INTRODUCTION TO CIS NETWORK

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What do you see?
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WHY STUDY HISTORY?
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• Those who cannot remember the past are condemned
  to repeat it. - George Santayana.
• What is past is prologue. - William
  Shakespeare.
• Study the past if you would define the future.
  - Confucius.

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• 'Whoever wishes to foresee the future must
  consult the past for human events ever resemble
  those of preceding times. This arises from the
  fact that they are produced by men who ever have
  been, and ever shall be, animated by the same
  passions, and thus they necessarily have the same
  results.' - Machiavelli.
• 'The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes'.
  - Mark Twain.

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• History is more or less bunk. Henry Ford.
• Write a wise saying and your name will live
  forever. - Anonymous.

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• UNDERSTANDING HUMANITY
• human motivation
• psychology
• philosophy ideology
• politics economics
• sociology
• TODAYS WORLD
• 20th century world and Asian events
• essential for understanding the world in which we
  live.

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• INDEPENDENT, CRITICAL THINKING
• Interpret and evaluate events historians
  interpretations
• Open-ended enquiry
• Independent thinking
• Forming your own conclusions

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• TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
• Develop your skills of analysis
• Learn to cut through the detail, perceive the key
  points
• Evaluate evidence, synthesise and communicate
  conclusions
• Train your intellect to grasp sophisticated
  concepts

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• PROGRESSION
• These transferable skills prized by universities
• valued by employers in many fields, e.g.
• law, investment banking, business management
• media
• politics, diplomacy
• academia

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• LEARNING FOR LIFE
• a broad historical perspective important for
  understanding other national cultures.
• for understanding different ideological points of
  view.
• Vital for a career at a global level.

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IBDP HISTORY AT CIS
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Objectives

• in-depth historical knowledge understanding of
  recent world and regional events.
• explain causes consequences of historical
  change and continuity.

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Objectives

• understand appreciate different interpretations
  of History, evaluate them, and form your own
  conclusions.
• analyse, interpret evaluate different forms of
  historical evidence.
• present clear, concise, logical and relevant
  arguments in both written and oral forms.

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• Course content
• At both SL and HL
• International Relations 1918-1936 OR The
  Arab-Israeli Conflict 1945-1979.
• The causes, practices and effects of war OR The
  Cold War 1945-1991.
• Origins and development of authoritarian states
  (with special reference to Nazi Germany and
  Communist China).
• Historical investigation individual choice.

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• At HL
• East Asia regional option
• China and Japan in the 19th and 20th
  centuries.

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• ASSESSMENT
• HL 80 exam 20 internal assesment.
• SL 75 exam 25 internal assessment.
• HL SL
• Exam paper 1 1 hour source-based C20th
  prescribed topic (HL 20 SL 30).
• Exam paper 2 1 hour 30 mins two essays on C20th
  topics
• (HL 25 SL 45).
• Historical Investigation internally assessed,
  externally moderated (HL 20 SL 25).

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ASSESSMENT HL Exam paper 3 2 hours 30
mins 35 of HL Regional option East Asia 3
essays.
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• WE LEARN
• 10 of what we READ.
• 20 of what we HEAR.
• 30 of what we SEE.
• 50 of what we both SEE and HEAR.
• 70 of what is DISCUSSED with others.
• 80 of what we EXPERIENCE personally.
• 95 of what we TEACH to someone else.
• William Glasser.