Revision IB

 

We agreed on focusing on subjects from paper 1 and paper 2. As we could see paper 3 questions will naturally fit in here.

 

We didn’t agree on how to do this.

 

This is my idea:

 

Week nr

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

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We tried to plan.

 

Paper 2 and 3 Russia USSR

Paper 3:

13. Czarist Russia to Communist USSR.

Paper 2:

Origins of the Single Party State.

Paper 2 and 3 Russia USSR

October Revolution and Civil War.

Paper 3:

13. Czarist Russia to Communist USSR.

Paper 2:

Establishment of Single Party State.

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Paper 2 and 3 Russia USSR.

NEP to Stalin and Collectivization,

Consolidation of Power.

Paper 3:

13. Czarist Russia to Communist USSR.

16. Stalinist Russia.

Paper 2:

Establishment of Single Party State.

Paper 2 and 3 Russia USSR

Stalin and the Purges to 1941.

Paper 3:

16. Stalinist Russia.

Paper 2:

Rule of Single party state.

 

Paper 2 and 3 Russia USSR.

Stalin 1941 – 1953.

Paper 2:

Regional and Global Impact.

Rule of Single Party State.

Paper 3:

16. Stalinist Russia.

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BREAK

Paper 3 USSR

19. USSR 1953 to 1995

Paper 1 USSR.

The USSR and Stalin 1924 to 1941.

Source exercise

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Paper 3 Germany to 1921.

Paper 3.

6. Prussia up to 1871.

7. Prussia/Germany 1867 to 1921.

14. Causes of First World War. (Focus on this).

Paper 2:

Origins of the Single Party State.

Paper 2 and 3 Germany Hitler 1921 – 1935.

Paper 2:

Establishment of Single Party State.

Paper 3:

15. Interwar years.

16. Nazi Germany.

 

Paper 2 and 3 Germany Hitler 1933 – 1945.

Paper 2:

Rule of the Single Party State.

Global Impact of Single Party State.

Paper 3:

15. Interwar Years.

16. Nazi Germany

18. WW2.

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BREAK

 

Paper 2 Italy to 1922.

Origins of the Single Party State.

 

Paper 2 and 3 Italy 1922 to 1945.

Paper 2:

Establishing of Single party state.

Rule of Single Party state

Global and local impact of Single Party State.

Paper 3.

16.Fascist Italy.

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Paper 2 and 3 Italy 1922 to 1945.

Paper 2:

Establishing of Single party state.

Rule of Single Party state

Global and local impact of Single Party State.

Paper 3.

16.Fascist Italy.

Paper 2 Cold War

Origins of east-west rivalry.

Nature of Cold War.

Paper 2 Cold War

APRIL 1

Cold War Development

End of Cold War.

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Paper 2 Cold War

Cont + Middle East.

Paper 3 Cold War.

19. USSR 1941 to 1995.

20. Post War Western Europe.

 

Paper 3 Cold War.

21. Eastern and Central Europe 1919 to 1995.

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Paper 1 Cold War.

Paper 1 Cold War.

Paper 1 and 2 Mao.

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Techniques/ Any other questions.

Techniques/ Any other questions.

Techniques/ Any other questions.

 

Important points:

 

q       We will have to focus on the different papers in order to do this efficient. That means that I will point out typical questions and try to coach as good as possible for the different papers, but I won’t give you all the facts ones more.

q       Decide ahead which questions you want to answer and study for those.

q       I have made the planning in order to fit the majority, if you choose other subject and questions to answer, you are more than welcome, but you do at your own risk.

q       I will NOT be able to cover everything, passing the revision will NOT be enough.

q       You have to study parallel with the revision lessons.

 

 

 

 

 

And this is the idea behind the planning:

 

For Paper 1:

 

Most of you are going to do Stalin 1924 to 1941.

You have to know:

q       Struggle for leadership.

q       Collectivization and agricultural policies.

q       Five Year Plans, industrialization and rearmament.

q       Nature of the Soviet State, constitution, extent of Stalin’s power, cult of personality.

q       Purges, impact on society.

q       Foreign relations, USSR and Nazi Germany, Nazi / Soviet Pact.

 

As you could see below all of this fits in the area covered by Topic 3 in Paper 2. Hence we will start by focusing on Russia paper 2.

 

For Paper 2:

 

Questions will be asked on one of these dictators:

q       Mao

q       Fidel Castro

q       Hitler

q       Mussolini

q       Lenin

q       Stalin

You have to have dictators from two different regions.

 

These dictators should be studied like this:

q       Origins of the S-P State.

o       Conditions leading to

o       Emergence of leader, aims, ideology, support.

q       Establishing of S-P State.

o       Methods

o       Form of government, ideology

o       Totalitarianism treatment of opposition

q       Rule of S-P State.

o       Political, economic and social policies.

o       Role of education, the arts, the media, propaganda.

o       Status of women.

o       Treatment of minorities.

q       Regional and global impact.

o       Foreign policies as means of maintaining the regime.

o       Impact of regime outside the state.

o       As a factor in the cold war.

 

We will focus on Lenin, Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini in the revision. When we do Stalin I will make references to Mao. IF I FAIL TO DO SO, MAKE SURE YOU DO ON YOUR OWN/ REMIND ME.

 

This is why we will do Hitler and Mussolini after Stalin.

 

As we could see this covered well the following areas in paper 3:

q       Tsarist Russia to Communist USSR

q       The causes and effects of First World War.

q       The Interwar Years.

q       Totalitarian Europe 1922 to 1953.

 

In order to be able to manage the exams we will also need the Cold War:

 

For Paper One:

 

The Cold War 1960 to 1979:

q       Peaceful coexistance, challenges and the dentente

q       Nuclear disarmament and arms control

q       Devlopment in Latin America, especially Cuba

q       The Vietnam War.

q       Development in Germany and the eastern bloc.

q       Sino-Soviet relations.

 

I would recommend you to pick Stalin for paper 1.

 

For Paper 2:

 

Cold War 1945 to 1995.

q       Origins of rivalry

q       Nature of the CW

q       Development

o       Europe

o       US policy of containment

o       Spread of war worldwide

o       Related wars and non-alignment

o       Brinkmanship

o       Social, economic and gender issues.

q       End of Cold War.

 

This is what we have spent the autumn doing, very little revision on this area.

 

For Paper 3 this will enable you to answer these areas:

q       USSR 1941 to 1995

q       Post-war western Europe to 1995

q       Eastern and central Europe excl USSR 1919 to 1995.

 

Traps to look out for (faults that I haven’t been able to avoid in the planning of this revision)

q       Regions on paper 2! Mao as comparison.

q       Cold War; Middle east, non-alignment.

q       Paper 3: pick 4 topics and make sure you study everything from the syllabus.

q       Trust yourself, not me! It is your exams!!!