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Quarterly Exam Review

Quarterly Exam Review. Goal of the course. Successfully complete the diploma exam Students need to synthesize information and develop their own understanding of the content. College-like atmosphere.

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Quarterly Exam Review

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  1. Quarterly Exam Review

  2. Goal of the course • Successfully complete the diploma exam • Students need to synthesize information and develop their own understanding of the content. • College-like atmosphere. • My job is not to spoon feed history, but provide the evidence and information for students to create their own knowledge. • This requires dedication, focus, and work. • If you don’t put in the time, you will feel lost and confused. It is your job to keep up with the class and speak with me in a timely manor if anything is not making sense. • It is not easy, but it is preparing you for success during the exam.

  3. General Question Paper II Topic 1: Causes, practices, and effects of wars • Assess the importance of each of the following in causing the First World War: nationalism, imperialism, militarization, and alliances.

  4. RubricPaper II • Knowledge is accurate, detailed, relevant, in-depth, comprehensive • Has different points of view • Shows expertise of subject

  5. Big Ideas Synthesizing the evidence • Industrialization • Militarization • Imperialism • Alliances • Nationalism

  6. Key evidence • Congress of Vienna 1814-5 • Franco-Prussian War (1870-1) • Alsacce-Lorraine • Three Emperors’ League 1881 • Triple Alliance 1882 • Franco-Russian Alliance 1892 • Boer War 1902 • Entente Cordiale 1904 • First Moroccan Crisis 1905 • Triple Entente 1907 • Bosnian Crisis 1908 (First Balkan Crisis) • Second Moroccan Crisis 1911 • Sarajevo Crisis 1914 (Second Balkan Crisis) • German Foreign Policy 1870-1914 • Otto Van Bismarck • Kaiser Wilhelm II • Weltpolitik • Schlieffen Plan • Dreadnoughts • Arms race • The Eastern Question • The Balkans • Franz Ferdinand • Germany’s “blank check” • The Guns of August – Road to WWI

  7. Successful Papers • Develop a strong thesis. • Weave multiple threads of evidence to create a comprehensive document that defends and proves thesis. • Provides different perspectives(Ex. English/German or historian viewpoints) to defend thesis. • Knowledge is detailed and accurate.

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