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Unit 2: Causes of World War I (Topic 1)- Nationalism and Imperialism in Europe- The fundamental, intensifying, and immediate causes- Campaigns, war at sea, effects on civilian population in Europeand the United States- Factors leading to the defeat of the central powers- Social and economic changes during and after the war in Europeand the United States-Wilson's Fourteen Points- The Treaty of Versailles

Unit 3: Russian Revolution and the Development of the Soviet State(Prescribed Subject 1-ror detaited sndy) (Topics I & 3)- Conditions under the Czars- Revolutions of 1917- The Red Scare- Civil War and Bolshevik Terror- Formation of the USSR- Power struggle and the emergence of Stalin

Unit 4: Growth of Fascism (Topic 3)- The political, economic, and social policies of single party states- Mussolini- Rise of Hitler and the Nazi party- Spanish Civil War

Unit 5: Causes, Practices, and Effects of World War II (Topic 1)- International diplomacy in the inter-war years- Aggressive policies of Hitler and Mussolini- Hitler's foreign policy- Appeasement, collapse of the League of Nations- Causes of World War II- The European and Pacific front- Total war and its effects- War in the air, on land, at sea, the home front- Political, social, and economic consequences of the war inEurope and the United States- The establishment of the United Nations

Unit 6: The Cold War, L945 - L960, including Korea(Prescribed Subject 3-for detaited staay) (Topics 1,2 &5)- Origins of the Cold War in Europe- Policies of the Cold War: Truman Doctrine, Marshall PIan, Yalta,Potsdam, Containment, etc.- Creation of NATO, Warsaw Pact, EEC- Expansion of Cold War into Asia- The Korean War

Unit 7: The Cold War, 1960 - 1979, including Vietnam(Prescribed Subject 3-for detaited study) (Topics 1, 2 &5)- Vietnam's history of rebellion- French de-colonization- Geneva Agreement- Diem's government in South Vietnam- United States involvement in Vietnam- Nixon and Cambodia

Unit 8: Cuba, Castro, and the,Cold War (Topics 3 & 5)(Prescribed Subject 3-for detailed study)- Expansion of Cold War into Latin America and the Middle East- Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro- Events in Cuba (Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis)- SALT (strategic arms limitations talks) and START (strategicarms reduction talks)- Collapse of the Soviet Union

Unit 9: Conflict in the Middle East and the US Involvement (Topic 1)- British foreign policy - Balfour Declaration/White papers- UN partition plan- Arab-Israeli war - 1948 War/Six Day War/Yom Kippurilebanon- Palestinian Question - The use of terrorism- Arab nationalism- United States policy in the Middle East

Assessment: Students will be assessed in a variety of ways through the completion ofprojects, essays, objective and subjective tests including document based questions, andin class performance.

Major assignments for the year may include:

1. Several major seminars with accompanying short essay assignments of 1-2 pages.2. Reading will be a required component of this course and the students will be

graded on their knowledge and participation.3. Group projects with visual and presentation components4. Research paper utilizing secondary and primary sources with appropriate citations5. A collection of historical exercises (ex. Document based activities)6. Each student will begin the Internal Assessment project that will be due in the

first semester of the student's senior year. The topics for these projects will bedetermined by each individual instructor, and will follow the InternationalBaccalaureate guidelines.

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During their junior year the students will begin preparing for the following IBassessments to be completed during their senior year:

Paper 1: Document Based Questions -20Vo (1 hour) The three subjects on which thequestions are set are prescribed in advance. Each subject will feature five historicaldocuments followed by four questions. Students must choose only one subject andanswer all the questions pertaining to that subject. Previous knowledge of the subject isnecessary as well as historiographical skills.

Paper 2z 20h Century World History Topics -25Vo {l112 Hours) This paper requiresstudents to answer two essay questions. The questions are by topics, with five questionsfor each of the six topics. The students must answer two questions each selected fromdifferent topics.

Paper 3: History of the Americas -35Vo (2112 Hours) This paper requires students toanswer three essay questions. There will be twenty-five questions from which to choose.The syllabus for each regional option is divided into twenty-two sections, and onequestion will be set on each of these twenty-two sections. The remaining three questionsmay be used to cover material that occurs in more than one section, or they may be usedas an additional question for one ofthe sections already covered.

Internal Assessment: - 20Vo The internal assessment requires an intensive independentstudy of a particular historical topic. A student begins with a concise historical questionand attempts to answer it by thoroughly investigating numerous sources. It enablescandidates to demonstrate the application of their skills and knowledge in history and topursue their own personal historical interests without the time constraints associated withwritten examinations. Students will begin this work during their junior year and it will becompleted during the first semester of their senior year.

Resources: The resources that will be utilized in this course include scholarly journalarticles, books, and various pieces of software.

Text Books:America: Pathways to the Present, Andrew Cayton, Elisabeth Perry, and Allan Winkler(Currently Have)A History of the Modern World Since 1815, RR Carlton and Joel Colton (Being Ordered)America: Volume II, George Tindall and David ShiThe Americans: A History, winthrop Jordan, Miriam Greenblatt and John Bowes

Supplemental Books:American Issues: A Primary Source Reader in United States History, Irwin UngerPortrait of America: Vol. II from 1865, Stephen B. OatesA People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present, Howard Zinn

Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938, Stephen Ambrose and D.BrinkleyInterpretations of American History: Patterns and Perspectives from Reconstruction. Vol.2, Francis G. CouvaresThe Democracy Reader, Diane Ravitch and Abigail ThernstromThe First World War, A.J.P. Taylor (Being Ordered)The Origins of the First World War, James Joll (Being Ordered)The Origins of the First World War : Seminar Studies in History Series, Gordon Martel,W. B. Wollen (Being Ordered)First World War, John Keegan (Being Ordered)The Russian Revolution, E.H. Carr (Being Ordered)A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, Orlando Figes (Being Ordered)Russia: A History of the Soviet Period, woodford McClellan (Being ordered)The Russian Revolution, Richard Pipes (Being Ordered)Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime, Richard Pipes (Being Ordered)Three Whys of the Russian Revolution, Richard Pipes (Being Ordered)The Concise History of the Russian Revolution. Richard Pipes (Being Ordered)Western Europe since 1945, Derek Unwin (Being Ordered)Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations. Volume 3: The Globalizing ofAmerica. 1913-1945, Akira Iriye (Being Ordered)Hitler: A Study of Tyranny, Alan Bullock (Being Ordered)Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives, Alan Bullock (Being Ordered)The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. William Shirer (Being Ordered)The Gathering Storm,Winston S. Churchill (Being Ordered)World War II: Roots and Causes,Keith Eubank (Being Ordered)Dreadnought: Britain. Germany. and the Coming of the Great War,Robert K. Massie(Being Ordered)The Origins of the Second World War (Seminar Studies in History),R. J. Overy (BeingOrdered)Europe Between the Wars, Martin Kitchen (Being Ordered)The Battle for History, John Keegan (Being Ordered)The Clash: A History of uS Japan Relations, walter LaFeber (Being ordered)We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History, John Lewis Gaddis (Being Ordered)The Cold War: A History Through Documents, Edward H. Judge, John W. (Ed.)Langdon, John Langdon (Being Ordered)Cold War lllusions: America. Europe and Soviet Power. 1969-1989. Dana H. Allin(Being Ordered)Lyndon Johnson's War: America's Cold War Crusade in Vietnam. 1945-1965, MichaelHunt and Eric Foner (Being Ordered)Diplomacy, Henry Kissinger (Being Ordered)The Whitehouse Years, Henry Kissinger (Being Ordered)CNN's Cold War Documentary: Issues and Controversy, Robert Conquest, John LewisGaddis,and Richard PipesAmerica. Russia. and the Cold War 1945 - 2002: Updated. g/e, Walter LaFeber (BeingOrdered)In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, Robert McNamara

As I Saw [t, Dean Rusk (Being Ordered)Vietnam: A History, Stanley Karnow_(Being Ordered)The Vietnam Experience, Edward Doyle and Samuel Lipsman (Being Ordered)A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, Neil Sheehan (BeingOrdered)Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes. 1963-fl, Michael R. BeschlossWar and Peace in the Middle East, Avi Schlaim (Being Ordered)

Software:Internet ExplorerAdobe PhotoshopAdobe GoliveDreamweaveriMoviePowerPointMicrosoft Word

IB AMERICAI\I STUDTES (HIGI{ER LEYEL)MR. LYNCII

BERGEN COT}NTY ACAI)EMIESviclyn@bergen.org

Bergen County AcademiesIB Ameriean Studies Classroom Management plan

I. Assessmenf Students will be graded upon the criteria in the following are€N:

o Projects and Classwork- 40%Project work, as emphasizedby the coalition of Essential Schools, is critical to

leaming subject matter in depth. Therefore, the bulk of the assessment will bedetermined by successful completion of all projects and class assignments. Specificcriteria will be delineated for each project.

r Tests and Quizzes- 30o/oA variety of test and quiz formats, including essays, multiple choice, identifications,

etc. will be given.

r Homework- 207oHomework assignments will be gven in conjunction with ongoing classwork. All

preparatory work must be completed at home. Independent assignments are expected tobe turned in on time. If work is turned in one day late, the student will lose 106/o ofpossible points. If work is handed in truo days late, 20o/o of rhegrade will be deducted.Late assignments will not be accepted for credit after the second day following the duedate. Be sure to speak to me for consideration of special circumstances.

r Class participation- l0%All students are expected to be actively involved in group work, classroom discussions

and activities.

students will receive a grade according to the following averages:

93- 100 = A9A- 92 = A-87- 89 = B+8 3 - 8 6 = B80- 82: B-77- 79: C+7 3 - 7 6 = C7O -72=C-67- 69: D+

IB AMERICAI\I STIJDIES (I{IGIIER LEYEL)MR. LYNCH

BERGEN COUNTY ACADEMIESviclyn@bergen.org

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II Required Material

r NotebookAll students must maintain a three ring binder since all handouts are supplied in that

format. The notebook should include two different sections:1. Classnotes.2. Returned and graded papers.

o Other MaterialsEach student should come to class prepared with paper, writing implements, necessary

texts and a diskette for when we work with computers.

o TextbookOur textbooks for the year are "Nation of Nations" and *Modern Latin America.oo

There are classroom copies of the text available, so students may leave their individualcopy at home. For some assignments the student is required to buy the book or borrow itfrom their local librarv.

III. The Law of the Land

A. School PoliciesAll school policies will be followed in room 23. (Refer to Student Handbook).

B. RespectIdeals of respect for self, respect for others, and respect for the world around us as youconduct yourself are essential to success. If each of us adheres to those ideals, we willnot need any other rules. Howevern the dismissal of respect creates the need for morerules. Let us avoid that and learn as much as we can together.