Welcome to World History 35IB. We will be studying 20th Century World History with a focus on Peacemaking and peace keeping between the wars as well as the causes, practices and effects of the Second World War. We will be covering the events and trends of this period in detail so we will have to move quickly. In studying this period, The IB program seeks for you to accomplish the following objectives:
Units:
1. PEACE
Peacemaking and Peacekeeping, 1919-1937
This unit addresses international relations from 1918 to 1936 with emphasis on the Paris Peace Settlement—its making, impact and problems of enforcement—and attempts during the period to promote collective security and international cooperation through the League of Nations and multilateral agreements (outside the League mechanism), arms reduction and the pursuit of foreign policy goals without resort to violence. The prescribed subject also requires consideration of the extent to which the aims of peacemakers and peacekeepers were realized and the obstacles to success.
Areas on which the source-based study will focus are:
2. CONFLICT
The Second World War, Spanish Civil War, Algerian War, Vietnam War
Origins and causes of the war:
Long-term, short-term and immediate causes
Nature of the war
Home front:
Effects and results of wars
Each of these units will consist of lectures, assignments, projects (both group and individual), and examinations. All examinations will take the form of in-class essays.
- Comprehend, analyze, evaluate, and integrate source material critically as historical evidence
- Demonstrate historical understanding of European history through the acquisition, selection, effective use and synthesis of knowledge
- Explain different approaches to and interpretations of historical events and topics
- Place events in their historical context
- Explain the causes and effects of historical continuity and change
- Present arguments that are clear, coherent, relevant, and well substantiated
- Present historical explanations from and international perspective
- Plan, organize, and present an individual historical investigation.
Units:
1. PEACE
Peacemaking and Peacekeeping, 1919-1937
This unit addresses international relations from 1918 to 1936 with emphasis on the Paris Peace Settlement—its making, impact and problems of enforcement—and attempts during the period to promote collective security and international cooperation through the League of Nations and multilateral agreements (outside the League mechanism), arms reduction and the pursuit of foreign policy goals without resort to violence. The prescribed subject also requires consideration of the extent to which the aims of peacemakers and peacekeepers were realized and the obstacles to success.
Areas on which the source-based study will focus are:
- aims of the participants and peacemakers: Wilson and the Fourteen Points
- terms of the Paris Peace Treaties 1919‑20: Versailles, St Germain, Trianon, Neuilly, Sèvres/Lausanne 1923
- the geopolitical and economic impact of the treaties on Europe; the establishment and impact of the mandate system
- enforcement of the provisions of the treaties: US isolationism--the retreat from the Anglo–American Guarantee; disarmament—Washington, London, Geneva conferences
- the League of Nations: effects of the absence of major powers; the principle of collective security and early attempts at peacekeeping (1920‑5) the Ruhr Crisis (1923); Locarno and the “Locarno Spring” (1925)
- Depression and threats to international peace and collective security: Manchuria (1931‑3) and Abyssinia (1935‑6).
2. CONFLICT
The Second World War, Spanish Civil War, Algerian War, Vietnam War
Origins and causes of the war:
Long-term, short-term and immediate causes
- Economic, ideological, political, religious causes
Nature of the war
- Technological developments, tactics and strategies, air, land and sea , & resistance
Home front:
- Economic and social impact (including changes in the role and status of women)
Effects and results of wars
- Peace settlements
Each of these units will consist of lectures, assignments, projects (both group and individual), and examinations. All examinations will take the form of in-class essays.