HI! okay so I have a modern history in-class essay for this question:
“The social and economic effects of the war were less traumatic on Britain than on Germany or Russia. However, it could be argued that they were almost revolutionary in their own way”
To what extent do you agree with this view of the impact of the war on civilians in Britain, Germany and Russia?
I am not going to lie, I am just very overwhelmed with this and honestly do not know where to start. I have an idea of what I want to talk about (role of women in Germany, German bombing campaign on Britain) but do not know where to start or even how to create a thesis statement. Any help would be great!
Hey there,
So I did my HSC last year and got 94 in modern, so I'll try to help out. Just wondering, where did you get this question? It doesn't seem HSC-style. Also, what topic is this for? I did Power and Authority, Stalin, Apartheid and Arab-Israeli, so if this isn't from those topics (which I don't think it is), I can't help you with actual content. I can however, try to help you with structure. This is how I'd do it (again consider that I probably didn't do your specific topic)
(If you agree with the statement)
Paragraph 1: Social effects of war
1.1 Social effects on GBR civilians
1.2 Why Germany suffered worse social effects
1.3 Why Russia suffered worse social effects
1.4 Why the effects on GBR were revolutionary (or at least like a revolution)
N.B. 1.1 and 1.4 should be longer than 1.2 and 1.3
Paragraph 2 is the exact same but you do economic effects. If you disagree with the statement, same structure, except you talk about why the effects on Germany/Russia were less severe than GBR, and/or why the effects on GBR weren't revolutionary-like.
Lastly, it is inevitable that you feel overwhelmed at some point(s) during the HSC, even more so during this pandemic- so you're definitely not alone. Just because you feel super stressed right now doesn't mean you can't get a good mark/ATAR. In my experience, every HSC student feels like that at some point, including some of my friends who ended getting 99 ATARs. In these situations, just take a step back, calm down and try to work through the problem logically. If you can't, get help. This forum is a good place to start.
Hope that helps. Good luck with the HSC.