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What is harder, History or Politics?

I would say Politics is my easiest subject, and although History isn't one of the hardest, I would say it is a harder version of Politics.

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MIKE ESSIEN IS QUITE SIK

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history is my hardest subject and i took economics, maths and politics

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DaveParlour

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LukeWz

your just too damn sexy, lass.

... and who said romance was dead?

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Matt_C

Politics is a lot about knowing the background knowledge when you start and being interested in what you're learning. From memory the only part where politics was harder than history for me was the amount we had to write in exams. The exam papers we did were basically 2 papers in 2 hours on the same subject with about 5 small questions and a big essay to do each hour.

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Napoleonmagnificent

How do you answer the source based questions?

Reply 25

jelly1000

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History by far, makes politics seem like a doss.

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bishbash72

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MIKE ESSIEN IS QUITE SIK

history is my hardest subject and i took economics, maths and politics

Seriously, harder than maths???

I find history my easiest subject. And politics my second hardest after french.

I think it's because politics is more 'rehash generic question plan 2B' whereas with History you actually have to think for yourself, which I prefer.

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oo_Lucinda_oo

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I think History is harder, especially as I'm self-teaching it :tongue:

I really enjoy it though :yep:

Reply 28

worthers

History exams are crazy compared to politics, but I actually think History knowledge and interpretation is easier when compared to the vast amount of overlapping issues within politics.

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menaa-x

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Callum828

Seriously, harder than maths???

I find history my easiest subject. And politics my second hardest after french.

I think it's because politics is more 'rehash generic question plan 2B' whereas with History you actually have to think for yourself, which I prefer.

what do you mean by being able to think for yourself with history but not for politics?
and what exam board is that for :smile:

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Emsybean

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Napoleonmagnificent

How do you answer the source based questions?

The way I'm getting taught at the moment is that you have to examine the similarities and differences between the sources, their provenance, typicality and usefulness to historians...I think I've missed quite a few things out there, but they're the basic things you need to cover :biggrin:

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bishbash72

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menaa-x

what do you mean by being able to think for yourself with history but not for law?
and what exam board is that for :smile:

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Law? Politics.

We're edexcel, but I think it's more the way we are taught it by my teacher. He totally spoon-feeds us everything, I can't stand it.

Reply 32

sazzle7

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I imagine History. People are always telling me it's deathly! I take Politics and have always found it to be reasonable enough :smile:

Reply 33

menaa-x

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Callum828

Law? Politics.

We're edexcel, but I think it's more the way we are taught it by my teacher. He totally spoon-feeds us everything, I can't stand it.

oops sorry dont know what made me write law!!

isnt edexcel meant to be the harder exam board too?

History by far.

I do history and politics - and from experience history is much harder - I got similar marks in both (only 4 ums marks difference, and history was the higher one) but history took so much more work through term time and was a hell of a lot more revision.

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username33685

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AS politics is about the same level as GCSE history, its really an introduction to the whole thing and more about learning facts than theory and stuff, A2 however is about the same as A level history, well the political theory modules at least.

history =]]

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sadie-kiki

I do history and politics - and from experience history is much harder - I got similar marks in both (only 4 ums marks difference, and history was the higher one) but history took so much more work through term time and was a hell of a lot more revision.