HISTORY @ IB

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HISTORY_at_IB
IB HISTORY
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Higher and StandardSingle Party States

• Lenin and Stalins Russia
• Russian Revolution Lenins single party
  Communist state
• Rise of Stalin/cult of personality
• Methods of rule
• Five Year Plans
• Purges and opposition
• Propaganda
• Foreign Policy

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Higher and StandardSingle Party States

• Hitlers Germany
• Weimar Germany
• The rise of Hitler
• The Nazi Party the Third Reich
• Women and youth
• Propaganda and media
• Anti-Semitism

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Higher and StandardSingle Party States

• Mao Tse Tungs China 1949-1976
• Civil war and takeover October 1949
• Five Year Plans and Great Leap Forward
• Cultural Revolution 1966-76

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Higher and StandardSingle Party States

• Castros Cuba
• Revolution 1959
• Americans out!
• Communist policies
• Social reforms
• Cuba, a communist paradise?

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Higher and StandardThe Cold War

• Origins and nature of1945-53
• Ideologies
• Wartime allies to enemies
• Spheres of influence
• The nuclear issue
• War in Korea 1950-53

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Higher and StandardThe Cold War

• The spread of the Cold War Asia and Latin
  America
• Cold War policies of containment, brinkmanship,
  peaceful coexistence, détente
• Cold War policies and crisis Korea and Cuba

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Higher and StandardThe Arab-Israeli Conflict
1945-1979

• The British in Palestine
• Israels independence War, 1948
• Palestinian refugees
• The Suez Crisis 1956
• Arabism and Zionism the PLO
• The Six Day War 1967
• Diplomacy and Terrorism
• The Yom Kippur War 1973
• Camp David Israel-Egypt peace agreement 1979

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History of the Americas (HL) The Emergence of
the Americas in global affairs 1880-1929

• SpanishAmerican War causes and effects (1898)
• United States foreign policies the Big Stick
  Dollar Diplomacy impact on the region
• United States and the First World War from
  neutrality to involvement
• Impact of the First World War on two countries
  of the Americas economic, political, social, and
  foreign policies

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History of the Americas (HL) Political
developments in the Americas after the Second
World War 1945-79

• United States domestic policies of Truman,
  Eisenhower and Kennedy
• Johnson and the Great Society Nixons domestic
  reforms
• Populist leaders in Latin America rise to
  power the treatment of opposition successes
  and failures)
• The Cuban Revolution political, social, economic
  causes impact on the region
• Rule of Fidel Castro political, economic, social
  and cultural policies treatment of minorities
  successes and failures

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History of the Americas (HL)The Cold War and
the Americas 1945-1981 ?

• Truman containment and its implications for the
  Americas the Cold War and its impact on society
  and culture
• Korean War and the United States and the
  Americas
• United States involvement in Vietnam the
  reasons for, and nature of, the involvement at
  different stages domestic effects and the end of
  the war
• United States foreign policies from Kennedy to
  Carter

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IB History Assessment

• Paper 1 DOCUMENT ANALYSIS -Sources on the
  Arab-Israeli conflict 1945-1979. (HL SL) One
  hour exam
• Paper 2 Two Essay questions on Single Party
  states and Cold War (HL SL) One and a half hour
  exam
• Paper 3 Three Essay questions on History of the
  Americas (Higher only) ) Two and a half hour exam
• Coursework - Historical Investigation on a topic
  of your choice (HL SL)

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Coursework Historical Investigation

• Select a topic of your choice
• Select two sources
• Analyse the sources
• Up to 2000 words
• 20 for Higher
• 25 for Standard

Time Allowed One Year
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History has it all!
History has it all!