History EEB1

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History EEB1

• 2 4 period course years 6 7

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• Learning Objectives
• The gathering and sorting of historical sources.
• The evaluation of historical evidence.
• The recognising and understanding of historical
  processes and their relationships to human
  experience, activity and motivation.
• Organizing and expressing historical ideas and
  information.
• Skills development
• Communicational and analytical skills critical
  use of document material.
• Essay writing and research skills
• ICT, presentation and debating skills

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Decisions, decisions
What should I do?

• History 4?

History 2?
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Differences between History 2 and History 4

• History is a compulsory subject for the
  Baccalaureate, however the students choose
  between a short course (History 2) or a long
  course (History 4).
• The core curriculum is the same
• History 2 will give the student an overview of
  modern world history.
• History 4 allows more in-depth study of modern
  world history and gives a greater appreciation of
  history.

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• History 4 gives the students the opportunity and
  time to discuss and debate events and issues in
  History.
• As regards assessment, the A-Grade is based on
  the same criterion.
• B-grade assessment is conducted differently for
  History 2 and History 4.
• In both courses the student has the option to
  take an oral exam for the Baccalaureate

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Assessment Years 6 7-2 period course

• Formative
• (A mark)
• Attendance and punctuality
• The efforts made by the student to progress
• Various exercises, and tests

• Summative
• (B mark)
• 2 tests of 45 min. each per semester based on
  source documents.
• At the end of year 7, students can choose to take
  the oral examination of 20 minutes.

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Assessment Year 64 period course

• Formative
• (A mark)
• Attendance and punctuality
• The efforts made by the student to progress
• Various exercises, assignments and tests
• A personal research study (first or second
  semester) weighting up to 25 of the A mark.

• Summative
• (B mark)
• 2 examinations (1 per semester) of 2 hours and 15
  min. each following the examination of the
  Baccalaureate.

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Assessment Year 74 period course

• Formative
• (A mark)
• Attendance and punctuality
• The efforts made by the student to progress
• Various exercises, assignments and tests

• Summative
• (B mark)
• The mark is set by a 3 h. written exam at the end
  of the first semester.
• The Baccalaureate exam (3 hours) is divided into
  2 sections (one source document part and a
  structured essay part).
• Students can choose to take the oral history
  Baccalaureate test. The oral examination lasts
  twenty minutes.

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Year 6 2 4 period course

• Europe 1914- 1945

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Themes

• 3 compulsory themes (about 24/48 lessons )
• Europe transformed by the First World War
• Dictatorships and democracies. Europe between the
  wars (1918-1939)
• Europe and the Europeans during the Second World
  War.

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7 optional themes -3 minimum (3x8/15 lessons)

• The United States of America since 1898
• Culture and society before 1945
• Colonization and European imperialism (late 19th
  -1945)
• War in the 20th century
• Women in the 20th century
• Russia and U.S.S.R 1917 -1953
• Genocide in the 20th century

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Year 7-2 4 period course

• Europe since the Second World War

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Themes

• 4 compulsory themes (about 24/45 lessons )
• Post-War Europe (1945-1949)
• "Eastern Europe, Western Europe"(1949-1973)
• "The European dictatorship to democratic Europe
  (1974-1995)
• Europe in the making (1945 to today)

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2 period course 7 optional themes, 3 themes
minimum (3x10 lessons)

• The Cold War
• China since 1949
• Decolonization after 1945
• The Arab-Israeli conflict since 1947
• The USA after 1945
• The United Nations.
• Mass media, popular culture and authority since
  1945.

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4 period course 3 additional compulsory themes
of about 15 lessons each

• Cold War and international relations since 1945
• China since 1949
• Decolonisation and independence since 1945

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New syllabus, new Baccalaureate exam

• The format of the written exam for s7 has changed
  as of 2015
• There will be a document question (worth 50marks)
  and a structured essay (worth 50 marks).
• There is no choice about questions all
  questions must be done.

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So what is a structured essay?

• Essentially the structured essay isnt an essay
  in the good old sense of the word, but is divided
  into three separate parts
• Q1 a definition and a description (10 marks)
• Q2 causes or consequences (15 marks)
• Q3 an essay (25 marks)

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Why choose History 4?

• Relevance to higher education

• Development of specific skills

• You like History as a subject

• You enjoy reading, researching writing and
  debating.

• Interest in history, politics and current affairs

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Any questions about History 2 or 4?