Edexcel History Unit 2 6H102 20/05/15

Hey man, how did you find the Womens suffrage questions overall? Haha yeah the punch source was nice but I tried to see if there was a more complex message behind it.....some of the phrases were quite weird but I guess thats just because its a satirical magazine, I kind of assumed they were saying womens work improved during the war since they are pro-suffrage.

Did you do the b question on the property acts?

That's impressive! I struggle to write that fast and by the end my handwriting is virtually unreadable! I only did around 2 for part A, spent too much time on B and left myself with 10 mins for A

You did part B first? Interesting strategy. I did kinda waffle for the part B about Gandhi, I wrote a lot about his impact on the Indian masses, felt a bit like I was writing a biography at times; quality > quantity.

thank god!!!

omg i had like half a page agreeing with the question
i put how the war cost 200 million pound, supported fact that 800 million national debt
said how the conservatives who won a landslide victory in khaki election (own knowledge haha) had to pay the debt off, meant that even if they wanted to they couldn't implement social change (****)
also said that i knew that taxes did increase throughout the war

then like 4 pages for agruing w question
put how source 5 mentioned the 'unhealthy' state of recruits, mentioned how 37% were rejected from army
then mentioned how it led to the medical inspections act 1907 (written about in source 6)
then mentioned the school meals act providing 150,000 meals
then mentioned the National Insurance act of 1911 that showed that even tho they had such a huge national debt, it didn't stop the govt from social change
then mentioned how in early 1900s old age pensions act was passed contrary to the view in source 4

conclusion
obvs boer war encouraged social reform

what did you write? felt i was repeating myself over and over haha

I forgot to talk about the bevridge report! For the first Attlee question
Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


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You did part B first? Interesting strategy. I did kinda waffle for the part B about Gandhi, I wrote a lot about his impact on the Indian masses, felt a bit like I was writing a biography at times; quality > quantity.

Guys what did you talk about for the Attlee 40 mark?
In terms of own knowledge I talked about Gestapo Speech , Appeasement , Land Fit for Heroes , Jarrow Crusade March and Beveridge Plan. Is this enough? :/

Haven't even touched Attlee or Thatcher, guess I better get a move on

Guys what did you talk about for the Attlee 40 mark?
In terms of own knowledge I talked about Gestapo Speech , Appeasement , Land Fit for Heroes , Jarrow Crusade March and Beveridge Plan. Is this enough? :/

I also did Gandhi.

Wrote only intro 4 main p's and conclusion.

Struggled to find more points within the time-range of 19-30.

Yeah felt as if it was easier to get marks quickly in part A! Yeah I wrote about how his strategies increased membership to congress and therefore made them more powerful! Did you mention anything about Ghandi's devotion to his methods limiting their effectiveness?

I hope you did, both 40 markers on them...

Alright mate! The B question sources were extremely generous, the A question had a lot of evidence and pieces of information we could have used, i think Edexcel were very generous this time. I agree, I came to the same conclusion as you with the Punch source: Not entirely useful as it's likely they would express such views of approval due to supporting women's cause.

I did 2 B ii - I thought it was easier and I remembered all the information required in terms of female involvement in public life. How'd you find it? For the 2 b ii question the sources practically gave the answers for the own knowledge bit! Lol

On my counter for the A question I did use the quote from the Punch source - It said "Mr. Punch did and was still teasing women about their odd ways" (Something like that). I suggested that despite being important and despite their status improving women were essentially held back and their progress was limited due to ingrained notions that existed in an entirely male dominated patriarchal society as such activity within the field of work was not apparent nor usual!

Did half of each, focused more on Attlee so did that in the exam. Thankgod I did at least something otherwise I would have been screwed

Yeah that would have been tragic, luckily for me I only revised Thatcher so I was happy

Retaking? Oh god, lets hope it's not as bad as we hope! Maybe low grade boundaries? Because it seems like alot of people have found the paper difficult across the different topics.

Timing went horribly, I knew nothing so I ended up sitting for 10 minutes not writing trying to remember, then having to rush

I did Attlee. I was praying Attlee or Thatcher didn't come up and they both did, I must have jinxed it. I only learnt half of Attlee this morning as well You? What did you think about the Alec Douglas-Home question?x