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IB History Curriculum Map SL
IB History Curriculum Map SL
History Curriculum Map Standard Level
Term 1 Introduction to IB History
JC 1 Causes and Results of the First World War (Paper 2, Topic 1)
o International relations and diplomatic crises 1890‐1914
o Alliance system
o Balkan nationalism
o Arms race
Defeat of the Central Powers
o Factors leading to defeat of the Central Powers (quick overview)
o First World War social and political impact
Term 2 Peace Making and Peace Keeping: Europe 1920s (Paper 1, Paper 2: Topic 1)
JC 1 o Wilson and the 14 Points
o Paris Peace Conference and resulting treaties
o Geopolitical and economic impact of the treaties
o The mandate system
o Treaty enforcement and disarmament
o League of Nations and collective security
o Ruhr Crisis
o Locarno Spring
Role of Stresemann, Briand and Chamberlain
o International Relations in the 1930s (Paper 1; Paper 2: Topic 1)
o Great Depression
o Manchuria Crisis
o Abyssinia Crisis
Term 3 Stalinʹs Russia (Paper 2: Topic 3)
JC 1 o Rise to power
o Consolidation of power and use of coercion
o Domestic policy
o Foreign policy
Hitler’s Germany (Paper 2: Topic 3)
o Rise to power
o Consolidation of power and use of coercion
Term 4 Hitler’s Germany (Paper 2: Topic 3) Continued
JC 1 o Domestic policy
o Foreign policy
Spanish Civil War (Paper 2: Topic 1)
o Background to the outbreak of the Civil War
o Causes and consequences
o Foreign involvement and reasons for Nationalist victory
Term 5 Internal Assessment
JC 2 o Choose topic
o Find sources
Outline sections A and C
Causes of the Second World War (Paper 2: Topic 1)
o Long‐term causes
o Short‐term causes
o Immediate causes
o Historiographical debate
Second World War (Paper 2: Topic 1)
o Strategy, tactics and technology
o Home front and Total War
o Factors leading to the defeat of the Axis Powers
o Political, economic and social results/effects
Internal Assessment (continued)
o Research
o Write rough draft
Term 6 Internal Assessment (continued)
JC 2 o Write and turn in final draft
Chinese Civil War (Paper 2: Topic 1)
o Revolution of 1911
o Sun Yat‐sen, Chiang Kai‐shek and the Nationalists
o Mao Zedong and the CCP
o Causes of the Chinese Civil War
o Practices and nature of the war
o Role of foreign powers
o Factors leading to the victory of the CCP
Mao and the People’s Republic of China (Paper 2: Topic 3)
o Rise to power
o Consolidation of power and use of coercion
o Domestic policy
o Foreign policy
Term 7 Origins of the Cold War
JC 2 o Ideological differences
o Mutual suspicion and fear
o From wartime allies to post‐war enemies
Nature of the Cold War
o Ideological opposition
o Superpowers and spheres of influence
o Alliances and diplomacy in the Cold War
Mock Exams
Term 8 Review for IB History Exam
JC 2 o Paper 1
o Paper 2, Topic 1
o Paper 2, Topic 3
o Paper 2, Topic 5
IB History Exam