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Answers to your frequently asked HSC Ancient History exam questions.

You do not have to have a multitude of sources in each paragraph; using one or two sources well will go much further than just writing a list. Balance the use of sources with your own knowledge.

A source can be an artefact or text from the physical past, or present-day research or historians.

If you are aiming for a Band 6, you should be integrating evidence, including sources from the ancient past, to support your response. Look at the Marking Guidelines from past HSC exam papers on the NESA website.  

How do you use "Because/But/So" when using text from historians as a source? In this example. I'm using a quote from Mary Beard from an article regarding the conservation of the Pompeii, published in The Telegraph, 2016 . “Arguing it is more important the ancient world engages the imagination of tourists, keeping them interested in history, she said: “The world isn’t going to stop if Pompeii loses a house. ”   

You do not gain marks for using historians’ quotes verbatim but you can gain marks for integrating interpretation and evidence into your response. You do not “lose” marks for mixing up historians, but you won’t gain marks, either. Historians’ ideas can be useful to show changing perspectives, but NESA and the marker want to hear your voice, not the historian’s. 

If you are presented with a source you have not come across before, look for clues that might help you, either in the caption, or in the source itself. What details can you see that you can connect to your own knowledge. For example, if you are given an image of a feature found in a house in Herculaneum, ask yourself “What does this look like? What is it made from? What features do you notice? What does all of this tell me?”

Almost anything can be used as evidence to support your claims, but it must be relevant to the question. You can use: graffiti, maps, everyday objects, buildings, written sources, wall paintings, statues, coins, anything – as long as it relates to the point you are making.  

The more specific detail you have, the better, but make sure there is a balance. Instead of saying “wall painting from Pompeii” try to give a specific example; find a house (which is a really rich source for a number of content points, e.g. social status, the economy, politics, Greek and Egyptian influences) in Pompeii and/or Herculaneum that you can adopt. This will give you the opportunity to use this in a range of questions. This website ( Pompeii in Pictures ) is a great website to find some specific examples. 

One way to use historians is the idea of “springboards” and “punching bags”. Use a historian’s idea to launch your own argument (springboard), or take it down with your own argument (punching bag). This shows you integrating their ideas into yours, which is much more powerful than just a quote. 

For an extended response of 25 marks, you are expected to write between 800 – 1000 words that answer the question. For 15 marks, you are expected to write up to about 600 words and so on. For a “mini essay”, you should aim to write a brief introduction (around 3 sentences), 3 body paragraphs and a brief conclusion.

In Ancient, it is perfectly acceptable to state that the sources are limited, and thus we do not know for certain all aspects of a given topic, but you should also state what we DO know.

To create a thesis, you do need some narrative, as this will provide the detail of your argument. However, to avoid lapsing into story telling, think thematically about your essay. See below for an outline of possible themes to categorise your information

It is important to use paragraphs for questions 5 marks and above, as this shows the marker you know how to structure your writing and make it more cohesive. For answers under 5 marks, you do not have to write a structured paragraph.

Re the core study, you will not be expected to know every new discovery that has taken place at Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Stay focused on the question; often students latch on to one part of the question and not the whole question, so their answer is not completely relevant. If you are given a source, you must use it, but then use it as a launch pad into your own knowledge.

There is a lot of information, but don’t be overwhelmed. The BEST way to remember information is to talk about it: talk to friends and family about your topics, and record yourself while you do so to listen to afterwards. Sometimes when you’re talking you come up with some nuggets of gold that you can use in your essays.  

Use tools like Kahoot to quiz yourself on your knowledge

Mindmaps are also great for boiling down content to its most basic form and they are very visual. Use images to help you remember information.

Take your revision a bit at a time. You don’t have to write 45 minute essays everyday. Write an essay plan. Write an introduction. Re-write a body paragraph from this year, taking on board the feedback from your teacher. Write a 5 mark response, 7 mark response, 10 mark response. A little bit every day builds your muscles.  

View, listen, read. Watch documentaries (and argue with them while you’re watching) or even movies (but make sure you read the reviews to see if it’s a good one). They will help give you a holistic understanding of the topic. Listen to podcasts – there are some great podcasts from BBC, HTANSW, and more, so listen to these as you go for walks each day, and hear how the presenters discuss the past, particularly how they argue historians’ views. Read – not just your textbook, but look for articles online, through the State Library or School Library.

Use the reading time to read. One of the biggest criticisms markers have is that students answer the question they want, rather than the one they’ve been given. READ the questions carefully. Once done, read through the Source Booklet very carefully, making note of the captions.  

Keep to time in the exam – do not spend more than 45 minutes on any section. When you are allowed to write, you should write your start times for each section on the front of the paper to keep you on track

Particularly, do not spend more time on short responses than you need to – they will steal time from your essays

Write a plan for your extended responses. When you have crossing out, asterisks, lines going everywhere – that is an essay in crisis and will undermine the cohesiveness of your answer. Taking 2 minutes to mind map a response will build a much more structured essay.

Try to take a thematic approach (see ESPRM above) to help you plan your thesis. In writing the first line of your essay, if you are stuck it is absolutely fine to re-write the question into a statement with a value judgement. For example, if the question was “Evaluate the impact of Hyksos on the development of the New Kingdom”, a response might start with “The Hyksos had a significant impact on the development politically, socially and militarily.”

Do not try and mash questions or change your mind halfway through. Choose a question and stick to it. There are no easy questions, just ones you are better prepared for.

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• Make sure you keep track of time. The last thing you need is to be running out of time in the exam. Follow the time guide on the front of the exam booklet and you should be set.
• Don’t stay too long answering the multiple-choice questions. Use the required time and that is it. The majority of your marks will come from your long responses/25 markers.
• Make sure you pick the right options in Sections 2, 3 and 4. The last thing you want to be doing in the exam is writing about Egyptian religious practices when answering a question on religion in Sparta.
• When picking the essay question, pick the option that will best allow you to show your analysis of sources and historiographical issues.
• Don’t be afraid to ask for more booklets! Write as much as you can, but in saying that, be concise and straight to the point.
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Hey Stephanie I just have two questions about how you approached the Ancient exam. 1. How much should you write for the extended response in section II? I know it all depends upon how much someone could write in a given time, but would you say that on average we should be writing more/less/the same for the extended response in section II than we might do in Part A of Section III? I'm trying to do practice responses for Sparta, but I feel like I am just writing way too much (approx. 800 words). 2. Is there a certain order you would recommend the paper be completed in? ie. start with he essay/mulitiple choice, etc. Thank you! 

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Hi Stephanie, Love your advice, made me feel a bit less stressed about the upcoming trial The thing I really struggle with in ancient is remembering sources (authors name, date + place found), especially in exam situations -during which as my teacher has pointed out to me, I have trouble organising my thoughts. Did you have any particular method of remembering sources?? (I think i find the historiography part easier bc. its more interesting)

Hey Stephanie I was wondering on how you would try to learn and understand the content for ancient history?

thanks so much for the advice I'm just a bit overwhelmed bc i have both my chemistry and ancient history trials on the same day and I'm struggling to know both the content.

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So I've written my study notes, but my trials are in like, a week, and I don't know how to get all 40 pages of them in my head! Thoughts/advice??

Hey! You might want to give this article a read, it has 18 ways you can use to try and get those notes into your head!!  Jake did Modern History, and his favourite technique was worksheets! Check out this article as well !

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Writing Band Six Essays-Intelligent Introductions

The first thing the marker reads is your introduction, and thus a solid introduction can engage the marker and make them actually want to read your essay. The other advantage of a decent introduction is that if for some reason you don’t get to finish your essay, the marker will at least know what you intended to talk about, and can give you some credit for being on the right track. It will definitely improve your mark overall if you can indicate that you know what you are talking about and what you would say if you had time in your introduction. This is not to say you should waste your time writing a perfect page long introduction, but rather that the introduction is important so don’t spoil your chances of getting a good mark by not introducing your essay properly!

A good introduction will always:

a) Start with a thesis that DIRECTLY RESPONDS TO THE QUESTION. You have 40 minutes to write an essay so there is no time to start with philosophical musings about the topic or write random things you happen to remember about the module you are writing about.

What is a thesis?

A thesis is just a fancy word for an argument or overall point of view. Your opening thesis statement basically needs to state an argument that you will develop and provide evidence for throughout your essay. There is no need for this to be complex, but better essays generally will have a thesis that responds to the question without using the exact wording of the question. For example:

“Curiosity is essential to finding a true sense of discovery” Discuss

An A-grade thesis would be something that indicates your personal response to the question. Remember that you do not have to agree with the statement, you can disagree or you can be really tricky and agree and disagree with the question. Better essays are always those that can argue and counter argue.

Sample thesis:

The complex nature of the concept of discovery means that a true sense of discovery can be found in different circumstances for different people, however, many individuals find that they discover the most when they trust in their curiosity.

This is a good thesis because it

• Shows you know something about the concept of discovery
• Refers to the question without using all the exact words
• Is broad enough to allow you to develop good arguments, and then counterarguments
• Uses definitive words such as “means” and “find” instead of using words such as may. This makes it sound argumentative, which is a good thing as the purpose of an essay is to argue.

However, writing a thesis such as the one above will not come naturally to a lot of students. For these students who find it difficult to develop thesis statements, the best route is to take words out of the question. This will show the marker that you have understood the question and know what you need to write about in order to answer this question.

In order to discover, people need to seek out ideas as well as develop relationships with other people and places.

This is also a good thesis because:

• It is a direct response to the question
• It is broad enough to allow you to develop an argument
• It demonstrates that you have understood the question-the word “essential” basically means something that you need or must have.

When writing a thesis, remember that it has to be an argument, but also that you must be able to support this argument with evidence in your body paragraphs. There is no formula for writing a perfect thesis as every question is different, but if you keep in mind the above points and practice, writing theses will hopefully become a lot easier!

b)         A good introduction will have at least one sentence that expands on the thesis.

This will help you to show you know what you will be talking about in the essay and hopefully make the point you are trying to prove by writing this essay a little clearer to the marker.

c)          Name the texts and composers that will be referred to throughout the essay

Names of texts should be Underlined. How exactly you name the texts and authors really depends on the module, so see the specific post for each of these!

d)         Outline the points you will be making in the essay

To fulfill its purpose, the introduction must give a proper overview of the arguments you will be making. There is no need for excessive detail here, just state the general arguments you will be making in one long or two short sentences if necessary. See the sample introduction and each module’s essay writing blog post for further guidance on how to outline arguments in the introduction.

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Free Ancient History Essay Examples & Topics

An ancient history essay is a type of assignment that requires students to analyze events, historical figures, and past societies. Based on this research, you will make a claim that should be supported with proof and historical evidence.

That is why our experts prepared a list of tips and advice on how to succeed in writing your following paper in ancient history. At the end of the article, you will also be able to find free samples. Besides, here you’ll have access to ancient history topics that can be useful for practicing or coming up with your ideas.

Any ancient history essay should be based on factual proof and solid arguments regardless of the period it focuses on. A legitimate question might arise: where do I get the evidence? For that, you need to understand where to find information. For most of your papers, the use of primary and secondary sources is a requirement.

Let’s figure out the difference between the two:

• Primary Sources are immediate first-hand accounts of a topic. Usually, people directly related to events write them. Primary sources include documents, laws, speeches, photographs, newspapers, and many more.
• Secondary Sources are sources that quote primary sources. These resources focus on historical events as well. However, they add a level of interpretation and analysis. Secondary sources can include books, research papers, scholarly articles, documentaries.

A student who strives to produce a well-written ancient times essay should conduct historical analysis. However, what is it? It is a method of examining the evidence to understand the past.

While the past consists of all the events that happened, history is what we know about these events. We have to carefully examine who wrote the text or took the picture to avoid the “authority trap” confusion. One of the ways to do it is by applying the five “w”s:

History is not a straight line with only one perspective and one answer. Therefore, a good historian is not looking for the truth. They are looking at the forces that shaped history as we know it. Examining a wide range of sources will allow you to write a profound essay.

For a student to deliver a logical paper with solid argumentation, the research has to follow a specific structure:

• First, you need to draft your thesis statement. Remember that it might change as you learn more and more about the topic. If you’re unsure about your wording, you can use our thesis generator .
• Then, you should look once again at your sources to decide which are relevant for your paper. For that, you can annotate them and write a short paragraph that summarizes the main idea of the source. When you come back to them later on, it will be less confusing.
• In the end, provide your arguments with supporting evidence from the sources. Make sure the order in which you list them is logical.

Outlining your ancient history essay is the critical way to keep it clear and straight to the point. The elements that you should include are as follows:

• The research question from the prompt or developed by you.
• Your thesis statement.
• The main idea of the paragraphs.
• The evidence that you will use in every paragraph.

16 Ancient History Essay Topics

To simplify your work, we’ve gathered a list of ancient history topics to write about. Here are issues you can use for practice or draw inspiration for your next assignment.

Try the following ideas:

• What caused the fall of the Roman empire?
• The construction of the Great Pyramids in Ancient Egypt.
• A study of Gods and religious beliefs in Ancient Greece.
• The governmental structure and organization in Ancient Rome.
• Julius Caesar’s role in the expansion of the Roman Empire.
• The structure of labor and slavery in Ancient Egypt.
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• How did the Olympic Games become an international issue?
• Odysseus as an epic hero in Trojan War.
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• Ancient Egypt and Ancient Mesopotamia comparison.
• The significance of sports in Ancient Greece.
• An analysis of the reign of King Xerxes of Persia.
• Roman citizenship and human rights in Ancient Rome.
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