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How do you guys study for your History HL exam?
History is the subject that seems impossible to study for. There is just too much information. There aren't Oxford Study Guides for History like there is for the science courses or is there? 
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learn everything by heart including the most important essays that might come up but be sure you can answer the questions in the exam and not just produce ur memorized essay even if the question is slightly asking the same thing as what u have memorized. you should read a lot of extra material for history and learn that too. its the only way. and its not too much to learn if u start at the right time like 2 months before the exam. obviously if u study a week before it will be too much. make a study plan and follow it. a topic a week.
Memorise, PAST PAPERS!, test friends, get friends to test you
Past papers.
Some people think history is just about knowing a whole lot of stuff - not so. You really need to get your writing style in sync with what the IB wants, and that usually takes a bit of practice. I know it's onerous and boring, but writing essays will really help, and having to analyse information will make you more familiar with everything you need to know.
Some people think history is just about knowing a whole lot of stuff - not so. You really need to get your writing style in sync with what the IB wants, and that usually takes a bit of practice. I know it's onerous and boring, but writing essays will really help, and having to analyse information will make you more familiar with everything you need to know.
Past Papers!!!
(Have I mentioned that before???)
(Have I mentioned that before???)
i decided to learn only 4-5 of the themes from the year. russian revo, stalin, cold war, ww1, germany.
if u look at past papers, there is always a question on at least two of them, and normall paper one is on one of those topics. "bankers" we have been told. just learn about them. flash cards, there are some good cards my teacher got hold of, with questions and short 2 line awnsers so we can test ourselves, helps.
if u look at past papers, there is always a question on at least two of them, and normall paper one is on one of those topics. "bankers" we have been told. just learn about them. flash cards, there are some good cards my teacher got hold of, with questions and short 2 line awnsers so we can test ourselves, helps.
Try to make your topics lap. I did Cold War and Causes etc of Wars which laps with all 3 of my papers.
And do Past papers!!!
And do Past papers!!!
The most important thing is writing style. A good candidate can still get a 6 with reasonable factual knowledge but good style. If you have done nothing for 2 years concentrate on being analytical in your writing.
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The most important thing is writing style. A good candidate can still get a 6 with reasonable factual knowledge but good style. If you have done nothing for 2 years concentrate on being analytical in your writing.
...All this requires practice which requires PAST PAPERS!!!
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One of things my teacher gets excited about is the fact that there are usually trends in IB papers, they'll most likely ask you a question about certain topics, so learn them really well.
And get your writing style down pat. A lot of facts are important, but having viewed some 7/7 essays I think it's really important to be succinct and very clear in writing, with not too florid language. Simplicity.
And get your writing style down pat. A lot of facts are important, but having viewed some 7/7 essays I think it's really important to be succinct and very clear in writing, with not too florid language. Simplicity.
as others have said, looking at past papers is REALLY helpful. recognize te style of the questions, and lokk at the markschemes if available, because there you can see what sort of answrrs they demand.
when I studied for mock exam (and other history essay writings) I usually structure it up in terms of: rise to power, domestic policies, and foreign policy. those areas cover almost everything for example Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Mao and so on.
when I studied for mock exam (and other history essay writings) I usually structure it up in terms of: rise to power, domestic policies, and foreign policy. those areas cover almost everything for example Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Mao and so on.
Thanks for the replies.
Does anyone have comprehensive past papers (1,2,3) for History HL?
It's really hard to find a good comprehensive file (including most of the years) in the thread.
If you can PM me or whatever, it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again.
Does anyone have comprehensive past papers (1,2,3) for History HL?
It's really hard to find a good comprehensive file (including most of the years) in the thread.
If you can PM me or whatever, it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again.
It's hard to find in the thread, but I think you can find comprehensive collections in Nick's ftp. See this post for info how to access the ftp
My suggestion: Don't study everything! There's no way you can learn it all. Choose a reasonable number of topics, and then make review sheets for them. Also, play to your strengths - I know I'm awful at memorizing wars, so I didn't study ANYTHING about WWI, WWII, the Holocaust, or the Cold War. I think I ended up studying all of Russia (Stalin, Lenin, Russian Revolution, Alexander II, etc), Spanish Civil War, League of Nations, Italian unification, possibly 1 or 2 others.
kw10
My suggestion: Don't study everything! There's no way you can learn it all. Choose a reasonable number of topics, and then make review sheets for them. Also, play to your strengths - I know I'm awful at memorizing wars, so I didn't study ANYTHING about WWI, WWII, the Holocaust, or the Cold War. I think I ended up studying all of Russia (Stalin, Lenin, Russian Revolution, Alexander II, etc), Spanish Civil War, League of Nations, Italian unification, possibly 1 or 2 others.
Are you bloody kidding??? There's ALWAYS a question on WWI in paper 3. There is ALWAYS a question on the Cold War (even more than 1, either the causes or the end of). It will be in your best benefit if you intend to to 20th century to do those topics. IMO, anyway.
What are some tips to do better in the actual class (not exams)?
You know full well that History involves memory work.
Thats the way humanities work. Most of them, anyway.
Thats the way humanities work. Most of them, anyway.
History, especially HL just got too much content and it's impossible to revise everything. Its all about making choices (which to revise, and which question to answer). Have a look at past papers and look for types of questions, find trends and revise for just that....(e.g. if rise to power comes in most the time then just study rise to power of: stalin, hitler, mao...etc....or just study domestic/foreign policies) You don't even have to know EVERYTHING about Hitler, or Stalin. There's a really good Oxford revision guide on the Cold War and it has past papers and sample answers as well. The other guide is the document paper 1.
What I suggest, is to get the study guide (either electronic version or in paper...). The thing that study guide does is it pretty much tells all the themes under a topic, and no questions are likely to go beyond that range. Good luck
superhenri
What I suggest, is to get the study guide (either electronic version or in paper...). The thing that study guide does is it pretty much tells all the themes under a topic, and no questions are likely to go beyond that range. Good luck
Is this the OSC study guide you're talking about? cuz there's only 2 types a paper 1 document question and a cold war paper 2 one....there are other topics ppl do in history aside from these (apparently the one on single-party states is being made at the moment [ or so i've been told by OSC]). But yes, they are useful
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