Transcript s5 presentation on s6 s7 history course

History EEB1
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2 & 4 period course years 6 & 7
Learning Objectives:
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The gathering and sorting of historical sources.
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The evaluation of historical evidence.
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The recognising and understanding of historical processes and their
relationships to human experience, activity and motivation.
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Organizing and expressing historical ideas and information.
Skills development:
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Communicational and analytical skills – critical use of document
material.
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Essay writing and research skills
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ICT, presentation and debating skills
Decisions, decisions…
What
should I
do?
History
2?
History
4?
Differences between History 2 and
History 4
History is a compulsory subject for the
Baccalaureate, however the students
choose between a short course (History 2)
or a long course (History 4).
 The core curriculum is the same
 History 2 will give the student an
overview of modern world history.
 History 4 allows more in-depth study of
modern world history and gives a
greater appreciation of history.

History 4 gives the students the
opportunity and time to discuss and
debate events and issues in History.
 As regards assessment, the A-Grade is
based on the same criterion.
 B-grade assessment is conducted
differently for History 2 and History 4.
 In both courses the student has the option
to take an oral exam for the
Baccalaureate
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Assessment – Years 6 & 72 period course
Formative
(A mark)
 Attendance and
punctuality
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The efforts made by
the student to progress
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Various exercises, and
tests
Summative
(B mark)

2 tests of 45 min. each
per semester based on
source documents.
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At the end of year 7,
students can choose
to take the oral
examination of 20
minutes.
Assessment – Year 6
4 period course
Formative
(A mark)
 Attendance and punctuality

The efforts made by the
student to progress

Various exercises,
assignments and tests

A personal research study
(first or second semester)
weighting up to 25% of
the A mark.
Summative
(B mark)

2 examinations (1 per
semester) of 2 hours and 15
min. each following the
examination of the
Baccalaureate.
Assessment – Year 7
4 period course
Formative
(A mark)
 Attendance and punctuality

The efforts made by the
student to progress

Various exercises,
assignments and tests
Summative
(B mark)
 The mark is set by a 3 h.
written exam at the end of
the first semester.
 The Baccalaureate exam (3
hours) is divided into 2
sections (one source
document part and a
structured essay part).
 Students can choose to
take the oral history
Baccalaureate test.The
oral examination lasts
twenty minutes.
Year 6 – 2 & 4 period course
Europe 1914- 1945
Themes:
3 compulsory themes (about 24/48
lessons )
 Europe transformed by the First World
War
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Dictatorships and democracies. Europe
between the wars (1918-1939)
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Europe and the Europeans during the
Second World War.
7 optional themes -3 minimum (3x8/15
lessons)
The United States of America since 1898
 Culture and society before 1945
 Colonization and European imperialism
(late 19th -1945)
 War in the 20th century
 Women in the 20th century
 Russia and U.S.S.R 1917 -1953
 Genocide in the 20th century
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Year 7-2 & 4 period course:
Europe since the Second World War
Themes:
4 compulsory themes (about 24/45
lessons )
 Post-War Europe (1945-1949)
 "Eastern Europe, Western Europe"(19491973)
 "The European dictatorship to
democratic Europe (1974-1995)
 Europe in the making (1945 to today)
2 period course: 7 optional themes, 3
themes minimum (3x10 lessons)
The Cold War
 China since 1949
 Decolonization after 1945
 The Arab-Israeli conflict since 1947
 The USA after 1945
 The United Nations.
 Mass media, popular culture and authority
since 1945.
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4 period course:
3 additional compulsory themes of
about 15 lessons each:
Cold War
and international relations since
1945
China
since 1949
Decolonisation
1945
and independence since
New syllabus, new Baccalaureate
exam…
The format of the written exam for s7
has changed as of 2015
 There will be a document question (worth
50marks) and a „structured essay“
(worth 50 marks).
 There is no choice about questions – all
questions must be done.
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So what is a structured essay?
Essentially the „structured essay“ isn‘t
an essay in the good old sense of the
word, but is divided into three separate
parts
 Q1 a definition and a description (10
marks)
 Q2 causes or consequences (15 marks)
 Q3 an essay (25 marks)
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Why choose “History 4”?
• Relevance to
higher
education
• You enjoy
reading,
researching
writing and
debating.
• Interest in
history,
politics and
current affairs
• Development
of specific
skills
• You like
History as a
subject
Any questions about History 2 or 4?