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The final dates!. IB Diploma Papers 1&2: Tuesday 11 May (pm) Paper 3: Wednesday 12 May (am) High School Diploma Papers 1 & 2: Wednesday 14 th April (am) Extra revision sessions: TBC. Revision topics - SL. The Cold War Origins US and USSR policies and tactics (origins and development)
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The final dates! IB Diploma • Papers 1&2: Tuesday 11 May (pm) • Paper 3: Wednesday 12 May (am) High School Diploma • Papers 1 & 2: Wednesday 14th April (am) • Extra revision sessions: • TBC
Revision topics - SL • The Cold War • Origins • US and USSR policies and tactics (origins and development) • Korea, Cuba, Germany, Vietnam (role in the Cold War, compare and contrast) • Development (1950s & 60s) • War • Guerilla war • Limited war • Democratic states • Constitutions, challenges (and how well dealt with), successes/failures • Japan 1945 - 1952 • USA 1953 – 1974 • De Gaulle’s France
Revision skills • Source Skills • Messages from cartoons • OPVL • Compare and contrast • Mini-essay • Essay Skills • Planning • Timing • Using information out of context (in different situations) • Remembering examples (dates, facts, statistics) • Creating a thesis • Sophistication of language (avoiding generalisations)
Revision Topics - HL • The Great Depression in the Americas • Causes (USA, Brazil) • USA: Hoover, FDR and effectiveness of New Deal • Vargas’ response to Depression • Impact on society and the Arts • Developments in the Americas after WW2 (1945 – 79) • US DP: Truman, Eis, JFK, LBJ, Nixon • Populist leaders in Latin America (Vargas) • Cuban Revolution and rule of Castro (successes/failures)
Revision Topics - HL • The Cold War and the Americas (1945 – 81) • Truman: containment and McCarthyism • US and the Korean War • Eisenhower and Dulles: the New Look • US and Vietnam • FP: JFK, LBJ, Nixon • Civil Rights and social movements • Origins, nature, challenges and achievements • African Americans in US (role of government/Supreme Court) • Role of MLK, Malcolm X, Black power, Black Panthers • Other civil rights movements (Native Americans, Women, Hispanic) • Civil Rights in Cuba (for comparison)