history

1. History HL Final Exam
Your final examforyour2-year HistoryHL course will consistof the creationof three documentary-style
filmswhichmustbe submittedby3:15 pm on the lastschool day BEFORE yourFIRST HistoryExternal
Assessment. Studentsmaywork ingroups of NO MORE THAN 6. Each documentarymustcontainboth
still andmovingimages(notfeaturingstudentacting),On-screentextfromprimarysource documents,
narration(studentproduced),asoundtrackappropriate tothe place and time beingdiscussed,and
studentacting.ALL studentsmustbe featuredinbothnarrationandacting,all studentsmustbe
recognizable,andall narrationmustbe intelligible. THEPRIMARY REASON THAT THIS PROJECT IS BEING
ASSIGNEDIS TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE REVIEWING FOR YOUR EXTERNAL ASSESSMENTS. THEREFORE,
YOUR FINALEXAM SCORE WILL BE CALCULATED USING THE AVERAGEMETHOD (same methodas last
year) THAT ENSURES YOUROVERALL AVERAGE WILL REMAIN CONSTANTBASED ON YOUR WORK IN
THE CLASS THROUOUT THE YEAR. HOWEVER PARTICIPATIONIN AND TIMELY SUBMISSIONOF
DOCUMENTARIES IS A REQUIRMENT! A FINALEXAM SCORE WILL NOT BE CALCULATED AND
SUBMITTED UNLESS THE SUBMISSIONOCCURSMEETING ALL REQUIREMENTS! ALSO THE
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT WHICH REPRESENTS THE FINALROTATION FOR 4th
QUARTER WILL BE
A WRITTEN REFLECTION OF YOURROLE IN THE DOCUMENTARY MAKING PROCESS, HOW IT PREPARED
YOUTO TAKE YOURASSESSMENTS, AND YOUR OVERALL WORKETHIC AND PERSONAL GROWTH
THROUGHOUT THE 2 YEAR COURSE. THIS REFLECTION ALSO MUST BE SUBMITTED INORDER FOR A
FINAL EXAM GRADE TO BE CALCULATED AND SUBMITTED, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS GOING TO
BE SCORED OR NOT BASED ON LOCKED SCORES.
DOCUMENTARY 1 MUST ADDRESS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
The Great Depression and the Americas 1929‑39
• The Great Depression:political andeconomiccausesinthe Americas
• Nature andefficacyof solutionsinthe UnitedStates:Hoover;FranklinDRooseveltandthe New Deal;
criticsof the NewDeal
• Canada:Mackenzie KingandRB Bennett
• LatinAmerica’sresponsesto the Depression:eitherGVargas or the ConcordanciainArgentina;Import
SubstitutionIndustrialization(ISI) oranyrelevantcase studyof a LatinAmericancountry (Iwould
stronglyrecommendyouchoose toinclude VargasinBrazil andtheirapproachto ISI).
• Impactof the Great Depressiononsociety:AfricanAmericans,women,minorities
• The Great Depressionandthe arts:photography,the movie industry,the radio,literarycurrents
The Second World War and the Americas 1933‑45

2. • Hemisphericreactionstothe eventsinEurope:inter-Americandiplomacy;cooperationandneutrality;
FranklinDRoosevelt’sGood Neighborpolicy,itsapplicationandeffects
• The diplomaticand/ormilitaryrole of twocountriesinthe SecondWorldWar
• Social impactof the SecondWorldWar on: AfricanAmericans,Native Americans,womenand
minorities;conscription
• Treatmentof Japanese AmericansandJapanese Canadians
• Reactiontothe Holocaustin the Americas
• Impactof technological developmentsandthe beginningof the atomicage
• Economicand diplomaticeffectsof the SecondWorldWarinone countryof the Americas
 treatmentof minorities
The Cold War and the Americas 1945‑1981
• Truman:containmentanditsimplicationsforthe Americas;the rise of McCarthyism andits effectson
domesticandforeignpoliciesof the UnitedStates;the ColdWarand itsimpacton societyandculture
• KoreanWar and the UnitedStatesandthe Americas:reasonsforparticipation;militarydevelopments;
diplomaticandpolitical outcomes
• EisenhowerandDulles:New Lookanditsapplication;characteristicsandreasonsforthe policy;
repercussionsforthe region
• UnitedStates’involvementinVietnam:the reasonsfor,andnature of,the involvementatdifferent
stages;domesticeffectsandthe endof the war
• UnitedStates’foreignpoliciesfromKennedytoCarter:the characteristicsof,andreasonsfor,policies;
implicationsforthe region:Kennedy’sAlliance forProgress;Nixon’scovertoperationsandChile;
Carter’squestforhumanrightsand the Panama Canal Treaty
• ColdWar ineitherCanadaor one Latin Americancountry:reasonsforforeignanddomesticpolicies
and theirimplementation
DOCUMENTARY 2 MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Wars of the 20th
Century

3. Includethe following information for EACH conflict studied
Differenttypesand nature of 20th
century warfare
• Civil
• Guerrilla
• Limitedwar,total war
Originsand causesof wars
• Long-term,short-termandimmediate causes
• Economic, ideological,political,religiouscauses
Nature of 20th century wars
• Technological developments,tacticsandstrategies,air,land andsea
• Home front:economicandsocial impact(includingchangesin the role andstatusof women)
• Resistance and revolutionarymovements
Effectsand resultsof wars
• Peace settlementsandwarsendingwithouttreaties
• Attemptsatcollective securitypre- andpost-SecondWorldWar
• Political repercussionsandterritorial changes
• Post-wareconomicproblems
Make sureyour documentary discusses EACH of the following conflicts:
• FirstWorldWar (1914‑8)
• SecondWorldWar (1939‑45)
• Africa:AlgerianWar(1954‑62), NigerianCivil War(1967‑70)
• Americas:Falklands/Malvinaswar(1982),NicaraguanRevolution(1976‑9)
• AsiaandOceania:Indo-Pakistanwars(1947‑9,1965, 1971), Chinese CivilWar(1927‑37 and1946‑9)
• Europe andMiddle East: SpanishCivil War(1936‑9), Iran–Iraq war (1980‑88), Gulf War (1991)
The originsand developmentof authoritarianand single-party
states
Make sureyou include the following information for each regime:
Originsand nature of authoritarian and single-partystates
• Conditionsthatproducedauthoritarianandsingle-partystates
• Emergence of leaders:aims,ideology,support
• Totalitarianism:the aimandthe extenttowhichitwas achieved
Establishmentof authoritarian and single party states
• Methods:force,legal

4. • Formof government,(left- andright-wing) ideology
• Nature,extentandtreatmentof opposition
Domesticpoliciesand impact
• Structure andorganizationof governmentandadministration
• Political,economic,social andreligiouspolicies
• Role of education,the arts,the media,propaganda
• Statusof women,treatmentof religiousgroupsandminorities
Make sureyour documentary discusses EACH of the following regimes:
• Africa:Kenya—Kenyatta;Tanzania—Nyerere
• Americas:Argentina—Perón;Cuba—Castro
• AsiaandOceania:China—Mao;Indonesia—Sukarno
• Europe andthe Middle East:Germany—Hitler;USSR—Stalin;Egypt—Nasser
Documentary3 must include the followinginformationrelatingtothe prescribedsubject:
Arab-Israeli Conflict
• Last yearsof the BritishMandate;UNSCOPpartitionplanandthe outbreakof civil war
• Britishwithdrawal;establishmentof Israel;Arabresponse and1948/49 war
• Demographicshifts:the Palestiniandiaspora1947 onwards;Jewishimmigrationandthe economic
developmentof the Israeli state
• SuezCrisisof 1956: role of Britain,France,the UnitedStates,the USSR,Israel and the UNO
• ArabismandZionism;emergence of the PLO
• Six DayWar of 1967 andthe OctoberWar of 1973: causes,course andconsequences
• Role of the UnitedStates,USSR andUNO
• CampDavidand the Egyptian-IsraeliPeace Agreement.