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erin grace studies

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eighteen / uk / infj / history student
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natalie-ayoub

17.06.2018 Long time no post! Today I’ve been working on some math revision flashcards and some more physics notes.

🎵 The xx- loud places

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satisfiedstudies
  • 31st January 2019

My first history notes on Russia and my first essay and I did both in one night so I’m proud!

Can’t believe January is almost gone, it’s been an alright month really! :)

How’s your January?

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urjareads

I’m making summary flashcards on the GDR for history; just trying to start the Christmas holiday off as productive as possible!

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astvdent-blog

NOV 17, 2016 // I decided to revise my history notes over sem break and they ended up looking really nice + it’s my first post yay ! 

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booknerdstudies

April 4, 2019 ✍🏼

I started the second half of my last semester in high school! I’ll admit that I’m a little nervous and unprepared for college but I’m hoping things fall into place in the next month before graduation 🎓

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studyquill

new video up, link in bio! it’s about the stationery I use for my note and bullet journal. what was your fav item in the video? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ posted on Instagram - http://bit.ly/2TxMcx2

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studytriumph

[5/100], 

I did some argumentative essay prep while drinking thai ice milk tea ☕️ and watching Friends 😋 The book that I’m using, a compilation of essay examples, helps me to take note of various essay topics and recognize the points that can be written. 

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studyquill

history is a subject i adore and over the years i’ve been studying it, i’ve picked up some great skills! here are my five top tips for aspiring historians out there, whether you know you’re one yet or not ;)

1. read!

no matter what you’re into, someone in history will be #relatable. want to study a gay king who kissed his gold-digging boyfriend in public? james i is right here! what about a prince who wore dresses to court? well, have you heard of philippe d'orléans? maybe you want to learn about the noblewoman who inspired dracula and bathed in the blood of local ladies! elizabeth báthory’s your girl. whatever you’re interested in, there’s someone out there who’s written about it - and learning about your course beyond the syllabus will improve your understanding as well as your writing skills! if you’re struggling to find a way to make a particular period interesting, just message a historian - i’m more of a social historian, but i’m always happy to talk about any aspect of history, and i’m sure others on tumblr feel the same!

check out:

  • academia.edu - papers about pretty much anything you could want to read, ranging from very accessible to heavy academic language
  • google books - a great starting point for literally anything, you can search “gay women 14th century” and you’ll find the historical lesbians you’ve always wanted
  • jstor - great for academic texts, but you can only read three per fortnight unless you sign up with a bunch of spam emails

2. take it outside the classroom!

history is all well and good in theory, but visiting historically significant locations can change your understanding completely. whether it’s a local graveyard to trace the stories of those before you or a medieval castle, visualising the lives of people you study makes the subject far more engaging (and easier to remember in the long run)!

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3. make a timeline!

again, visualising history makes it so much easier to remember. whenever i start a new module of history, i make timelines by buying a huge roll of the cheapest wrapping paper i can find and taping it up onto my wall, patterned side down. i’ll make a really rough timeline of key events (e.g. my tudors timeline started with the accession of different monarchs, deaths of important people, where henry viii’s fancy led to) with big markers and then as we go through the course, i’ll add more detailed information in different colours! then, when i’m revising, i’ll tape another piece of wrapping paper over it and try and reconstruct it from memory. some people in my class use flashcards instead, with one for each year - do whatever works for you!

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4. make profiles of key figures!

when i was studying the american west, i found it really hard to keep track of all the generals because a) i’m about as far from a military historian as you can get and b) i hated them all. so to try and remember them, i made them into characters - some of them i doodled, some i made on the sims, some my history class acted out together. it’s a great way of forcing yourself to both research individual figures and remember little details about them - i’m a bit of a perfectionist, so looking up tiny facts about each rank to make The Perfect Sim really helped them stick in my head!

5. make your own history!

at the end of the day, it’s you that has to remember these facts for an exam. why not make a game out of it? reenact a key argument with a friend, read out preserved letters dramatically to yourself, watch historical dramas involving the figures you’re studying. if you can get yourself to remember things outside of a textbook, you’re halfway there!

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i hope you can find these useful! if you have any questions or just want to talk history, feel free to message me :)

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almostreading

Done with the first two weeks of university and it has been great even though I already have a million things I need to do

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milkliners-blog

10.4.16 

Personal tactics for studying history:

1. Flashcards of timelines, with colour to illustrate changes in government/control/presidents etc. 

In my first photo, I was documenting the progress of Soviet control after World War two during the Cold War. Key: red - under communist control | blue - communist party in coalition | purple - biggest single party | brown - communist prime minister/president elected | yellow - non-communist government

2. Practice questions

As I go through my notes, I write a list of questions which are induced from each section of my notes, no matter how short the answer is. Some examples include: 
- What are the effects/consequences of_____? - What was post-war ____ like? - Successes and failures of ____? - What happened during years ______? - What did ____ say about ____?
And I would add numbers in brackets as the number of points I should include

Hope this helped anyone studying history! And good luck for exam season!!

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universtudy

Tips for Studying History!

I don’t see a lot of posts about how to effectively study for history classes, so I’m going to give it a shot! Warning: long post coming up!

  • Practice identifying the significance of something. The entire point of history is to learn the significance of different events and people. I guarantee that at some point you will be asked to state the significance, which is where this comes in handy. Also, knowing how to do this will vastly improve your essays.
  • Use timelines. Even if your teacher doesn’t make it mandatory to know dates, you should understand the order that major events happen. I will either write out a timeline or order my cue cards in the order they belong in after studying. Also, if your teacher does mark dates, you can at least be sure you know the decade it happened in even if you don’t know the full year.
  • Write extremely thorough notes. In some classes, like math, if you get something really well, you can kind of relax on the depth of your notes. I do not recommend this in history! Write down everything that seems important: names, dates, symbols, fun facts. The more you know, the easier it is to get full marks on a test without bullshitting.
  • Don’t rely on crash courses or internet research while studying. Your teacher taught you what they want you to know. While watching a crash course video might  be a good way to start preparing for a course while on summer vacation, it is not an effective way to study for a test. The information in the video is not what you were taught in class, so it won’t be that helpful. Internet research is the same – you can easily find dates and locations, but the specific information taught in class can only be found in your personal notes.
  • Talk to people in the class. Some things in history are open to interpretation. A good way to get lots of opinions and viewpoints on a certain subject is to hold a study group and discuss the material. You guys can also help each other remember small details from the notes. Certain things will just stick in your brain while others won’t, so reviewing the notes with other students is a really good way to make sure you aren’t missing anything.
  • Write essay outlines. In a history class, you will probably be writing a lot of essays. So many of my friends have massive problems with history essays because they don’t organize them prior to writing. If you just start talking about an event and don’t know where to go next, you’re going to have a total trainwreck. Organize your thoughts!! Plan what you are going to write!! It doesn’t take that long and it will save your life every time you write an essay.
  • Read “Politics and the English Langauge” by George Orwell.
  • Learn how to write footnotes manually. Writing footnotes and formatting your paper yourself isn’t that hard to do. It will help you out a lot when Word isn’t working or something goes wrong with the formatting feature.
  • Be an expert during presentations. If you are doing a presentation, be an absolute expert in the topic. Try not to read from any notes and be sure that you can answer any questions the class or teacher might have. Presentations are a good way to boost your mark, so try and be super knowledgeable and impress your teacher.
  • Learn how to write a thesis. If you’re writing an essay, your thesis should be clear. In high school, you can usually figure out what your thesis should be by figuring out what the main question you’re trying to answer is, then answering it. Make sure that your answer is focusing on just one viewpoint, not somewhere in the middle. And, ask a teacher or friend to look at your thesis before you start writing!

This is all I can think of for the time being, but I might add more later. Or message me if you have other ideas you think I should add to my list!

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