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Course Syllabus
Beck 1463
Overview: Despite the title, the second year of the IB history program is a study of particular topics and events world wide in the 20th century, with a focus on the changing balance of power and the interplay of nationalism and international agreements. The IB curriculum offers six possible topics.
Topic 1: Causes, practices, and effects of war
Topic 2: Nationalist and independence movements, decolonization and challenges facing new states
Topic 3: Rise and rule of single party states
Topic 4: Peace and cooperation: international organization and multiparty states
Topic 5: The Cold War
Topic 6: The state and its relationship with religion and minorities
We will study topics 1, 3, and 5 extensively and topic 4 to a lesser degree. Topics 2 and 6 will not be taught.
Units of Study: The 20th century will be studied in chronological order beginning with the background of World War I and concluding with post-Vietnam Cold War.
Trimester I
The Historical Investigation / Internal Assessment
Methods and Practices of a Historian (Reading)
Causes, Practices, and Effects of World War One
Russian Revolution, Russian Civil War, Lenin, Stalin
Trimester II
Rise of Italian Fascism and Mussolini
Weimar Republic and the Rise of Hitler
Causes, Practices, and Effects of World War Two
Cold War, 1945-1960, including Korea
Trimester III
Cold War, 1960-1979, including Vietnam
Preparation for Test
IB Test or Final Exam
Each unit will be approximately three weeks in length. The remainder of the second trimester will be set aside for review of both years in preparation for the IB exams, usually scheduled in early May.
Assessment: Students will be assessed based on assignments, quizzes, essays, a paper, and activities. The various assessments will not be weighted. Grades will be determined by the amount of points earned out of the points possible, or the percentage of the points possible that they have earned. Missing assignments, assessments, and activities will be considerably more challenging to make-up and retake than the original assignment.
A 100-90 B 89-80 C 79-70 D 69-60 N 59-0
IB Scores: A very basic goal of this two year course is to earn an IB score of four or better. The four components to the IB score are one internal assessment research project and three externally moderated exams. The three exams are divided into one over the History of the Americas and two over the 20th Century topics. Scores of four or more will earn credit at many colleges and universities. The higher the score, the more credit one can earn. Every student in this class is capable of earning at least a four, but it will require time, energy, and hard work. Accept the challenge and make it happen! Count on being successful! Remember anybody can get by, it takes a determined person, like you, to strive for excellence.
Components of IB Score
I. Internal Assessment: 20% of IB Score
The internal assessment requires an intensive independent study of a particular historical topic. A student begins with a research question and attempts to answer it by thoroughly investigating several sources. Oftentimes, students choose a subject area of Paper 1 or Paper 2, in order to study, in more detail, a topic that may appear on the exams. This paper will be completed in the second trimester of this course.
Paper 1: Document Based Questions (DBQs) 20% of total marks
1 hour 5 minutes
The purpose of this exam is to determine your ability as a historian to evaluate, interpret and analyze sources. The subjects for this exam are The USSR under Stalin 1929-1941, The Emergence and Development of China, 1946-1964, and the Cold War, 1960-1979. Each topic will feature five historical documents followed by four questions. Students must choose one subject and answer all questions associated with that topic. Previous knowledge of the subject is necessary, as well as historiographical skills. We will study the Soviet Union under Stalin and the Cold War this year. Also we will take several DBQ exams during the year.
Paper 2: 20th Century World History Topics 25% of total marks
1 hour 30 minutes
This paper requires the student to answer two essay questions. Therefore you will have approximately 45 minutes for each question. The questions are by topics, with five questions, with a few extra under that topics that we will touch upon. The questions you answer must come from different topic areas. Some subjects will be taught this year, and various subjects were taught last year. Essay questions over these topics will come from previous IB exams. Remember these are 20th century only. Many of the essay questions this year will come from previous IB exams.
Paper 3: History of the Americas 35% of total marks
2 hours 30 minutes
This paper requires the student to answer three essay questions. There will be twenty-five questions from which to choose. Approximately half of these are from 1750-1900, and half are from 1900-present. Some questions will be on individual countries, i.e. US, Canada, or Mexico; other questions will call for a comparison of issues throughout the region, such as slavery or colonization. (11th grade, Camp)
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