AS History Edexcel May 2013 thread

For Stalin's Russia: say you have a question, like, how successful were the first three five year plans in achieving their aims, 1928-41...

How would you answer it?
There's a lot you can say about the consequences of the plans, but those aren't technically the aims? I struggle to plan this one. Any advice?

I'm a little confused. If the question was "How far was the effectiveness of the civil rights movement in the 1960s limited by internal divisions?" how would you approach it?

Intro -
Then main paragraphs obviously fleshed out into these two subheadings of
Pluses in the 60's? (Sit-in's, freedom rides, march on washington)
Then the internal divisions? (Meredith March, NOI, Black Power - division of SNCC and CORE...)

But then would you make comparisons to other reasons that limited CRM? Such as Police, FBI, Congress, Presidents etc...? The mark scheme doesn't say anything like that. I'm

Link it to the Presidents by showing that they thought they had done enough and although groups like the SCLC believed in them there was an increase in Radicalization of the SNCC because of this.

anyone want to revise with me on TRS or FB?

How're you planning to revise?

hey getoom, how do you begin when planning an essay for civil rights?

Cheers. Could you be even more helpful and try give an example?

If, for Russia in Revolution, you got a question saying "how far to you agree that Nicholas II was the author of his own misfortunes?" how would you even begin to plan for that?! Like, what sorts of things would you put in? So far, I have:
Nicholas' weak character
Russia's backward economy
Nicholas' failure to take control and lead his people - used October Manifesto to calm and split opposition instead of solve and satisfy
decision to leave the Home Front in control of the Tsarina and Rasputin, what this did to reduce the moral of the people
the fact that he could not accept the idea of change, wanted to keep autocracy absolute, dissolve Dumas whenever he did not like what they suggested, quashing any real political power that the people, through the Duma, may have etc.

Am I missing someone or am I on the right track?

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

If a question for staking asks for the successes of the first 3 5YP, could you also say that the USSRs 3rd 5yp transformed them into a war economy, leading to their victory in ww2.

Also if a question asks for the change in policies of women, will it always ask for women and children, or can it just be women - because I only know stuff such as hard divorce, prohibiting abortion, financial incentives, 40% of women were in the workforce by 1940 -anything else????,

Does the provisional government have a high chance of coming up????????

If a question for staking asks for the successes of the first 3 5YP, could you also say that the USSRs 3rd 5yp transformed them into a war economy, leading to their victory in ww2.

Also if a question asks for the change in policies of women, will it always ask for women and children, or can it just be women - because I only know stuff such as hard divorce, prohibiting abortion, financial incentives, 40% of women were in the workforce by 1940 -anything else????,

Does the provisional government have a high chance of coming up????????