Idiot's Guides....... (2 Viewers)

[MissMacbeth]

Just a suggestion but has anyone tried some of the "Idiot's Guides" for Mod Hist?

There's heaps - the ones I got where:
Vietnam
World War 1
Nazi Germany

And I went from a 45% to a 75% from the trials to the actual exam (I didnt realise these books existed until I finished the trials. Can you imagine the OD of reading I had to do!!!??)
They have a lot of extra stuff you can throw in for more marks and they (for ppl who aren't familiar) get on a good learning level for you.

E.g: I was having trouble with IndoChina and the whole Diem/Ho concepts, but the Vietnam book to make it easier said something like "(after a whole heap of textbook info) Diem was an all out bad guy" I thought that was halarious that they actually wrote that in a "textbook"!!!

My school was begging me for them, so that's where they've ended up now....

Anyone tried them as well????

 

[Jennibeans]

thanks heaps for the tip

 

[MissMacbeth]

If you live in Brisbane or a major city get your ass into "Borders Bookshop" (I love that shop!!) They should have them sitting right there for you to sus out.....

 

[Loz#1]

Bit late now

But it sounds good, is it similar to an Excel book?

 

[ameh]

does anyone know what a good study guide for modern history is? dont say excel

 

[hatty]

Originally posted by amoz_lilo
does anyone know what a good study guide for modern history is? dont say excel

excel

nah im kidding. ive got no fucking idea

 

[Ziff]

I just bought the MQ one and I'm gonna look through it today. It's the only one with Conflict in the Pacific option...

 

[Loz#1]

Originally posted by amoz_lilo
does anyone know what a good study guide for modern history is? dont say excel

I had one that was called "Get Smart". It was very good.

 

[Sarah168]

Originally posted by MissMacbeth
If you live in Brisbane or a major city get your ass into "Borders Bookshop" (I love that shop!!) They should have them sitting right there for you to sus out.....

yeah borders is excellent for books and dvd's. ill definately be checking out those "idiot" guides. thanks missmacbeth!! im glad u told us this early on...

 

[MissMacbeth]

I would have put them up for sale, but the school rung my house litterally within the hour I finished my history exams and said if they could have them.....so sorry guys.

Can't think of any other good study guides - that Get smart one was good to get a general idea of what's going on, I know you don't wanna hear it, but excel (complete one not month one) was good, but it's basically identical to Get Smart...

Hmmm......I do remember giving my hist teacher a huge box of history crap.....lemme think what was in it.........
videos from The History Channel - how convenient was that! It had a Leni Riefenstahl and Adolf Hitler Bio about three months before the exams...so I had time to watch them a billion times!....
I know most of the box was full of books from the library - I think all I can say is get a heap of non biased books about each core....so you're getting different views and quotes from everywhere (and gaining more marks from it too!)

ok, now I'm on a mental block...I'll leave it there

ps> avoid the internet stuff at all costs!!! Most sites (unless official ones) are usually wrong or biased (I found one who said Hitler started the war in 1925.....)

 

[Tenille]

are those idiot's guides the yellow books or something?

 

[Sarah168]

yeah, yellow and white books with black writing...they all look the same!

 

[clerisy]

Is there an "idiot's guide' book for Anglo-Irish Relations???

If not, is there ANY study guide which does Anglo-Irish Relations???

 

[Sarah168]

i think thats a little too specific for an "idiot's guide" but hmm maybe im wrong...

 

[Tenille]

THERE ARE NO HISTORY ONES IN WOLLONGONG!!

 

[Josie]

There are no history WHAT in Wollongong? Study guides, or Idiots guide history ones.....

 

[Tenille]

all of the above pretty much we have nothing when you think about it *sigh*

 

[MissMacbeth]

just order them thru borders/dymocks etc....or go for a trip to your nearest capital/ borders bookshops.....

I had to order the vietnam one...( I did see it, but did't think to get it at the time until it was too late and I had to order...)

 

[1985guy]

so r they just called hsc idiot guides? How much do they cost?

 

[Sarah168]

hmmm...about the cost of a regular textbook i think...about 30 to 50 maybe?