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Explaining the assessment criteria

This page explains the criteria for the IA in more detail. What is assessed? For example: The inquiry question is - ‘To what extent is the “New Cold War History” argument about Stalin's responsibility for the escalation of the conflict during the Cold War accurate?' This question is appropriate as it leads to an analytical approach to the historiography of a relevant historical event/s: the post-war context and the...

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