IB HL History A Course and Assessment Overview

Main Ideas for Cornell Notes G G G 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. IB Diploma Ideals Point of View IB History Freshmen Year Assessment 2013 Your History G G G Abbreviations 1. IB Ideals POView IB Hit Fresh Yr Tests 2013 My Hist.

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IB Hist Assessment G P=Prescribed Topic G Peacemaking, peacekeeping IR 1918 -36 G T=Topic 20 th Cent G T 1: Causes, practices, and effects of wars G T 2 Democratic states and challenges G T 3 Rise and Rule of Single Party States G O= HL Option G O 6: European diplomacy and WWI 1870 -1923 G O 7: War and Change in the Middle East 1914 -49 G O 8: Interwar years: conflict and cooperation 1919 -1939

Issues in Europe and Middle East History

How Can Freshmen Year Help? G Understand Scope and Sequence of World History G Practice Timed Writing G Practice Timed Reading G Practice Presentations G Understand Issues in History G Keep your notes!!

Writing in History

Structure of IB Paper 1 G No outside info G 4 short answer structured questions G 60 minutes G 25 marks G 20% of exam

Paper 2 and 3 G Thematic Essays G Paper 2 G 2 Essays to be answered from a different topic G Think about the Topic Choices from slide 2 G Paper 3 G 3 essays G Think about the options from Slide 2

History Internal Assessment G Independent Research Paper G Structure G Your chance to be the historian G 25 Marks, 20% G 20 Hours G Review for exams G Practice for EE

Your History G Where did you get it? G It’s up to you to choose a story that makes sense to you G Any story can be told in a stupid or sophisticated manner G My job? G Not to maneuver you into story that I favor G Assist you in telling the story you want to tell G The most sophisticated way possible. Why? G So it’s plausible to others G Your story will likely change after this year