Due this week

2IBA

Your outline for your papers is due on Thursday. Your official paper with a brief presentation of your research is now due on Dec. 13 (for all). We have Dec. 16 as a ''cushion'' if we fall behind. Your history exam is Dec. 20.

DO NOT NARRATE (give a re-telling of facts). CRITICAL ANALYSIS means you think and prove WHY something happened. This is a jump in thinking but you MUST do this. The faster you get this the faster you'll be happy.

Topic questions (if I don't have yours or it's slightly changed, email me)
Said: How unified was Italy at the start of WWI?
Deborah: To what extent did Russian imperialism cause the Russo-Japanese War?
Justinas: What side was Lithuania on World War I and why?
Monika: How did the 1905 Russian Revolution affect Lithuanian independence?
Jakob: In what way did WWI influence and change Germany's domestic political situation?
Adrian: How did the conclusion of WWI influence the re-creation of Poland?
Mahamed: How did German colonial expansion in Africa influence German entry in WWI?
Jens: Why did Gavrillo Princip assasinate Archduke Ferdinand of Austria?
Thea: In what way and why was Louis XVI to blame for the French Revolution?
Hedda: Why were Nikolai I and Louis XVI not fits to be rulers?
Sara: How did religion affect Napoleon's ambitions?
Celina: Why was Bloody Sunday one of the short term causes of the 1905 Russiand Revolution?
Fredrikke: Why was Germany, and specifically Article 231 of the Versailles Treaty,  solely blamed for WWI?


Your outline (due Thursday) must follow this pattern:
Thesis: (your research question)

A Introduction
     1.
          a.
          b.
     2.
          a.
          b.

B Support (reasons)
     1.
          a.
          b.
     2.
          a.
          b.
     3.
          a.
          b.

C Conclusion (restatement)

Bibliography (with a minimum of two primary sources)

3IBA

HL Paper due this week (one week early but then it's out of the way...45 minute timed exercise)

Thursday, November 25

FIRST OFF, EVERYONE WISH ANNE HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Then, each of you produce a fully-cooked 6-8 kilo turkey, with mashed potatoes, vegetables and several pies as an offering for better grades.

Anne will check on you and collect papers at 9:30 (or you can hold them until Monday). Don't stress her out and do your work.

2IBA - We are still on schedule and dates/assignments have moved around but remember, we're still on schedule. I'll return your papers next week. Keep up with the reading.

(First hour - ONE HOUR ONLY) Timed Paper I - Europe 1870-1991 Page 184-185. Handwritten and timed!
Topic: Unrestricted submarine warfare (questions a and b).

(Last 1/2 hour) By Monday, November 29, EVERYONE must have a thesis question for December paper. ANY topic under the covered area: French Revolution, Congress of Vienna, Italian Unification and German Unification, 1905 Russian Revolution, World War I

Use this time to create your question AND research possible sourcing (everyone must have at least two primary possible sources by Monday as well). FOCUS and narrow your topic (this is only a two-page paper).

3IBA - No, you don't get off so lucky. Class is switched with Anne's TOK. HOWEVER, you might want to get a jump on paper 3, *HL only, due December 3. We're on schedule and your papers will be returned next week.

Choose from either topic, timed, handwritten. DUE DECEMBER 3!

Analyze the long term and short term causes of the 1917 February/March Russian Revolution.

OR

Analyze the reasons for the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War.

Monday, November 22

3IBA World War I (last review this week of WWI)

Find World War I Review PowerPoint under AP EUROPEAN HISTORY for WWI (lengthy) CHOOSE leader to lead the class through the PowerPoint (SL and HL)

WWI review Go through each test.

2IBA

First, read The Red Barron, The Red Barron

Then, watch "The Red Baron" (Mahamed has the video)

Socratic seminar (not more then 15 minutes) - compare similarities and inaccuracies between the two sources.

Finally, review (individual or partner)...

WWI review site You can easily do part I

With a partner, complete the tasks: Outbreak

and

Technology

and

Trench warfare

Time left? Keep going on the reading...

Upcoming Dates

We're in the home stretch before holiday break. Don't lose focus. There are still several important dates and activities coming up...please be aware of them.

2IBA

Keep up with the reading! The mid-year exam is coming, as well as a major paper and presentation due before Christmas. Your gift to me is doing it on time and correctly. Happy Holidays to me!

3IBA

We'll continue our review marathon. NOTE: YOUR IA outline is due the day back from holiday break in January. No exceptions! Our goal is to finish IA a month early (rough draft by end of January) so any problems can be worked out in February before the due date and we can avoid the joys of weekend work (like EE). DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. History is the first IA and we are going to do it correctly, on-time, and without drama. There is a halfway and notes/annotated bibliography check as well.

Monday, November 15

3IBA (SL and HL) - 45 minutes
- What were the most frequent causes of twentieth-century wars? Specific evidence from at least three wars should be used.

- Comparative documentary Stalin/Hitler (50 min.)

2IBA

The 20th Century, A Moving Visual History Chapter 2 1910-1919 (1:02 hour)

Time permitting: Chapter 1 1900-1910

Reading and Missing Papers for 2IBA and 3IBA

2IBA
ZERO excuses accepted tomorrow if you do not have paper one assignment.

2IBA Reading

First World War EUROPE, chapter 6, pg. 149-186 (by Nov. 19)

Modern World History, pages 3-16 (by Nov. 12)

3IBA
ZERO excuses accepted tomorrow if you do not have paper one assignment.

On Monday, you will do an in-class paper 2 (45 minutes), as well as watch a comparative documentary of Stalin/Hitler.

2IBA and 3IBA Paper One (Due Monday, November 9, 2010)

2IBA - EUROPE: pages 68-69 (1 hour) Terrorism and the State. PAGE 69, A, B ONLY (you do not have to do C as this will entail personal knowledge, which we haven't covered in class)

3IBA - EUROPE: pages 184-185 (1 hour) Unrestricted submarine warfare: PAGE 185, questions A and B

OR

EUROPE: pages 210-211 (1 hour) The role of Lenin: PAGE 211, questions I and II