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Last Minute Recap

Last Minute Recap. Format of Paper 1: 1 hour, 5 Questions: *Read Questions FIRST  Read documents as you answer the questions 1a: 3+ facts (can quote – keep it short!) [3 marks] 1b: 2 meanings (based on visual or text, be specific, do not over-write) [2 marks]

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Last Minute Recap

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  1. Last Minute Recap Format of Paper 1: 1 hour, 5 Questions: *Read Questions FIRST  Read documents as you answer the questions 1a: 3+ facts (can quote – keep it short!) [3 marks] 1b: 2 meanings (based on visual or text, be specific, do not over-write) [2 marks] 2: Compare/Contrast (separate responses – be specific/explicit in c/c) [6 marks] 3: O-P-V-L (separate responses, ) [6 marks] 4: Mini-Essay: Answer the Q, Opposing View, Justify the 2, ALL docs & Outside info, save 20 minutes for this [8 marks] Common Limitations of Sources:

  2. Papers 2 & 3:Approx. 5 minutes pre-writing, 40 minutes writing • Select the topics/Prompts that you can answer MOST SUCCESSFULLY • Paper 2: DO NOT WRITE ABOUT: Hitler, Mussolini or Franco! Do not select Korea/Vietnam Specific prompt • Paper 3: Do not select Canada • Pre-writing: ADDRESS THE TASK!!!! Plan Bodies, consider counter-arguments • Strong thesis in introduction: ADDRESS THE TASK!!!! • Bodies: Strong topic sentences, groupings based on task, key concepts, key figures, dates, events, and historiography • Conclusion; Strong, re-state thesis, acknowledge limitations and counter-arguments

  3. Arguments & Counterarguments “It was personality and not circumstances that brought rulers of single-party states to power.” To what extent do you agree with this statement?

  4. Cold War:Why did the end of the Second World War lead to the development of two superpowers and how did this development help to cause the Cold War?

  5. What do I NEED to study?  Paper 1 • Communism in Crisis: 1976-1989 • USSR & Eastern Europe: 1979-1991 • Eastern Europe: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Germany… • PRC: 1976-1989 • Format of Paper 1: • 1 hour • Questions: • 1a: 3+ facts • 1b: 2 meanings • 2: Compare/Contrast • 3: O-P-V-L • 4: Mini-Essay • Answer the Q • Opposing View • Justify the 2 • ALL docs & Outside info • Key Leaders • Key Policies/Doctrines • At least 3 (significant) dates • Key Vocabulary • Causes & Effects • Historiography?

  6. What do I NEED to study?  Paper 2 Single Party States: Cold War: Know Chronology!!! Origins of the Cold War: Ideology, Conferences US & USSR Foreign Policies (Doctrines) Regional Examples: Germany: Berlin blockade & airlift (1948-49), Berlin Wall (1961) 1950s Cuba: Castro, Revolution, Embargo, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis Korea & Vietnam: Proxy wars, policies Détente: 1960s & 1970s – change in policies and East/West relations START, SALT I End of the Cold War: 1989-1991 Eastern Europe Fall of Berlin Wall Collapse of USSR • At least 1 leader from each region • USSR (Europe): Lenin OR Stalin • PRC (Asia): Mao • Cuba (Latin America): Castro • Egypt (Europe): Nasser • DO NOT WRITE ABOUT: Hitler, Mussolini or Franco! • Rise to Power (including Ideologies) • Examples of Foreign & Domestic Policies • Successes & Failures • Global Impact • Dates • Historiography

  7. Historiography – In General • Orthodox = Traditional Perspective • Soviet Orthodox = Pro-Communism • Western Traditional (aka Liberal)= Pro-Capitalism & Democracy • Orthodox View of Korean War in USA = War was justified • Orthodox view of Vietnam war in USA = War was a mistake • Revisionism & Post-Revisionism: • Revisionism: 1st time opposing or conflicting views emerge as legitimate • Post-Revisionism: Justifies both sides, possibly with new information • Ideology: • Marxist, Leninist, Stalinist, Cult of Mao, Arab Nationalist, Arab Socialist, Pan-Arabism • Archives: • USSR archives opening after fall 1989/1991 • PRC& Cuba = Still in control, keeps control of information • Egypt: Importance & translations of Arab documents = emerging field of study • USA = Declassified documents = freedom of information act • Sensitive info = still redacted

  8. Historiography - Specific • USSR: • Pravda • Sheila Fitzpatrick, Robert Service, Orlando Figues • PRC: • The People’s Daily • Edgar Snow, Jonathan Spence, Chang & Halliday • Cuba: • Foreign Affairs Article  Dominguez • Egypt: • Anthony Nutting, Robert Stephens, Eric Hobsbaum

  9. What do I NEED to study?  Paper 3 • Independence Movements • United States Civil War: causes, course and effects 1840‑77 • The Great Depression and the Americas 1929‑39 • Civil Rights and social movements in the Americas • ZINN!!!!

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