My IB History - 2IBA - 3IBA: May 2011

What Are We Doing? 2IBA

Mon. Mar 7 – Interwar Years (1918-1936) – why did WWII happen? PAPER DUE #2
Thurs. Mar 10 – Spanish Civil War (pp) (LOWE 15)
Fri. Mar 11 – Spanish Civil War (DVD) “The Spanish Civil War”
Mon. Mar 14 – Review (Socratic seminar)
Thurs. Mar 17 – Review (Socratic seminar)
Mon. Mar 21 – Interwar Years (1918-1936)
Thurs. Mar 24 – Hitler and National Socialism (DVD) Scenes from “A Journey Through Hitler's World” PAPER DUE
Fri. Mar 25 – Comparing Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini and Mao (childhood, personality cults, atrocities), scenes from the Great Dictator
Mon. Mar 28 – WWII Europe and the Middle East (pp) (LOWE 6, EUROPE 12)
Thurs. Mar 30 – WWII Europe and the Middle East (pp)
Mon. Apr 4 – WWII Europe and the Middle East (pp) PAPER DUE #2
Thurs. Apr 7 – WWII Europe and the MiddleEast (pp)
Fri. Apr 8 – WWII Europe and the Middle East (DVD) “Anne Frank”
Mon. Apr 11 – WWII Europe and the Middle East / DEBATE: That Hitler was the main cause of WWII.
Thurs. Apr 14 – WWII Europe and the Middle East (DVD) “Bent” PAPER DUE #2
Mon. Apr 18 – Apr 22 - SPRING BREAK – NO SCHOOL
Thur. Apr 28 – How to write paper 3, WWII Asia (pp)
Mon. May 2 – WWII Asia (the Atomic bomb) pp PAPER DUE #2/#3
May 3-19 – Exam Period
Fri. May 20 – WWII Asia (the Atomic bomb) DVD “Hiroshima” EXTENDED ESSAY QUESTIONS DUE
Mon. May 23 – historical comparison: Letters from Iwo Jima and progress interviews
Thurs. May 26 – historical comparison: Flags of our Fathers and progress interviews PAPER DUE
JUNE – AUGUST Review, Jeopardy Championship, plan for historical investigation (EE) Summer Reading (LOWE 10, EUROPE 14) AND THREE HISTORICAL NOVELS (within the 20th century)

Thurs. Jan 6 – Review and progress interviews
Mon. Jan 10 – Review and progress interviews
Thurs. Jan 13 – How to write paper 1 and 2
Fri. Jan 14 – Defining socialism, communism, facism and capitalism (Socratic seminar)
Mon. Jan 17 – Russian Revolution (pp) (LOWE 16, EUROPE 5, 7)
Thurs. Jan 20 – Russian Revolution (pp) – understanding the timeline PAPER DUE #2
Mon. Jan 24 – Russian Revolution (DVD) “ Battleship Potemkin”
Thurs. Jan 27 – Lenin and Russian Civil War (pp)
Fri. Jan 28 – Lenin and Russian Civil War (pp)
Mon. Jan 31 – Stalin (LOWE 17, EUROPE 8)
Thurs. Feb 3 – Stalin (DVD) “Joseph Stalin”
Mon. Feb 7 – Stalin (E 9)
Thurs. Feb 10 – DEBATE: That the UN has proved useful in maintaining collective security.
Fri. Feb 11 – Debate/(DVD) ''Lenin''
Mon. Feb 14 – Mussolini (EUROPE 9)
Thurs. Feb 17 – Mussolini (EUROPE 9)
Mon. Feb 21 – Interwar Years (1918-1936) (pp) (LOWE 4, 5, EUROPE 9, 10, 11)
Thurs. Feb 24 – Interwar Years (1918-1936) (DVD) Stalin/Hitler: Roots of Evil
Fri. Feb 25 – Interwar Years (1918-1936) (pp)
Feb 28 - Mar 4 – NO SCHOOL

Fri. Nov 19 – WWI – Mata Hari – Spying in World War I (DVD), Review
Mon. Nov 22 – WWI - Completion of WWI (pp), America on the Home Front: The Poster War (pp)
Thurs. Nov 25 – WWI – The Death of the Red Baron (DVD), Review
Mon. Nov 29 – 20th Century, Moving Vis. History, The Modern Age Begins (DVD); PAPER 1 – DBQ DUE
Thurs. Dec 2 – Great Events of Our Century: Politics of Violence (DVD), Debate Preparation \
Fri. Dec 3 – Debate: Proposition: That war is a necessary evil.; Review
Mon. Dec 6 – WWI – Territorial Changes as a Result of WWI (pp)
Thur. Dec 9 – WWI – Territorial Changes as a Result of WWI (pp)
Mon. Dec. 13 – The History of Christmas (DVD)
Thurs. Dec 16 – Presentations/papers due (½ class)
Fri. Dec 17 – Presentations/papers due (½ class)
Mon. Dec 20 – Winter Exam

Mon, Nov 8 - WWI – The Road to WWI (pp)
Thurs, Nov. 11 WWI – The Road to WWI (pp)
Fri, Nov, 12 Days That Shook the World (DVD) 1900-1914
Mon. Nov, 15 WWI – World War I (pp)
Thurs. Nov, 18 WWI -World War I (pp)
Fri. Nov 19 WWI – Mata Hari – Spying in World War I (DVD), Review

Mon, Nov. 3 1905 Russian Revolution
Thurs, Nov. 4 1905 Russian Revolution
Fri, Nov. 5 Days That Shook The World 1900-1914

Mon, Oct. 25 In-class PAPER 1
Thurs, Oct 28 Haunted History of Halloween
Mon, Oct 18Italian/German unif.
Thurs, Oct 21 Italian/German unif. and debate prep
Fri, Oct 22 Debate prep and debate

Mon, Oct 11 Napoleonic Age
Tues, Oct 12 Italian Unification

Oct 4-8 Completion of French Revolution and Napoleonic Age

Mon, Sept 27 The Age of Napoleon
Thurs, Sept 30 What is PAPER 1? DBQ for Potato Week

Mon, Sept 19 Thermidorian Reaction
Thurs, Sept 23 Socratic Seminar, Review
Fri, Sept. 24 The Age of Napoleon

Mon, Sept 13 French Revolution I: Bourgeois Phase
Thurs, Sept 16 French Revolution I: Radical Phase
Mon, Sept 6 The Enlightenment, Review
Thurs, Sept 9 French Revolution I: Bourgeois Phase
Fri, Sept 10 French Revolution I: Bourgeois Phase

Mon, Aug 30 Historical writing, the Enlightenment
Tues, Aug 31 The Enlightenment
Mon, Aug 23 Historiography, Sourcing, Study Skills
Thurs, Aug 26 Historiography, Sourcing, Citation
Fri, Aug 27 Historiography, Sourcing, Review

Thurs, Aug 19 Syllabus

What Are We Doing? 3IBA

March 14, Monday - World War I
March 17, Thursday - World War I
March 21, Monday – World War I
March 23, Wednesday - HL (SL invited) – Free lunch! SOVIET UNION
March 24, Thursday – Russian Revolution
March 28, Monday – Russian Revolution
March 31, Thursday – Inter-war Years (including Spanish Civil War)
April 4, Monday – Interwar Years (including Spanish Civil War)
April 6, Wednesday – HL (SL invited) – Free lunch! - The Cold War
April 7, Thursday – Inter-War Years (including Spanish Civil War)
April 11, Monday – World War II
April 14, Thursday – World War II
April 18, Monday – World War II
April 20, Wednesday – HL (SL invited) – Free lunch! (MUSSOLINI AND CASTRO)
April 21, Thursday – World War II
April 25, Monday – Hitler, Stalin
April 28, Thursday – Mao and Chinese Civil War
May 2, Monday – Final prep and exam survival for paper 1, 2 and 3
May 3,Tuesday – Exams begin
May 7 – Saturday – Study period 12-4 PM

Exam
May 12, Thursday – SL/HL Paper 1 and 2 (PM)
May 13, Friday – HL Paper 3 (AM)

Mar 7-11 HL ONLY - start of review

Thurs, Feburary 3 In-Class Paper Two
Mon, February 7 Korean and Vietnam Wars HISTORY IA ROUGH DRAFT DUE (LOWE 8, 21)
Wed, February 9 The United Nations (for comparison with League of Nations) (LOWE 8) In-depth analysis
Thurs, February 10 In-Class Paper Three (HL only)
Mon, February 14 Cuba and Castro (for one-party state comparison)
Thurs, February 17 Cuba and Castro (for one-party state comparison)
Mon, February 21 IA Session (and after-school for two hours)
Wed, February 23 HISTORY IA DUE (or earlier if possible)/PRACTICE EXAMS
Thurs, February 24 PRACTICE EXAMS

Winter break February 28 – March 4

MONDAY, MARCH 7 BEGINS EXAM REVIEW PERIOD (Mondays and Thursdays are SL/HL focused, alternating Wednesdays are predominately HL)

March 7, 9, 10 - HL only

Thurs, January 6 Post-War Europe OUTLINE DUE FOR IA (LOWE 10, EUROPE 14)
Mon, January 10 Post-War Europe
Wed, January 12 Mao & Chinese Civil War (LOWE 19, 20)
Thurs, January 13 Mao & Chinese Civil War
Mon, January 17 Mao & Chinese Civil War
Thurs, January 20 Mao & Chinese Civil War IA HALFWAY CHECK (OPPOSING sources due)
Mon, January 24 Post-War Asia
Wed, January 26 Post-War Asia
Thurs, January 27 Post-War Asia
Mon, January 31 In-Class Paper One IA RESEARCH NOTES/BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE
Mon, February 7 Korean and Vietnam Wars HISTORY IA ROUGH DRAFT DUE (LOWE 8, 21)

Mon, December 6 Hitler (LOWE 14, EUROPE 10)
Thurs, December 9 World War II (Europe and the Middle-East) (LOWE 6, EUROPE 12)
Mon, December 13 World War II (Europe and the Middle-East)
Wed, December 15 Mussolini (EUROPE 9)
Thurs, December 16 World War II (Asia and the atomic bomb)
Mon, December 20 Effects of World War II
Mon, Nov 22 World War I (LOWE 2, EUROPE 6) PP
Thurs, Nov 25 World War I PP
Mon, Nov 29 League of Nations (LOWE 3)
Wed, Dec 1 Interwar Years (1919-1939) (LOWE 4, 5, EUROPE 9, 10, 11)
Thurs, Dec 2 Interwar Years (1919-1939) Take-home Paper Three Due (HL Only)

Mon, Nov 8 Russian Revolution Take-home Paper One Due
Thurs, Nov 11 Lenin & Russian Civil War (anatomy of civil war)
Mon, Nov 15 In-class paper 2, Stalin DVD (LOWE 17, EUROPE 8)
Wed, Nov 17 Spanish Civil War (LOWE 15)
Thurs, Nov 18 Spanish Civil War (DVD)

Mon, Oct 18 IA questions and sourcing
Wed, Oct 20 IA
Thurs, Oct 21 IA

Mon, Nov 1 First World War (LOWE 1, EUROPE 6)
Wed, Nov 3 First World War (LOWE 2)
Thurs, Nov 4 Russian Revolution (anatomy of a revolution) 1853-1924 (LOWE 16, EUROPE 5, 7) TAKE-HOME PAPER 1

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