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HISTORY @ IB

IB HISTORY. HISTORY @ IB. Higher and Standard Single Party States. Lenin and Stalin ’ s Russia Tsarist Russia 1894 – 1917 The Russian Revolution; Lenin ’ s single party Communist state Rise of Stalin Methods of rule Five Year Plans Purges and opposition Propaganda.

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HISTORY @ IB

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  1. IB HISTORY HISTORY@IB

  2. Higher and StandardSingle Party States Lenin and Stalin’s Russia • Tsarist Russia 1894 – 1917 • The Russian Revolution; Lenin’s single party Communist state • Rise of Stalin • Methods of rule • Five Year Plans • Purges and opposition • Propaganda

  3. Higher and StandardSingle Party States Hitler’s Germany • Weimar Germany • The rise of Hitler • The Nazi Party: the Third Reich • Women and youth • Propaganda and media • Anti-Semitism

  4. Higher and StandardSingle Party States Mao Tse Tung’s China 1949-1976 • Civil war and takeover October 1949 • Five Year Plans and Great Leap Forward • Cultural Revolution 1966-76

  5. Higher and StandardSingle Party States Castro’s Cuba • Revolution 1959 • Americans out! • Communist policies • Social reforms • Cuba, a communist paradise?

  6. Higher and StandardThe Cold War Origins and nature of:1945-53 • Ideologies • Wartime allies to enemies • Spheres of influence • The nuclear issue • War in Korea 1950-53

  7. 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

  8. Higher and StandardThe Arab-Israeli Conflict 1945-1979 • The British in Palestine • Israel’s 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

  9. History of the Americas (HL)The Emergence of the Americas in global affairs 1880-1929 • Spanish–American 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

  10. 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”; Nixon’s 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

  11. 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:

  12. 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)

  13. 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

  14. History has it all! History has it all!

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