Hitler & Nazi State - how did you find it?

I talked a bit abotu source 1
Oh ****.

I'm sure it said use all the sources.

Nope, didn't ask for S1, I only realised halfway through when I was about to drop it in.


I didn't like it, I'm suprised I didn't start panicing halfway through though (I think that was because I wasn't too pushed for time)

Sources were practically all judgements, which made it really hard to structure the B, and no one in my hall (including the HoY and invigilator) knew what despotic meant, so I was vague throughout the essay for fear of being wrong.

Garfunkel.

HOWW COULDDDD THEYYY. I swear, using words in the english language that aren't frequently used within historical context (or lets face it, daily life!) is just too harshhhh.

Question A was reasonable. A question on one or comparing Hitler's henchman pops up quite often, however was it just me, or were the sources really hard to link! I only found contrasts, i think i found few similarities.

And Question B. Well; NEVER in my life have i had to write a question and not understood the two fundamental words. And i study english literature! I went down the same trap as everybody else and wrote the intentialist/structuralist argument, but i did mention a few times how he was dictatorial (even though i did think tyranny meant chaos, think i was thinking of anarchy there!) so im hoping ive got some marks at least.

I agree with the person up there, by far the worst B question, for the sources and the actual question itself! And yes electricfeel, edexcel should be punished haha!

I know people have sent e-mails of complaint to edexcel.
Anyone else going to do this?

So glad History is my 4th subject
Oh well, Edexcel are so weird though, you never know what your gonna get.
On the unit 1 sources paper I was wrtiing the B question for 30minutes in the A section Then I realised and B question was about 2 sides barely that. The A section was about 1 side and I know I mixed up the proveance of a source whislt in a rush.
The result 118/120

damn! i basically answered the extent to which he was a strong leader
-hitler's will
-role of propaganda
-dual state
-rise of his subordinates' personal empires
then concluded that he was permanently despotic, but the extent to which he was tyrannical was limited by the power his accolytes gathered, and the idea that propaganda created a disparity between life and reality

i thought they were trying to trick us! i don't know why i concluded like that
will i lose loads of marks by saying such a stupid thing?
arhrghr

The thing is people are talking about grade boundaries being lowered, but at the end of the day 480 will always be an A, and 420 will always be a B. So even if the grades boundaries are lower for history by a few marks that won't effect the whole UMS marks will it? Annndd I did try the 'cheeky route' in the exam and asked the invigulator what it meant. She looked at me in confusion then stated that she wasn't allowed to say either way. But she blatently did not know hahaa!

and LMAO electricfeel. I might have to follow your example! I saw on the edexcel website that theres a phone number for history too, to access a subject advisor. Hmmmmm.

And rebecca KCNC, ive heard that tooo! My head of sixth found it strange we didnt know what a despot was, but most adults ive spoken to since weren't sure, and only knew vaguely what it meant. The sources gave no indication either!

WHY OH WHYYY.

He wasn't talking about the early part of the regime though, he was talking about the situation from 1939-1945.

It's just so out of order as sources 4,5 and 6 (the sources you're supposed to focus you're part b around) didn't even have particularly tyrannical evidence in any. It was mainly about the admin side of things from what I can remember.

That's why I got so confused because I thougth despotic may have changed its meaning in some way...

And for all those who say 'Omg don't you know the meanign of despotic!??' I've never come across it in history class, never heard it used in history documentaries/films and never come across it in a text book. So it's perfectly normal our age group don't know the meaning of it, it's not normal that we should be expected to know it however.

I complained to edexcel yesterday in a rather heated way. It'll be interesting to see if they reply.

I compared Hitler with Robert Mugabe (briefly).

The grade boundaries thing is really how easy it will be to GET those UMS points, we think they will make it easier because the quesiton tripped so many people up.