Edexcel History Unit 2 6H102 20/05/15

Yuck - I do Women and the Suffrage Question 1860-1930 so better make sure I can understand 19th century humour in case of a cartoon...

i'm hoping for propaganda in the ww1, and then in crimea maybe reporting and or maybe reporting in the boer war

Yeah, are you revising for the Daniel O'Connell stuff?

is anyone else leaving crimea out of their revision?

the last crimea question was on reporting so dont think that will come up... but you never know!

no i think im just gonna leave out boer haha

Thanks Helen, how are you finding it? What possible suggestions could you provide that we should take into consideration?

Regards Gunnarsunn.

Can you guys please explain how to insert your knowledge into the b question?
Do we just say like "from my knowledge"?

I'm revising by getting the breakdown from the spec and going through each aspect and learning 2 or 3 facts with dates.

Even if you're really confident a certain topic will come up, or you feel like you know you would't choose a certain question it's always good to have a backup in case one of the questions is not worded nicely or you have a complete mind blank.


-The changing personal status of women: marriage, divorce, children and property; challenges to the 'angel in the house' concept.

-Women's changing role within the political system: participation in local government; origins and impact of the suffragist and suffragette campaigns; the impact of the First World War on the suffrage question

-Attitudes of politicians, Parliament and the public suffrage question; the Liberal Government 1906-14; the Parliament Act (1918), the Equal Franchise Act (1928) and their immediate impact

-Changing educational opportunities for women and girls and the impact of these for workplace opportunities; the opening of universities and professions to women

In question B remember to analyse the sources as a set, using cross-references to reach your conclusion and do not just work through them in their order (paragraph 1 = source one etc)

If you happen to have the white revision guide from my revision notes this has nice simple breakdowns of acts and events and also has small summaries in some of the sections which I'd advise reading and/or making a note of - if not I'd be happy to share photos of mine on certain topics if you want.

I've also attached a document I came across on the internet that has been a little useful, it gives a brief overview of important people etc but needs to be used alongside a textbook or revision book!


Hope this is relevant and may help in some way!

Good luck tomorrow

Hi Helen,

Thank you for your extremely insightful and detail response, such generosity is truly rare especially during this period of time. I do not have the notes from the white book, although I do have the red book from Edexcel and I have made notes which outline the changes and significance of that period and then the counter points too.

I feel that content is not such a problem, there's hardly anything to remember just relevant key facts and dates which are even mentioned in the sources! Lol
The most anxious prospect of the exam is the type and range of sources they give, everything lies on that. I'd probably spend 5 or 10 minutes annotating the sources. It shouldn't be too bad, just be confident and give it your best shot!

Regards - Gunnarsunn. Good luck also! Be sure to feedback how you think you did! I'd be more than happy to respond and help.

That's exactly what I thought: trade unions and employment post WW1. They would also be my nightmare questions - I'm sure there's practically nothing in the textbooks on trade unions except for why they viewed women workers as a threat
The impact of WW1 would have been ideal, but that was in last year's paper...

guys what question was in last years womens paper?