Mrs.McDreamy
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Re: Russia: Some Historiography and sources for you to quote from
hey this is awesome! thanks!
hey this is awesome! thanks!
-pari- said:i thought historiography referred to historians opinions of the events....
not direct quotes from ppl of the time?
nwatts said:Ah, no.
The marker who marks your essay will have taught the elective, and will be familiar with the historians who've made comments surrounding the issues and events you've studied. And everything is double marked, so if one marker misses it, another would probably pick it up.
Also if you use fabricated historians to make wild claims, "hence Hitler was a woman" (McSmithens), you'll find yourself with a mark reflective of your research.
williamc said:cem could you shed some light on how much we should be writing for each section in order to attain high marks.
how bout if you use a famous historians name but make up the actual quote, would you possible get away with it?miss_ripcurlgir said:I would strongly discourage it, ur response would sound better with the familiar historians (eg. Taylor, Kershaw, Bullock etc) in it and would sound like u know ur work a lot better ... but thats my historical opinion anyways!
ok ignore my last post lol i just read a reply that already answered my question lolrevhead.meg said:how bout if you use a famous historians name but make up the actual quote, would you possible get away with it?
All my historiography consisted of fake historians. You should have seen my argument for the second Leni Riefenstahl question in last years paper. And yes, i did get a good mark, although i wasn't really satisfied. Hence, i still hold to the belief that HSC markers are stupid or either lazy. generalizations FTW - fuck off if you don't agree.-pari- said:uhhh if you mean completely making up historians - as is off the top of your head - dn't.
you either know them or you don't. teachers are NOT stupid - do realise that history teachers ARE historians themselves - especially hsc markers. they've know whats out there, they have a good idea of which historians exist which don't.
better to make a strong argument w/o a historian at all, than make one up and automatically disgrace yourself and your work.
but it's not a bad idea to know a few historians and their ideas and just kinda rewrite it in your own words - no need to memorise word for word...