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Best way to study history???

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  • 28-05-2010 9:25pm
    #1
    fufureida
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭


    I'm using flash cards, Reading my notes and my essays... Just Reading them over and over. However I for some reason don't think I'm taking anything in? I feel good after studying it but I dunno if I'm confident that I have it learnt? I can't seem to remember my essay structures at all...
    Then again I did a test on anti-semitiam and the holacaust and scored 69%... I didn't study it at all either because had forgotten about exam and was like ****!! The fact that I did this well on the exam without even studying makes me believe I'm not putting enough trust in myself???

    Anyone has paticular methods to study history??? Or am I ok tge way I am doing it?


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    zam
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭zam


    I divide each essay into paragraphs. Read the paragraph a few times. Close my eyes and try to visualise each point from that paragraph in my head. Open my eyes and see how I did. Repeat until known.
    Then do this with each paragraph. Repeat with previous paragraphs to retain them until you can visualise every point in your head.
    Repeat 2 days later.


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    Victoria.
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭Victoria.


    Wish I knew!
    Out of all my subjects I'm freaking out most for this one!
    I think its something to do with how much you need to gamble for this like in other subjects I just learn the entire course and that makes me feel secure but in this one you need to be selective and I get nervous about that like nightmare scenarios when my topics don't come up.


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    fufureida
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭fufureida


    I'm only covering 5 for DD, 4 for USA, and 4 for sov and part... So OP is actually doing quite enough for those 2 books.

    I'm only studying the most likely to come up. I'm worried about sov n part though because I'm doing Belfast during WW2, EC+broader, 1916 Rising and Cm ng... Will that be ok? And I really would love if someone had a sample answer for Cm Ng??? Something like what steps dis cosgraves goverment take to cosolidate democracy...?

    I hear the history exam is catered around getting a B... and I hear with a decent project and answering the document questions (minus the contexualisation) you have passed the exam with 40%. the is just a matter of doing the other questions to the best of your ability. So if you got 10% in the rest of the essays your sitting on a B3.

    I'm not sure how correct this is though... I must look at the marking scheme.


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    dynamot
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭dynamot


    that's not true. If you get full marks in your RSR and 60/100 in the documents(less the contextualisation) and than 10% in every other essay (as you stated) you get 38%, not a B3!


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    eoins23456
    Registered Users Posts: 603 ✭✭✭eoins23456


    i think its full marks in the project and documents then 10 percent in every essay out of the available 20 percent for each fives you the b3


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    Mwah
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭Mwah


    Do you think this is enought to cover for the USA book?

    - Advances in Technology + Moon landings
    - Religion, Mass Media and Higher Education
    - Collapse of Consensus
    - Changeing role of Women and Family
    - Vietnam

    ???
    Because thats all i know from that book, but i know it well


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    zam
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭zam


    Mwah wrote: »
    Do you think this is enought to cover for the USA book?

    - Advances in Technology + Moon landings
    - Religion, Mass Media and Higher Education
    - Collapse of Consensus
    - Changeing role of Women and Family
    - Vietnam

    ???
    Because thats all i know from that book, but i know it well

    I'd say so. Throw in racial conflict to be safe. Nice topic which would be easy enough to learn


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