IB Exam Resources

The IB History Exams are taking place Tuesday and Wednesday, May 8-9. Here are some resources to help you study.

• clevelandibhistory.blogspot.com - A bunch of mini-essays about a variety of HOTA (Paper 3) topics.
• Old selection of brief HOTA topic papers
• Crash Course - a good way for quick review.

Paper 1 (Japanese and German Expansion):
Guide to Paper 1

Paper 2 (20th Century Topics):
Guide to Paper 2

Paper 3 (HOTA Topics):
Paper 3 Sample Test
Paper 3 Topics and Objectives - Use this to study. You might want to focus on 2-3 units

QUIZ: Cause and Effects of 20th Century Wars

There will be a quiz next Wednesday 5/2. You will be required to answer two of these prompts. There will also be a document analysis portion on the quiz.

Prompts:

• Evaluate the role of technology in prolonging WWI.
• Examine (Consider an argument or concept in a way that uncovers the assumptions and interrelationships of the issue) the role of ideology in causing the Korean War.
• Analyse the reasons for the United States’ involvement in Vietnam between 1953 and 1965. 

Perspectives on Vietnam

Agenda 4/26:

1. Make a double t-chart in your notebook that looks something like this. 
2. Read the handout with the excerpt from the North Vietnamese textbook and fill in your chart.
3. Read the article, The Vietnam War, As Seen by the Victors and fill in your chart.
4. Listen to this podcast, Good Guys, Bad Guys. Fill in your chart.
5. Use what you know from class to complete the column for the Americans.
6. Turn in your chart.
7. If there is time, complete the reading questions from Keylor and turn in.

The Vietnam War, cont.

Agenda 4/16-18:

1. I gave a lecture about events before, during and after the Vietnam War. Here are my notes.
2. Students took a quiz over the vocabulary terms for the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
3. Students participated in a 1965 Moment of Decision role play, making suggestions for the policy the United States should follow in in Vietnam.

The Vietnam War:

The Vietnam War

Agenda 4/9-12:

1. I introduced the Vietnam War, explaining it was multiple war: French vs. Vietnamese, US vs. North Vietnam, North vs. South, and part of the Cold War.
2. Students watched a clip about French colonialism in Vietnam [below]. 
3. Students role-played the French and Vietnamese at the moment of the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence in 1945. Both sides were trying to persuade Truman and the US to follow a certain course of action.
4. I began a lecture about the Vietnam War and the escalation of the US presence [below]. Here are my lecture notes.
5. Students answered questions from the Keylor text an completed a map of Vietnam.

Roots of War - [watch first 20 minutes]:

Vietnam Lecture:

The Korean War - Truman's Decision

Students wrote short scripts about President Truman's decision to get involved in Korea. Students used theses documents to write their scripts.

Document 1 - Notes on Meeting in Cabinet Room at the White House
Document 2 - Minutes from June 27, 1950 Meeting at the White House
Document 3 - UN Resolution 83

The Korean War

Agenda:

1. Students read a selection from the Keylor text about the Korean War, answering questions. They also labeled a map with major events from the war.
2. Students watched a the first part of a documentary about warfare during the Korean War [below].
3. Here are the vocabulary and prompts for Korea.

20th Century Battlefields: The Korean War