Welcome to the Mystery of History

1. Welcome to the Mystery of History IB History SL/TOK and History Lab

2. What We’ll Do • Causes, practices and effects of wars • Different types of and nature of 20th century warfare • Origins and causes of war • Nature of 20th century wars • Effects and results of wars • World War I, World War II, Chinese Civil War (1927-1937 and 1946-1949), Russian Civil War, Spanish Civil War

3. What We’ll Do • Authoritarian and single-party states • Mao and China • Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin and the USSR • Hitler and Germany • Mussolini and Italy • The Cold War • 1945-1955 • The Korean War • Cuba and Vietnam • Breakup of the Soviet Union

4. What We’ll Do • Our prescribed subject • The Move to Global War • Japanese, Italian and German Expansion in the interwar period

5. What We’ll Answer • Who was responsible for the close of the Cold War? • Why did Hitler declare war on the United States? • How did World War I lead to World War II? • What is the legacy of Mao Zedong? • How was the Cuban Missile Crisis solved?

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8. The IB Exam • Completed on May 9, I will do everything I can for you. • Internal assessment (IA) 25% • Historical investigation on any area of the syllabus • 20 hours, work begins in September • Drafts from October - January, due in late February • New format this year – three sections • Plan of investigation and evaluation of sources • Evidence and analysis • Reflection

9. The IB Exam • Paper 1 35% • 1 hour, The Move to Global War • Five different sources for the subject, four questions • 1a, what the source tells you about the particular issue • 1b, what information or message the visual source contains • 2, evaluate two different historical sources • 3, compare and contrast the information in two different sources • 4, combine information in the sources and your own knowledge to answer a question

10. The IB Exam • Paper 2 45% • 1 hour, 30 minutes • 12 sections, one for each IB topic • Two questions about the topic, must answer two questions from two different topics • Broad, general questions

11. Recent Scores • BTHS IB History • 25% - 7 • 63% - Eligible for College Credit • Average – 5.86 • International Scores • 7% - 7 • 45% - Eligible for College Creditt • Average – 4.67

12. How to Get There • Read and study, read and study, write • Be committed and prepared • Do your best each day • It’s ok to have a bad day, don’t make it a bad week • Recognize critical moments and less serious times • Understand that everyone will struggle at some point – ask for help • Before you run, you must walk; before you walk, you must crawl • Coaching opportunity for me • Have fun learning history

13. Changes • Less textbook reading (quizzes remain a big part of the course), more external readings • Varied formative assessment, further emphasis on Paper 1 skills • More time on course of wars and technology, social policies of single-party leaders, the Cold War (Paper 2) and The Move to Global War (Paper 1) • Cultural days from each of our subject nations • Hoping for guest speakers and video series • Open to appropriate suggestions

14. Grading • Major Assignments – Tests, Designated Papers, Designated Projects, 60 percent • Minor Assignments – Quizzes, In-Class Assignments, Group Work, 30 percent • Homework and Participation, 10 percent

15. Notetaking • 9/8/16 • Objective: Through lecture, SWBAT describe the policies and procedures of this course. • PrimeTime: What have you heard about me and this course? (Always answered in the beginning of class) • Take notes. • Use your outlines, annotate them.

16. Textbooks • Issued today and intermittently throughout the course. • Must be returned in one piece to complete the course.

17. Classroom Environment • Focused on collective learner growth. • Democratic, meaningful collaboration. • Spectrum of hands-on physical simulations to lecture periods. • Varied instructional techniques. • Requires respect shown for myself and for your peers.

18. Class Expectations • Be on time and prepared for class. • Follow all directions the first time they are given. • Complete your own work with your best effort. • Follow the student handbook and its code of conduct. • Always allow me to teach and others to learn.

19. Entering the Room • No iPods or cell phones should be visible. • Food and drinks (excluding bottled water) should be away. • Do not attempt to enter the room with any of these items. • No gum chewing, application of makeup or grooming in the classroom. • Bags may be kept on the floor or on an adjacent desk. • Student library to be shared. • Dismissal occurs when?

20. Attendance • Adhere to the school attendance policy. • If I feel you are in danger, I will first address it with you and then the school’s administration. • It is your responsibility to make up work. See me for anything you have missed. • Absent on a due date? It is due the next day, unless otherwise directed. Use e-mail to communicate.

21. Lateness • Must be in your seat in a timely manner. • If late, quietly sign the sheet at the front of the room and present yourself for a detention during the second half of Friday lunch. • Chronic lateness will be addressed with notification of a parent/guardian or the school’s administration.

22. Assignments • Assignments are to be turned in on the date they are due. • Late work will be accepted with a 10 percent deduction per day overdue. • Communication must be initiated by the student if extenuating circumstances have affected the completion of an assignment.

23. Academic Honesty • Collaborate often in this class, there is a time and a place for it. • Do not do it. Papers, tests, etc. • Includes allowing others to copy your work. • Addressed on a case-by-case basis – most likely, your assignment will be failed and addressed with the administration.

24. Cell Phone Policy • Will not become a problem. • Brought to the office at my first available opportunity and you will be in touch with the administration from there. • Don’t do it to yourself, I know you need them to survive. • Potential opportunities for use throughout the course.

25. Bathroom AND NURSE • Raise three fingers to use the bathroom. I will point to you, please sign out, and then exit the room quietly. • Do not make your bathroom usage a reason why you miss too much class time. • For the nurse, raise your hand and ask to go to the nurse, please sign out.

26. Emergency • Fire Drill – Exit the building quietly and stand in an orderly fashion. Allow me to take attendance. Face the school. • Address any concerns with me after I have finished roll. • Evacuation – Follow the assigned procedure. • Lockdown – Gather near the office wall, be silent. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2FLJAuCwQU

27. This Summer and now • Wedding, travel, golf, beach, housing. Photos to follow. • Graduate school a big part of my life, will finish this year. • NHS, FFA, SGA. • Always trying to become a better teacher. Questions?

32. Syllabus, Homework

33. Who’s Who? An IB History quiz.

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