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Qualifying Exam Feedback

Qualifying Exam Feedback. July 2012. Grade Thresholds. Memory booster anyone?. Want an A??? – Eat Almonds. Medal. 1. Able to sit 3 hours. Medal. 2. Sketch a plan. Medal. 3. Attempt all 4 questions . Medal. 4 . Choosing the right questions; Not Q.3 & Q.4. Medal. 5 . Factual answers.

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Qualifying Exam Feedback

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  1. Qualifying Exam Feedback July 2012

  2. Grade Thresholds

  3. Memory booster anyone?

  4. Want an A??? – Eat Almonds

  5. Medal 1. Able to sit 3 hours

  6. Medal 2. Sketch a plan

  7. Medal 3. Attempt all 4 questions

  8. Medal 4. Choosing the right questions; Not Q.3 & Q.4

  9. Medal 5. Factual answers

  10. Mission More analysis 1. Essay: 3 body paragraphs

  11. Mission 2. Essay planning proforma

  12. Mission 3. Mind-map style essay plan

  13. Mission 4. Revision: Pair/Group

  14. Mission 5. Study skills

  15. SBQ: ‘No country engaged in a war of aggression.’May/June 2010

  16. Introduction Make a case – challenge & blame Germany? Although World War 1 was caused by a complicated chain of events and pro nationalist alliances that led to the fighting, the actual root causes are however, to be found in Germany, the only dangerous threat to the fragile harmony in Europe.

  17. Body Evidence for the claim that “Germany was engaged in a war of aggression”

  18. Body Source B shows that Germany policy was aggressive and that it urged Austria to be equally aggressive.

  19. Body Source C corroborates Source B on the view of Germany favouring an active policy by Austria that risks war.

  20. Body The descriptions in Sources B and C can also be supported by other knowledge.

  21. Body The Schlieffen Plan was based on Germany taking action first in the West before embarking on a war against Russia.

  22. Body Both Source B and Source C are reliable in describing the views in them of William II and other major German politicians.

  23. Body Other evidence links “Germany aggression to the allies”.

  24. Body Source A, Belgian diplomatic report indicates French policy was aggressive in 1914 and “the greatest threat to peace”

  25. Body The diplomatic report seems objectivewritten by a non-Frenchman but it ignores other threatsof German militarism possibly as means to achieve the aims of Mitteleuropa.

  26. Body Source D claims Germany feels endangered by Russian mobilisation.

  27. Body Despite the source can be seen as reliable extract, official statements are not objective, especially in times of crisis.

  28. Body Official Statement of Germany implies Russian mobilisation as a perfect excuse of ‘preventative war’ by Germany.

  29. Body Germany was obsessed with imbalance of power in Europe and this led to Germany to fight a war sooner rather than later. Fritz Fischer’s argument on Germany war aims & War Council meeting 1912.

  30. Body Evidence for the claim that “no country engaged in a war of aggression”

  31. Body Source A indicates that there were anti-war elements in France. Other knowledge confirms France justification on its policies as revenge.

  32. Body Source C claims Germany does not want war but self-interest means Austria must be supported which confirmed in Source B on the firm alliances between Germany and Austria.

  33. Body British history text sees the war as caused by miscalculation and each country defended its vital interests. In fact it offers useful hindsight to the event before 1914.

  34. Time lag issue on British history text? 1960s signifies the advantage of prewar documents Author could have been present on the course of event Author could have justify British involvement

  35. Conclusion Although there is evidence in the sources both to challenge and support the claim that no country engaged in a war of aggression, the more convincing case is Germany engaged in war of aggression.

  36. Conclusion Source B and C are strong evidence for Germany’s willingness to go to war although it had no direct interests in the Balkans.

  37. Conclusion Even though Source D claims Russian mobilisation as a threat to Germany, it dismisses the fact that premeditated war of aggression was inevitable.

  38. Assessment 3 H/W: Assess the strengths and weaknesses of Nicholas II’s regime at the outbreak of 1914. How far had Lenin achieved his aims by the time of his death in 1924? How far did Stalin to 1939 continue the policies of Lenin?

  39. Assessment 3 The emergence of stalin Collectivisation Liquidisation of kulaks Stalin’s Terror Fritz Fischer

  40. Deadline TUESDAY 14 AUGUST 2012 12.00PM Email: shahrin.said@mspsbs.moe.edu.bn

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