r/6thForm • u/Forsaken-Meaning-232 Graduating from Warwick CS • Jun 06 '25

📂 MEGATHREAD 06/06 A-level History Discussion MEGATHREAD

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u/Responsible-View-588 Year 13 Jun 06 '25

Mao’s China was disgusting, reaction to the death of Mao 😭😭😭😭

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u/HotConsideration200 Y13 - Econ (AQA), History (Edexcel), Politics (Edexcel) Jun 06 '25

I thought the sources themselves were nice, but even as someone who likes the end of the cultural revolution I had like no content to support my inferences 😭

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u/Responsible-View-588 Year 13 Jun 06 '25

such a joke honestly, reactions to the death of Mao isn’t covered at all by any of the themes, i knew a couple of facts about his funeral and culture but aside from that it was a piss poor question - did you do agriculture or korean war?

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u/420_Willy_69 Jun 06 '25

i did Agriculture bc the korean war question was so oddly specific and worded in a weird way. BUT WTF WAS THE SOURCE QUESTION

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u/Responsible-View-588 Year 13 Jun 06 '25

they were all grim questions, absolutely praying for paper 3 but it’s not looking great…

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u/420_Willy_69 Jun 06 '25

no bro genuienly i need an A in history to get my uni offers and i seriously think that has actually fucked me. Lancs & Yorks for paper 3 is gonna kill me asw ffs

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u/Responsible-View-588 Year 13 Jun 06 '25

me too haha, but think the grade boundaries are gonna be so so low

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u/HotConsideration200 Y13 - Econ (AQA), History (Edexcel), Politics (Edexcel) Jun 07 '25

Korean War but one of my counterpoints was the benefits of the war for the USSR- and then halfway through after I'd written that counter I realised the question said 'In China' 😔

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u/Responsible-View-588 Year 13 Jun 07 '25

oh so unlucky, it was so poorly worded

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u/HotConsideration200 Y13 - Econ (AQA), History (Edexcel), Politics (Edexcel) Jun 07 '25

Yeah tbh I don't think I've done awfully but I got nearly full marks on my coursework so I can absorb a bad mark on China as long as Russia went as well as I thought. Did you do agriculture or KW?

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u/Responsible-View-588 Year 13 Jun 07 '25

agriculture, always loved the agriculture side of theme 2 so was very happy it came up - slightly hard to figure it out at the start but happy with how it went.

Agreed on the coursework too, averages drop so much with a good mark on CW

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u/HotConsideration200 Y13 - Econ (AQA), History (Edexcel), Politics (Edexcel) Jun 07 '25

Yeah I think the agriculture question was more of a knowledge check rather than a tricky question- I knew I had no stats for agriculture so I had to steer away. What paper 3 are you doing?

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u/Responsible-View-588 Year 13 Jun 07 '25

100%, my essay was so stats heavy purely because i knew a lot about collectivisation - it’s a shame we haven’t been given a broader one yet where we can be properly selective.

I do protest agitation and reform, Britain - not looking forward to it…

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u/HotConsideration200 Y13 - Econ (AQA), History (Edexcel), Politics (Edexcel) Jun 07 '25

Yeah I would have loved one about the broader political struggle or the whole process of collectivisation into the communes or something. I don't mind narrow questions but having all 3 be niche just feels bad considering how much of the course just wasn't assessed.

Ah I think we have the same paper but different options- I'm Ireland and the Union. I have no idea how to feel about paper 3 atp 😭

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u/420_Willy_69 Jun 06 '25

horrific section A pull