving the economy 1855-1964'? Really not sure what I'd pick as the 3 paragraph themes. Level of opposition as one maybe?

I've never seen a question like that before and I doubt it will come up, because it isn't asking you to talk about successes vs failures, only successes. It's less synoptic than other questions in the past have been, which is the whole point of the Q lol.

But if it ever did come up, I'd do economic ideology, the growing necessity of catching up with the West, and improving living and working conditions/lives of the people

Reply 48

Hasbo2005

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Original post by jx19

Thankyou - do you (or anyone else reading this) have any essay plans - My teacher left last year and so we never got a clear structure!

It's usually the same for every essay, but for factors questions, you got to think of factors relating to the question.

Reply 49

jx19

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Original post by Hasbo2005

It's usually the same for every essay, but for factors questions, you got to think of factors relating to the question.

Thanks - could you give me an example if possible please?

Reply 50

hiilikesushi

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does anyone have any predictions for the middle east paper?

Reply 51

Yara1717

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Original post by hiilikesushi

does anyone have any predictions for the middle east paper?

It’s hard to predict for OCR on the Middle East, especially the 30 mark interpretation because there’s been times where they’ve done Arab-Israeli twice in a row. No obvious patterns tbh.

Reply 52

hiilikesushi

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Original post by Yara1717

It’s hard to predict for OCR on the Middle East, especially the 30 mark interpretation because there’s been times where they’ve done Arab-Israeli twice in a row. No obvious patterns tbh.

im hoping for a great powers q for thematic q

Reply 53

Tom04

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Does anyone have a particular structure they follow for the interpretation question and thematic questions for Russia and its rulers?

Reply 54

sticklobster

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Original post by Tom04

Does anyone have a particular structure they follow for the interpretation question and thematic questions for Russia and its rulers?

interpretation=
intro -> outline debate, and which passage is more convincing
passage A + B -> write which one is least/most convincing in the first sentence of the paragraph and their view in relation to the question. 3/4 quotes, with knowledge to support and refute, and then make a judgement on if the statement is convincing. then make an overall judgement at the end of each para
conclusion = outline which is more convincing and why, outline the strengths and weaknesses of each passage and consider which is more convincing

theme =
intro = context, premise, factors
3 factors = overall trend statement, make links between continuity and change between all leaders (at least 4 leaders each para - 2 tsars and 2 communists to be synoptic) and make interim judgements
conclusion = just outline your argument on each factor and consider if your answer agrees with it or not

(edited 11 months ago)

Reply 55

WeirdMedievalCat

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Original post by sticklobster

interpretation=
intro -> outline debate, and which passage is more convincing
passage A + B -> write which one is least/most convincing in the first sentence of the paragraph and their view in relation to the question. 3/4 quotes, with knowledge to support and refute, and then make a judgement on if the statement is convincing. then make an overall judgement at the end of each para
conclusion = outline which is more convincing and why, outline the strengths and weaknesses of each passage and consider which is more convincing

theme =
intro = context, premise, factors
3 factors = overall trend statement, make links between continuity and change between all leaders (at least 4 leaders each para - 2 tsars and 2 communists to be synoptic) and make interim judgements
conclusion = just outline your argument on each factor and consider if your answer agrees with it or not

do you think its worth comparing A and B on specific things (i.e saying 'unlike source A') in each respective paragraph a bit? or is that a waste of thought best saved for the final conclusion?

Reply 56

sticklobster

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Original post by WeirdMedievalCat

do you think its worth comparing A and B on specific things (i.e saying 'unlike source A') in each respective paragraph a bit? or is that a waste of thought best saved for the final conclusion?