TERMINALE OIB HISTORY
AMERICAN OPTION
Winter 2017 Mock Oral Topics.docx
WINTER 2017 MOCK ORALS SCHEDULE.docx
This is the link to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
I will give you the password personally.
http://school.eb.co.uk/storeschoolcard?id=citesi
Written Exam Grading Criteria
Emergence of the United States as a world power in the 20th century
Première Class materials on the Cold War
The Creation of Bi-Polar World.ppt
The Creation of Bi-Polar World.pdf
Germany 1945-9-1.ppt
Germany 1945-9-1.pdf
Berlin Crisis.ppt
Berlin Crisis.pdf
Vietnam.ppt
Vietnam.pdf
Vietnam War phases.docx
Vietnam War phases.pdf
Vietnam War 1963 - 1975 Notes.docx
Vietnam War Notes.pdf
For a review of some Key questions about the Cold War:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/coldwar/
Key TermsUS Emergence as a world power since 1918.pdf
Wilson's Fourteen Points http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/wilson14.asp
Link to an excellent website about the history of the atomic bomb
http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/index.shtml
VIDEOS [Note that the website link below does not work on school computers]
YALTA & POTSDAM = Comrades 4/5 & 5/5
GEORGE KENNAN AND CONTAINMENT = Iron Curtain 3/5 @ 6 minutes
TRUMAN DOCTRINE & MARSHALL PLAN = Marshall Plan 1/5
KOREAN WAR = 1/5 @ 1 minute
This website contains excellent Cold War videos (including Vietnam War)
Cold War chronology.doc
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT:
How did the United States exercise its military and diplomatic power from 1918 to 1945?
Include in your essay -
*examples of these different forms of power and the context in which they were used
*an evaluation of how successful their use was
*the degree to which World War Two was a turning point in the emergence of US power
US military & diplomatic power essay outline.docx
DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION
OIB American Option Document Question - some guidelines
DBQ essay question-1.pdf
Example of a DBQ: Roosevelt and Eisenhower documents : DBQ .docx
DBQ Truman to Nixon.docx
Detente notes.docx
Website link to an enormous selection of Cold War documentation
Carter speech.docx
Carter speech.pdf
Gulf War.pdf
Gulf War Notes.docx
ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT .ppt [some background to the Middle East conflicts, including a timeline]
Joseph Nye ('hard' & 'soft' power theorist) on the question of whether the US is in decline as a global power
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2010-11-01/future-american-power
Global Economic Governance -Key Questions:
How important has American influence been in global economic governance?
How has global economic governance evolved since 1944?
global economic governance.pptx
global economic governance.pdf
World Economic Governance since 1944 notes.docx
World Economic Governance since 1944 notes.pdf
Resources:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/06/economist-explains-20
A recent newspaper article about the discovery of new documents showing the extent of disagreement during the Bretton Woods conference:
GATT/WTO an excellent power point from the web which links the GATT, WTO and US postwar role, including the Marshall Plan
HISTORY OF GATT.pptx
Bretton Woods Conference simulation - major actors and regions will represent their points of view in a debate format to elucidate the aims, structures and challenges dealing with the establishment of a new international economic order after WWII. United States (Dexter White), Britain (J.N.Keynes), France, USSR, China, African unity, South American group, East Asian group, Middle East - "The world needs a global economic order that reflects American values."
United States History since 1945
COMPARE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTY PRINCIPLES IN THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.doc
intro US political system.pdf
OVERVIEW OF PRESIDENTS.ppt
OVERVIEW OF PRESIDENTS.pdf
2012 Elections Seminar.ppt
These two sites provide a good overview of the period 1945 - 1975
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog23/index.html
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog24/index.html
Reading Assignment - an overview of the Reagan Revolution and the end of the Cold War
Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty and Great Society
Johnson's Message to Congress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znQKueSDpvI
University of Michigan commencement speech by LBJ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2l2rdMiL-4
Johnson's Great Society Notes.pdf
Johnson Documents.doc
A recent article about Michael Harrington - author of a 1962 book about poverty - 'The Other America'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/post_3167_b_1378516.html
Great Society assessment.doc
Recent newspaper article about legacy of Great Society programs & the current level of poverty in the USA:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/business/50-years-later-war-on-poverty-is-a-mixed-bag.html?hp&_r=0
USA Poverty Map:
http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/01/05/poverty-map/?hp
WATERGATE: THE ROLE OF MEDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON PUBLIC OPINION
Watergate.pptx
Watergate.pdf
See link below for chronology of Washington Post newspaper reporting on the Watergate break in and the subsequent events leading to the scandal:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/timeline.html
Jimmy Carter's 'Crisis of Confidence' or 'Malaise' speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCOd-qWZB_g
Reagan Revolution
Reagan's First Inaugural speech
Speech to National Association of Evangelicals (includes reference to USSR as the 'evil empire')
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcSm-KAEFFA
Reagan Notes.doc
Reagan Documents.doc
1987 magazine article about the 'Reagan Revolution:'
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1987/01/the-new-shape-of-american-politics/303363/
Rise of Conservatism
THE NEW RIGHT.doc
Pat Buchanan culture war speech.docx
The Influence of Religion on American Society
Religion in the USA.pdf
DBQ Assignment - Reagan and Clinton Documents
To what extent did the domestic policies of the Democratic and Republican Parties in the US change between 1945 and the 1990s?
Consider the political, economic and social issues of the time.
Use your own knowledge and the documents to answer the question. Include an evaluation of the usefulness of the documents in your essay.
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT:
Analyze the evolution of the ideologies and policies of the two major political parties
in the United States - the Democratic and Republican - from 1945 through the 1990's.
Discuss general trends and use examples of the Presidential administrations in your essay.
terminology US history.pptx
terminology US history.pdf
Civil Rights Movement:
Class Notes
civil rights.doc
1960s Black Civil Rights Struggle-1.pptx
1960s Black Civil Rights Struggle-1.pdf
January 31 2017 SEMINARS
Student Seminar Notes Tuesday.docx
Student Seminar Notes 2 Tuesday.docx
Civil Rights Student Seminar Notes Monday class.docx
Civil Rights Student Seminar Notes2 Monday.docx
See link below for discussion of how to interpret Brown court decision.
http://www.law.virginia.edu/HTML/alumni/uvalawyer/f04/klarman.htm
See link below for an article about the debate 50 years ago to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and contemporary issues:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/opinion/sunday/dignity-is-a-constitutional-principle.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=0
Document-Based Question:
LBJ Howard speech 1965 & Carmichael Black Power 1966.doc
Early Civil Rights protests 1960
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTvmBclBL8E
Birmingham 1963
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCxE6i_SzoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0lD37bq8YI
Selma to Montgomery March 1965 Videos
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/10_march.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM-tfj6lp6w [Glory Hallelujah -King]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS57Svuipas
Malcolm X speaks "By any means necessary" Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhg6LxyTnY8
Black Panther Party Platform Document
http://caho-test.cc.columbia.edu/ps/10127.html
Malcolm X & King debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4PqLKWuwyU
Secondary source: Analysis of two leaders - King and Malcolm X
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/mxp/Souls.The_Unfinished_Dialogue.pdf
Women's Liberation Movement :
NOTES on Women's Lib Mvt.docx
POWERPOINT Women's Liberation Movement.odp
Women's Liberation Movement.odt
HISTORY & MEMORY
Memory & Vietnam.pptx
Memory & Vietnam.pdf
US Defense Department 1965 - 'Why Vietnam'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEljbPwFQ9M
Recent revelations about Nixon's attempts to prevent Vietnam peace negotiations in 1968 (LBJ's taped conversations just released)
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21768668
Other Course Notes
Middle East Wars:
ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT .ppt
ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT.pdf
1956 Suez Crisis.doc
1956 Suez Crisis.pdf
arabisraeliwars.pdf
Truman domestic policy.pdf
CHICAGO
Notes: Chicago notes.doc
Link to website below for information relating to the Chicago video:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago
Immigration ((Italian) and Chicago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeikaWQCyo
JFK and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley
Al Capone 1960 Presidential campaign
EUROPEAN UNION CONSTRUCTION
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