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Course Description
History is more than the study of the past. It is the process of recording, reconstructing and interpreting the past through the investigation of a variety of sources. It is a discipline that gives people an understanding of themselves and others in relation to the world, both past and present. It is an exploratory subject that poses questions without always providing definitive answers.
The course will develop the students' knowledge and understanding of a broad range of historical themes and topics, with a focus upon post-1945 international history. The study of a relatively recent period of history provides students with exciting opportunities to engage in historical research using a wide range of primary documents and visual evidence. The course allows for the study of both historical research and primary visual evidence. Topics have been selected to complement each other and to allow students to make links between different topics and develop a deep understanding of the world since 1945.
Course Content
Prescribed Subject (SL/HL)
Communism in crisis 1976-89
China after Mao; domestic and foreign policies of Brezhnev and Gorbachev - Afghanistan, the Velvet Revolution, fall of the Berlin Wall.
20th Century World History (SL/HL)
Origins and development of authoritarian and single party states
Stalin and the USSR; Mao and China; Castro and Cuba.
The Cold War
Causes of the Cold War; Sovietisation of Eastern and Central Europe; military confrontation; US-Chinese relations; Chinese-Soviet relations; Reagan.
Regional Option: the Americas (HL students only)
Political developments in the Americas after the Second World War 1945-79
Peron and Argentina; military regimes in Latin America; US and Canadian domestic policies.
The Cold War and the Americas 1945-1981
McCarthyism; Korean War; Vietnam; foreign policy from Kennedy to Carter.
Civil Rights and social movements in the Americas
Native American and African American movements; youth counter-culture in the 60s and 70s; feminist movements.
Assessment
External assessment
Paper 1 (1 hour) - Prescribed Subject (SL/HL)
Paper 2 (1 hour 30 minutes) - 20th Century World History (SL/HL)
Paper 3 (2 hours 30 minutes) - Regional Option (HL students only)
Internal assessment
Historical investigation on any area of the syllabus (2000 words) SL/HL)