AS History Edexcel May 2013 thread

Yep you can! It will reinforce your arguments so much more



Yes! It's incredible Ahaa that is actually true But the sources can be so dodgy sometimes especially in the textbook My friend does the exact same topics as you, and she told me that Russia is really really loooong haha, but if it's interesting then it keeps you engaged! The essays I actually enjoy (pretty weird of me ) because you have the opportunity to argue

I am sitting both these exams and doing all the exact same units as you, which topics are you predicting will come up?


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These are the Key Topics for Russia in Revolution
Repression up to 1905- Russification and pogroms, Land Captains, Statue of State Security, Zemstevs,Censorship, Okhrana and Universities
The opposition up to 1905- The social democrats and the 1903 split, Social revolutionaries and the split between anarchists and revolutionaries, the liberals
Economic reform up to 1905- Bunge to 82 and Vyshnegradsky to 87- introduction of the peasent lank bank, foreign loans, reduction in peasent taxes
Sergei Witte- Sucesses- Industrial growth and foreign investment, growth of cities, the trans Siberian railway Failures- living conditions and relatively small proletariat, tax and ignorance of the peasents and famine, tariffs and debt from loans and how far Russia was behind other already industrialised countries.
Causes of the 1905 revolution Bloody Sunday massacre, the Russo Japanese war, Witte and Peasent unrest, proletariat and the bourgeoise want for poltical power
Why the 1905 revoltuion failed- October manestfesto and isolation of workers, loyalty of e army, loyalty of the elite and his supporters e.g Black Hundreds, Weaknesses of the oppostion
Stolypin and Economic reform- Sucesses- Creation of Kulaks and wager on the strong, Improved agrarian growth, Improvement of the Mirs and PLB, failures- conservatism of the peasents, assassination in 1911, ignorance and worsening condition of the workers
Repression and the Dumas- Stolypins necktie and Marshall law, censorship, the fundamental laws, the electoral law of 1907 and the 3rd/4th Duma, the Vyborg appeal and the 1st and 2nd Duma
Causes of the 1917 Feb revolution- poltical and economic impact of WW1, the Tsar, Tsarina and Rasputin, Lack of army loyalty, Lack of Elite support
Causes of the 1917 October revolution and why the Bolsheviks consolidated power- June offensive, nature of PG, Korlinov Affaire and Kerensky, Lenin and his leadership, Trotsky's organisation. (It is also important to note the importance of the July Days)
Consolidation of power- weaknesses of the whites/oppostion, Lenin's leadership, the treaty of bresk litvosk, Trostky's military brilliance, repression and brutality of the reds.

Russia is long, I think it's because it's two topic disguised as 1 Russia 1881-1917 and Stalin's Russia to 1953 :s Dodgey sources I hate... I remember I did when I did my GCSE exam and for the final essay section of the paper based on a source the source was one sentence taken from a journal of a guy who was at a one meeting with Hitler... It was the vaguest thing to make students base an essay on. That's the thing about these essays sometimes that I don't like, too much evidence and not enough arguing, the conclusion paragraph is always the best to write

Hey guys!

Lol I did the Russian paper, got a C at first but after resitting I got an A (56/60)
First time round I only like made notes from the text book, didn't really do past questions except for some we did in class. Second time round I re-learned everything in detail and then planned past paper questions then did loads and got a few marked. I would say the key things would be to have specific knowledge and examples - also be extremely familiar with the exam questions (many themes are reoccurring throughout the papers) and essay structure is really important. The paper usually has like 2 broad questions and 2 specific questions (If I remember correctly)
If anyone wants more specific help on this paper, feel free to ask

Anybody know a basic exam question structure for the Exam on Tuesday?

I do Unit 1: CIvil Rights & Korea & VIetnam - love learning it, but can't seem to get my essay style right - highest mark has been 25, and generally it's around 18-20 which is a C
I desperatly want an A!

Introduction
- state line of argument
- overall conclusion (I know, in the introduction??)
- don't list the points, briefly mention their importance in relation to each other

Main
3-5 paragraphs, one reason/thing each paragraph. Every one including:
- Dates/facts and figures
- relate to question
- why it is significant/important etc.
- why it is more significant/important than other points (here link argument to next point to link paragraphs)
- on paragraphs which is not the most important reason, say why it isn't

Conclusion
- Make sure you say which is the most important/significant reason out of the 3-5 reasons.
- summary of argument
- wrap up

You mean the mentioning of the other points that you are going to write, right?