Welcome to DP History at Nanjing International School!
From the IB DP History Course Guide History Guide 2020:
“History is a dynamic, contested, evidence-based discipline that involves an exciting engagement with the past. It is a rigorous intellectual discipline, focused around key historical concepts such as change, causation and significance.
History is an exploratory subject that fosters a sense of inquiry. It is also an interpretive discipline, allowing opportunity for engagement with multiple perspectives and a plurality of opinions. Study history develops an understanding of the past, which leads to a deeper understanding of the nature of humans and the world today.”
KEY CONCEPTS: Change ~ Continuity ~ Causation ~ Consequence ~ Significance ~ Perspectives
Syllabus Outline
Paper 1: The Document Paper (SL/HL)
NIS has chosen to do Prescribed subject 3: The move to global war:
Case Study 1: German and Italian expansion (1933-1940)
Case Study 2: Japanese expansion in East Asia (1931-1941)
Paper 2: World History Essay Paper (SL/HL)
All students must study two of several available “Topics”. We have chosen to cover:
Topic 10 – Authoritarian States (Germany – Hitler, China – Mao)
Topic 12 – The Cold War: Superpower tensions and rivalries
These topics will be assessed through Paper 2 of the DP History examination for all DP History students.
Paper 3: History of Asia and Oceania Essay Paper (HL only)
Higher Level students must do one additional paper covering another topic option. This is the Paper 3 HL Examination. Specifically, we will focus on East Asia choosing to cover the following topics:
12: China and Korea (1910-1950)
14: The People’s Republic of China (1949-2005)
15: Cold War Conflicts in Asia
UNIT OVERVIEW
| YEAR 1 |
| Semester 1 Grade 11 World War I – Treaty of Versailles – Interwar Years Italy: Mussolini’s Rise to Power, Maintenance of Power, and policies Germany: Hitler’s Rise to Power, Maintenance of Power, and policies Semester 2 Grade 11 Internal Assessment Introduced |
| YEAR 2 |
| Semester 1 Grade 12 |
| Rise and Rule Chinese Nationalism Rise of Chinese Communism Chinese Civil War Mao’s Rise to Power, Maintenance of Power and Policies China 1956-2005 Internal Assessment Submission Semester 2 Grade 12 Cold War conflicts in Asia |