ALPAMAYO SCHOOL

SYLLABUS HISTORY HL
2021- 2022

1. SUBJECT INFORMATION

1.1 Area: Humanities

1.2 Course: History HL
1.3 Grades: 10 y 11
1.4 Weekly hours: 6
1.5 School weeks: 56
1.6 Effective class hours: 300
1.7 Teacher: Pablo Talavera

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2. COURSE OVERVIEW

“History is a dynamic, contested, evidence-based discipline that involves an exciting

engagement with the past. It is a rigorous intellectual discipline, focused around key historical
concepts such as change, causation and significance.
History is an exploratory subject that fosters a sense of inquiry. It is also an interpretive
discipline, allowing opportunity for engagement with multiple perspectives and a plurality of
opinions. Studying history develops an understanding of the past, which leads to a deeper
understanding of the nature of humans and of the world today.
The IB Diploma Programme (DP) history course is a world history course based on a
comparative and multiperspective approach to history. It involves the study of a variety of types
of history, including political, economic, social and cultural, and provides a balance of structure
and flexibility. The course emphasizes the importance of encouraging students to think
historically and to develop historical skills as well as gaining factual knowledge. It puts a
premium on developing the skills of critical thinking, and on developing an understanding of
multiple interpretations of history. In this way, the course involves a challenging and demanding
critical exploration of the past.” (Taken from the official IB DP History Guide 2017)
There are six key concepts throughout the DP history course. Those are change, continuity,
causation, consequence, significance (importance) and perspective.

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3. COURSE OBJECTIVES

“3.1. Stimulate the systematic and critical study of human experience and behavior; of
the social, economic and physical media; and the History and development of the social and
cultural institutions.
3.2. Develop in the student the capacity to identify, to critically analyze and to evaluate
theories, concepts and arguments about nature, human activities and societies.
3.3. Train the student to get, to describe and to analyze all the data used in social
studies to prove a hypothesis and to interpret complex data and sources.
3.4. Promote the value of the learned contents related with student´s culture as well as
with other societies’ culture.
3.5. Develop in the student the awareness that people have many different perspectives
and opinions and the study of the society requires the attendance of that diversity.
3.6. Train the student to recognize that subject contents and methodologies of group 3
are debatable and their study requires tolerating uncertainty.”
(Taken from the IB DP History Guide 2017)

4. COMPETENCES AND ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES`

“The candidate for the Diploma, at the end of the course, must demonstrate the
development of the following competences:

4.1. Develop an understanding of the past and a lasting interest in it.

4.2. Encourage students to consider multiple perspectives and appreciate the complexity of
historical concepts, themes, events and processes.

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 4.3. Promote the international mentality by studying the history of more than one region of
the world.
4.4. Develop the understanding of history as a discipline and foster historical awareness,
which includes the sense of chronology and context, and the understanding of different
historical perspectives.
4.5. Develop fundamental historical skills, including the ability to use sources effectively.
4.6. Foster students' understanding of themselves and contemporary society through
reflection on the past.”
(Taken from the IB DP History Guide 2017)

5. MODULES, UNITS OR COURSE CONTENTS

FIRST YEAR COMPONENTS (2020)

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1. Presence of America in world affairs (1880-1929):

 United States expansionist foreign policy: political, economic, social

and ideological causes.
 Spanish-American War (1898): causes and consequences
 Impact of the United States foreign policy: “big stick” policy; dollar
diplomacy; moral diplomacy

2. Causes and effects of 20th-century wars

This world history topic focuses on the causes, war strategies and
consequences of the wars of the twentieth century. Explore the causes of
wars and the way they were carried out, including types of war, the use of
technology and the impact of these factors on results.

 World War I (causes, consequences, war strategies)

 United States and World War I: from neutrality to participation;
reasons for the entry of the USA UU. to the First World War; Wilson's
peace ideals and fight for the ratification of the Versailles Treaty in the
United States; importance of war for the position of the United States
in the hemisphere
 Impact of World War I in two countries of America: political aspects
and economic, social and external policy

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II 3. Authoritarian states (20th century)

This world history topic focuses on the factors that led to the emergence of
authoritarian states in the twentieth century, as well as the methods used
by parties and leaders to take power and maintain it. The emergence,
consolidation and maintenance of power is explored, which also includes
the way in which the policies (both internal and external) applied by the
leaders, influenced the maintenance of power.

 Emergence of authoritarian states:

a) Conditions that gave to emergence of authoritarian states: economic

factors; social division; impact of war; weakness of the political system.
b) Methods used to establish authoritarian states: persuasion and coercion;
role of leaders; ideology; use of force and propaganda.

 Consolidation and maintenance of power

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a) Use of legal methods: use of force; charismatic leaders; dissemination of
propaganda
b) Nature and importance of the opposition and treatment received.
c) Impact of the success and / or failure of foreign policy on the maintenance
of power.

 Objectives and results of the policies:

a) Objectives and impacts of internal economic, cultural and social policies.

b) Impact of internal policies on women and minorities.
c) Authoritarian control and the extent to which it was achieved

Cases:

 The Russian Revolution (causes, consequences, war strategies)

(1917)
 Stalin (1922-1952)
 Hitler (1933-1945)

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III 4. Case study 2: German and Italian expansion (1933–1940)

 Hitler and Mussolini (origins and development of the authoritarian

states and single party)

Causes of expansion

 Impact of fascism and Nazism on the foreign policies of Italy and

Germany
 Impact of domestic economic issues on the foreign policies of Italy
and Germany
 Changing diplomatic alignments in Europe; the end of collective
security; appeasement

Events

 German challenges to the post-war settlements (1933–1938)

 Italian expansion: Abyssinia (1935–1936); Albania; entry into the

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 Second World War • German expansion (1938–1939); Pact of
Steel, Nazi–Soviet Pact and the outbreak of war

Responses

 International response to German aggression (1933–1938)

 International response to Italian aggression (1935–1936)
 International response to German and Italian aggression (1940)

5. Case study 1: Japanese expansion in East Asia (1931–1941)

Causes of expansion

 The impact of Japanese nationalism and militarism on foreign

policy
 Japanese domestic issues: political and economic issues, and
their impact on foreign relations

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  Political instability in China

Events

 Japanese invasion of Manchuria and northern China (1931)

 Sino-Japanese War (1937–1941)
 The Three Power/Tripartite Pact; the outbreak of war; Pearl
Harbor (1941)

Responses

 League of Nations and the Lytton report

 Political developments within China—the Second United Front
 International response, including US initiatives and increasing
tensions between the US and Japan

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Term SECOND YEAR COMPONENTS (2021)

6. World War II and Americas (1933–1945)

At the end of the 1930s, the deterioration of the world order led to the
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outbreak of war in Europe and Asia, and the American countries reacted in
different ways to the challenges presented to them. This section focuses on
the changing policies adopted by these countries as a result of the growing
political and diplomatic tensions that preceded World War II and those that
remained during their development. It also examines the impact of war on the
region.

 Hemispheric reactions to the events that took place in Europe and

Asia: inter-American diplomacy; cooperation and neutrality;
Franklin D. Roosevelt's “good neighbor” policy, its application and
its consequences
 Participation of two countries of America in World War II
 Social impact of World War II; impact on the situation of women
and minorities; compulsory military service
 Treatment of Japanese Americans, Latin American Japanese and
Canadian Japanese
 Reasons and importance of the use of atomic weapons against
Japan by the United States

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  Economic and diplomatic consequences of World War II in two
countries of America

7. The Cold War: Superpower tensions and rivalries (20th century)

The Cold War dominated global affairs from the end of the Second World War
II to the early 1990s. This topic focuses on how superpower rivalries did not
remain static but changed according to styles of leadership, strength of
ideological beliefs, economic factors and crises involving client states.
Rivalry, mistrust and accord
 The breakdown of the Grand Alliance and the emergence of
superpower rivalry in Europe and Asia (1943–1949): role of ideology;
fear and aggression; economic interests; a comparison of the roles of
the US and the USSR
 The US, USSR and China—superpower relations (1947–1979):
containment; peaceful co-existence; Sino-Soviet and Sino-US
relations; detente
 Confrontation and reconciliation; reasons for the end of the Cold War
(1980– 1991): ideological challenges and dissent; economic
problems; arms race
Leaders and nations
 The impact of two leaders, each chosen from a different region, on the
course and development of the Cold War
 The economic, social and cultural impact of the Cold War on two
countries, each chosen from a different region
Cold War crises
 Cold War crises case studies: detailed study of any two Cold War
crises from different regions: examination and comparison of the
causes, impact and significance of the two crises

III 8. The Cold War in America (1945-1981)

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Most of the second half of the 20th century was dominated by the global
conflict of the Cold War. In America, some countries allied closely with the
United States, and just one country took the side of the Soviet Union, Cuba.
Many remained neutral or tried not to get involved in the Cold War fighting.
There were also some who, influenced by the Cuban Revolution, established
socialist governments. However, none escaped the pressures of the Cold
War, which had an important impact on the internal and external policies of
the countries of the region.

 Truman: containment policy and its implications for America;

emergence of McCarthyism and its consequences on the
internal and external policies of the United States; Cold War
impact on society and culture

 War of Korea, the United States and the rest of America:

reasons for participation; military events; diplomatic and
political results
 Eisenhower and Dulles: the “New Look” and its application;
characteristics and motives of said policy; repercussions in the
region
 United States intervention in Vietnam: reasons and nature of
the intervention at different stages; internal and final
consequences of the war; lack of Canadian war support; Latin
American protests against the war
 US foreign policy from Kennedy to Carter: characteristics and
reasons for that policy; implications for the region: Kennedy's
"Alliance for Progress"; Nixon's undercover operations in Chile;

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 defense of human rights by Carter and the Panama Canal
Treaty (1977)
 The Cold War in Canada or in a Latin American country:
reasons why certain foreign and internal policies were adopted
and their application (The Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro
(authoritarian state))
 End of the Cold War

IV  IB International assessments
 Revision

9. COURSE METHODOLOGY

 Daily class participation

 Group works
 Individual works
 Graphic organizers
 Brief historical researches
 Source signing
 Written report
 Oral report
 Tests

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10. EVALUATION

10.1 IB External Assessment

(Written Exams which correspond to the 80 % of the IB grade).

PAPER 1 (Weighting 20%)

From the chosen topic (Move to Global War) it will answer 2 structured questions – 24 marks.
PAPER 2 (Weighting 25%)
It will answer two develop questions about two different topics (Authoritarian states of the 20
Century – Causes and consequences of 20 Century Wars) – 30 marks.
PAPER 3 (Weighting 35%)
It will answer three develop questions about the selected region (America: American presence in
world affairs, World War II in America (1933-1945) and The Cold War in America (1945-1981))
– 45 marks

10.2 IB Internal Assessment

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 HISTORICAL RESEARCH
The topic will be evaluated by the teacher and moderate externally by the IB.
The students must realize a research about a topic their choice – 25 marks.

7.3 School assessment

 School tasks and homework (30%)

 Research (20%)
 Written tests (40%)
 Attitude (10%)

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OFFICIAL BOOK GUIDE – IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME

International Baccalaureate Organization (2017). History Guide. Official IB Diploma Guide 2017

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