IB History of the Americas – Summer Homework 2015 DUE THE 1 st DAY OF SCHOOL
This class is considered a continuation of your 11th grade APUSH class. It is recommended that you save your notes from 11th as well as 10th grade history courses. This assignment is due on the first day of school . You will have a quiz on chapter 8 of Keen’s text on Friday, August 14th.
This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment. You will receive information on how to upload your assignment to Turn It In (a website to check the authenticity of your paper) the first week of school. You will not receive credit for the paper if you do not upload to this site the first week of school. Any work that appears to be copied in any way from another person or any other sources will not receive any credit and you will be reported to the IB coordinator for academic dishonesty.
Summer assignment: Research paper based on Topic 1 for Paper 2 of the IB exam
Causes, practices and effects of wars - Your war is: ______
This assignment covers Topic 1 for Paper 2 – 20 th Century World History in the IB syllabus. You must prepare a written report that includes selected parts of the following information regarding the war you have been assigned. Your paper will be broken down into two to three major themes (depending on your assigned war). Within each major theme are related topics. Your assignment is to research and elaborate on the topics within each theme that have been assigned to your war (see next page). Again, this is an individual assignment and is due the first day of school.
Major themes for all wars
Origins and causes of wars (All assigned wars will do all bullets for this section) . Long-term causes . Short-term and immediate causes . Economic causes . Ideological causes . Political causes . Religious causes
Different types and nature of 20th century warfare . Civil war . Guerrilla war . Limited war . Total war
Nature of 20th century wars . Technological developments (tactics and strategies, air, land and sea) . Home front: economic and social impact (including changes in the role and status of women) . Resistance and revolutionary movements
Effects and results of wars . Peace settlements . Wars ending without treaties or settlements . Attempts at collective security pre- and post-Second World War . Political repercussions and territorial changes . Post-war economic problems World War I (European POV) – Origins and causes of wars (all bullets) and Effects and results of war (Political repercussions and territorial changes and Post-war economic problems)
Spanish Civil War (1936-39) – Origins and causes of wars (all bullets) and Nature of 20th century wars (Technological developments, tactics and strategies, air, land and sea) and Effects and results of wars (Political repercussions and territorial changes)
World War II (European POV) – Origins and causes of wars (all bullets) and Nature of 20th century wars (Home front: economic and social impact, including changes in the role and status of women and Resistance and revolutionary movements)
Algerian War (1954-62) – Origins and causes of wars (all bullets) and Different types of 20th century warfare (Guerrilla war) and Nature of 20th century wars (Home front: economic and social impact, including changes in the role and status of women)
Nigerian Civil War (1967-70) – Origins and causes of wars (all bullets) and Effects and results of wars (Political repercussions and territorial changes and Post-war economic problems)
Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) – Origins and causes of wars (all bullets) and Nature of 20th century wars (Home front: economic and social impact, including changes in the role and status of women) and Effects and results of war (Post-war economic problems)
The Format
Your paper must be broken into sections with titles based on the major themes (Origins and causes…, Different types and nature…, etc.), with subtitles based on the topics (Long-term causes, short-term causes, etc.) to organize your paper.
The paper must be written in your own words in paragraph form. Anything that is a specific fact, opinion, paraphrase or quote must be properly cited (see below).You must have citations throughout the paper. A paper with no citations (or very few) will not receive credit.
Your paper must be double spaced with Times New Roman 12 point font.
Cite information using the MLA format of parenthetical citations. For more information on MLA refer to the Purdue Online Writing Lab website. This consists of the author’s last name and the page number where you found the information. For example: Blah, blah, blah, blah (Zinn 25).
Your last page is a Works Cited page using MLA format. Remember, this only includes the sources you actually cited in your paper. It must be in alphabetical order according to last names.
You must use at least 5 sources in your paper (all in Works Cited). You may not use Wikipedia (or any form of an encyclopedia), textbooks, or Internet sites that are not scholarly online books or journal articles. All sources must have an author. Find specific sources on your topic.
Include a title page with your first and last names, the date, period (you can add this the first day of school) and the name of your assigned war. Staple this instruction sheet to the back of your research paper. DO NOT put your report in a folder of any kind.
Failure to follow instructions will result in the loss of points. This includes e-mailing me over the summer because you forgot your topic. This assignment is worth 25 points.