Ms. Thomas, you're a star. Thank you for these updates on the new curriculum - lifesaving.
Paper 1: The Focused StudiesDoes the Cuban Revolution count as a civil war for the IB?
Cuban Revolution: Essay planning for Paper 2Hello, we have focused on Vietnam as an example of civil war - for short term causes, should the focus be on 1954 - 1956 or beyond? Within the inThinking resources, the short term causes focus on events up to 1964, but would this still be considered...
Case Study: Vietnam War (ATL)Thank you!
Teaching and assessing Paper 1Hi Laura Focused study knowledge is needed, as you suggest, to understand the IQ and the context of the sources (Q2). For topband / full marks in the final question, detailed knowledge of FS is not needed (unlike current guide), but it can still...
Teaching and assessing Paper 1For clarification, it says students need to apply their knowledge of the focused study, which I assume is used in their analysis of the context surrounding the sources...but will they need to include outside evidence in their responses (like they...
Teaching and assessing Paper 1Hi Aliza Authoritarian rule will be one of the first - as very popular. Russian Rev for paper 3 also one of the first - and then French Revolution and European totalitarianism will be soon after!
Delivering the 'new' 2028 CurriculumThat's great. Thank you for your quick reply. For Paper 2 - Thematic study 3: Authoritarian rule due to familiarity as we are likely to start with that. For Paper 3 - Europe, we are currently considering: RS2 Renaissance and Reformation, RS4 The French...
Delivering the 'new' 2028 CurriculumHi Aliza materials for Paper 1 Focused studies (1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5) will be ready in the next few weeks. We have started with 1.2 today - see the student text book. We'll also be working on Papers 2 and 3 and adding examples of the most popular...
Delivering the 'new' 2028 Curriculum
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Thank you for this summary Jo!
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