emo_chick
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Yes! When the HSC is over..we will look back and laugh at ourselves going insane!a8o said:Good to know we're all having trouble with this. That's the major value of this thread
Yes! When the HSC is over..we will look back and laugh at ourselves going insane!a8o said:Good to know we're all having trouble with this. That's the major value of this thread
hey...im thinking of going back to hiroshima as my topic. right now its all i can really think of that i find interesting..i wont do the dot point on the modern history syllabus..although i wanted to soooo bad!shelley said:TRy not to stress so badly guys, the simple fact is if you just find an AREA of history your interested in and do some general reading your likely to find some debates. Failing that PM me or grab me on MSN and if you tell me your general area of interest ill do my best to think up (or ask my old extension history teacher whose a family friend) a debate/s you can focus on
Mainly stay calm i did most of my research in 2 days and i wrote my first draft the week befor eit was due. Dont stress its not as hard as it seems once u know what your reading/ researching and an just get into a groove.
I also did most of my research at fisher but uni libraies are more helpful when you have a focus, while state libraries help with a general idea
Be very wary of websites, even some of the more reputable one have some exceedingly dodgy translations and information on them. Id avise against unsing them and i can assure youonce your at uni theyll say the same things!
Meanwhile enjoy your holidays, youll be surprised how many idea occur when your not trying to force them. I had some really good ideas after i finshed my hsc which was annoying!
Can't wait!emo_chick said:Yes! When the HSC is over..we will look back and laugh at ourselves going insane!
Same here. I'm not good at recording crap cause I never know what to put in. But my teacher wrote this comment in my process log after checking it..a8o said:Can't wait!
I'm not insane per se, but I'm reading a lot and finding the thing that's bothering me the most is the logbook/journal. I've never been good at these sorts of things and I'm findiing it espescially hard to decide what to put in and what not to put in. So, I'm here to see if anybody has any tips for me.
veridis said:i'm just putting in half page analysis of them. so like perspective, reliability, bias, usefulness. all that. mainly to show that i am actualy reading them and doing work not just bludging off
I quoted you both because you seem to be saying something similar which is helpful in itself because there's double confirmation I'm doing something sort of right finally. We don't start the course until next term, but at the end of last year we were called together, given and information booklet and left to our own devices over the holidays. I wouldn't have minded asked a few questions and being a little further along than I am now, but it should be fine.emo_chick said:Same here. I'm not good at recording crap cause I never know what to put in. But my teacher wrote this comment in my process log after checking it..
In terms of discussing a text/source's usefulness remember to include some detail-what does it discuss?..will you use it?-why/why not?
I'm not sure if that will help you though
When in doubt, check the syllabus :uhhuh:a8o said:I't just sort of "So i got these books out of the library and read them. " Should I be adding in certain money paragraphs - stuff I seriously intend to quote?
lol ok well simple u need a debate and you concemtrate on how and why historians hypothesis vary in that debate...(such glib advice sorry)Libbster said:I'm doing Stalingrad but I don't know what to actually "do" ie what to actually focus on. plus my proposal is due on the first day back at school. Argh!
Roosevelt was not a communist It was Washington's fault, not Hawaii, but there is a lot more evidence that it was simply an operational failure than a conspiracy. If you're going to do that topic, I'd strongly suggest you ensure you use reputable historiographical sources, rather than conspiracy theorists (eg. Mark Willey) who are generally less reliable.Korobushka said:I'm doing FDR and how he knew about Pearl Harbour; how he 'wanted' it to happen. I'm also asking questions in regard to Churchill and Stalin, though after reading an essay today I have a feeling i'm going to be shifting to FDR and his traitorship to the American people in regard to being a communist.
the french revolution idea sounds pretty interesting and the hiroshima one too. I'll definitely keep the Hiroshima one in mind and as for the french revolution idea i think i might look into it and hopefully be able to start my proposal soon. do you think i can look at just some of the info you have for the french revolution one and see if i really am interested in it so i can do further reserach.shelley said:Popular culture...u look look at the changing ideas of popular culture vs elitist culture....but ud prob have issues with teh debate side
if u want something that encompasses popular culture you could loook at the french revolution, and its motivating factors, ive done a uni course (thus have a heap of info i can send your way) that looks at how teh different approaches to history coause controvesy in isolating what kind of revolution it was!
give us a buz if interested, off the top of my head its about all i can think of
if you still want hiroshima i was thinking you could look at context of historians and how that changes the portrayal of histpry...like get texts by authors from different countries and anylse how there recordings of the bombings differ and such
There was a documentary on ABC last night about Marie Antoinette, and it was saying how she really wasn't as bad a person as history/people remember her. The main reason she is remembered as a bad person is because the French hated her - they all thought she was a dirty Austrian spy, they really hated her, it's kind of sad the poor girl.emo_chick said:the french revolution idea sounds pretty interesting and the hiroshima one too. I'll definitely keep the Hiroshima one in mind and as for the french revolution idea i think i might look into it and hopefully be able to start my proposal soon. do you think i can look at just some of the info you have for the french revolution one and see if i really am interested in it so i can do further reserach.
THNK YOU SO MUCH