Exploring World History Through IB Higher Level History Course
Join Ms. D. King, an expert in History and Sociology, as she leads the IB Higher Level History course focusing on key historical events from different perspectives such as political, social, and economic. Enhance your knowledge of global transformations from the 20th-21st centuries to understand modern challenges better.
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In your groups, make up a definition of Sociology. IB History (HIGHER LEVEL)
What is IB History? Throughout this course we will be shifting the focus from typically British History and instead will be focusing on World History. We will be studying a number of different key historical events through multiple perspectives and types of History, e.g. political, social, economic. The aim is to broaden your understanding of how the world has changed throughout the 20th-21stCenturies in order to better empathise with the struggles of today.
Who will be my teacher? Ms D King (Subject Leader of History), BA/BSc in History and Sociology with Social Sciences. Historical areas of interest: - Economical and social impacts of Communist dictatorships in the Soviet Sphere of Influence. - The Crusades and the political landscape of the Crusader States. - Use of propaganda to assert political power and dominance over other political powers. Hobbies: - Video gaming - Reading - Boxing
Expectations Arriving prepared for the lesson (handout, equipment, readings and questioning done) 5 hours of work per subject per week Completing homework to a high standard Additional reading newspapers, articles Acting on feedback (choosing to re-write essays that have generated low marks + DIRT) Revision this subject is 75-80% examined so this is an ongoing process!
Historical skills needed from KS4 Analysis, e.g. sources Essay writing, e.g. explanation and evaluation Research/information gathering and collating Revision
What are we going to cover? Paper 1 (SL) Rights and Protests Civil Rights Movement in the USA (1954-1965) Apartheid South Africa (1948-1964) Paper 2 (SL) Authoritarian States Hitler, Castro, Stalin, Lenin, etc. The Cold War: Superpower tensions and rivalries Berlin Blockade, Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin Wall, etc. Paper 3 (HL) History of Europe Imperial Russia, revolution and the establishment of the USSR The Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia Post-war central and eastern Europe
What are we going to cover? Order of topics: 1. Rights and Protests (SL) 2. Imperial Russia (HL) 3. Authoritarian States (SL) 4. IA on something already studied in topics 1-3 5. Cold War (SL) and Post-war central and eastern Europe (HL) 6. Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia (HL)
Assessment outline - HL Topic Assessment Weighting Paper 1: Rights and Protests 1 hour Source based 20% Paper 2: Authoritarian States and Cold War 1 hour 30 minutes Essay based (15M x2) 25% Paper 3: History of Europe 2 hours and 30 minutes Essay based (15M x3) 35% Internal assessment 20 hours 20%
Grades to UCAS Points IB (HL) % 74 62 Grade H7 H6 UCAS Points 56 48 H5 H4 49 36 32 24 H3 24 12
