IB History of the Americas

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IB History of the Americas

• Mid Term Questions
• Preparation

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Purpose of Examinations
It is an opportunity for you to recognize how
much of the material covered this year you can
not only recall but use. It also an opportunity
for you to think and write historically across
disciplines. Topics covered thus far will play a
continuous role in our understanding of the
Americas of the more recent past, present
future.
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Preparation as a Process
Gather all Sources Outlines Know the
Aspects of Questions Political, Social/Cultural,
Economic, Religious, Ideological
Aspects Outline Write Out Full Response for
Practice Follow Format of Paper Writing Make a
Sound Argument with Evidence Do not memorize a
script-be prepared to improvise Be Sure to
Reference Authors in Responses
Kerber Smith Bennett
Joffe Axtell Nash Murrin
TOE Historiography of the Americas
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Paper Format

• Introduction
• State Question
• List Sources
• Introduce Method
• Plan of Paper
• Body
• Summary of Evidence for Region 1
• Summary of Evidence for Region 2
• Comparative Analysis
• Conclusion
• Restate Introduction
• Summary of Analysis

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Questions
Relations between Europeans and Indigenous
populations of the Americas during the colonial
era. The root causes leading to the independence
movements of British North America in the 18th
and 19th centuries. Integral, Interdisciplinary,
Comparative Approaches in the Study of the
Americas.
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