Blogs, Study guides, IA's and Exetended Essays

Greetings,
Below is a list of on-line sources for you to take advantage of. They consist of an IB blog, where you can interact with past, current, and future IB students, several places where you can find notes on the topics that we are studying, and sample Internal Assessments and Extended Essays.

UTILIZE THESE SOURCES!!! THEY WILL HELP!


http://www.ibsurvival.com/forum/



http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/IB/History/index.html

http://www.asmilan.org/teachers/rmarjerrison/

http://www.casahistoria.net/ibrevision.htm

http://www.internationalschooltoulouse.net/ibhistory/coursework/index.htm

http://www.internationalschooltoulouse.net/ibhistory/coursework/internal_assessment/index.htm

http://www.internationalschooltoulouse.net/ibhistory/coursework/extended_essay/index.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/wizard/ib-notes/HistoryNotes.doc

Great Website for Further Learning and Extra Help

Hello,

Below is a great link to a website that can be used to find study guides and extra help for the materials that we cover in class. Hope this helps.

http://www.johndclare.net/

IB College Acceptance Postings on ibplace.org

Students from an IB school in Orlando have created a posting where they can celebrate the news of their latest college acceptances. Thought you might like to see the schools that they are getting in to.

You may even want to participate in the blog, and ask them what their experiences have been regarding college credit and IB.

Go to the link below. Sign up to be a member of the webpage, it is free, and you can then be an active member of their blog. THANKS JAKE FOR INTRODUCING ME TO THIS WEB PAGE!

http://www.ibplace.org/

Below is a sample from their discussion:


This post is for relieving the stress of college applications for those who are successful.I have been accepted to GIT (GaTech/Georgia Tech)!


#693
admin (Admin)
Admin
Posts: 210

Re:Accepted! 2007/12/21 05:28
same here

#694
DiPMoDe (User)
Freshman
Posts: 6

Re:Accepted! 2007/12/26 22:47

has anyone applied overseas?


#695
SirShazaam (User)
Senior
Posts: 47

Re:Accepted! 2008/01/02 23:27

got accepted to Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

#703
TheFuhr (Admin)
Admin
Posts: 193

Re:Accepted! 2008/01/11 12:09

good job, a friend of mine went there last year.
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#865
SirShazaam (User)
Senior
Posts: 47

Re:Accepted! 2008/03/13 00:26

I don't know if a new thread should made for this cuz it's not exactly an acceptance but w/eI got offered to be on the waiting list at Caltech...not a rejection so i guess I'm happy at the moment
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#869
Ace (User)
BEAST
Posts: 168

Re:Accepted! 2008/03/14 05:03

Got into UM and UF so far waiting to here back from:Johns HopkinsUniversity of PennsylvaniaEmory UniversityDuke University


#872
TheFuhr (Admin)
Admin
Posts: 193

Re:Accepted! 2008/03/16 09:04

Yeah, wait lists suck. It's like the college is trying to be all IB and procrastinate until the last minute.


#881
SirShazaam (User)
Senior
Posts: 47

Re:Accepted! 2008/03/17 20:39

w00t!!!!I got into MIT YES video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W11XiV--rYwow this is amazing....unbelievable!waiting to hear from Harvey Mudd, Berkeley, and Caltech after I send in a supplement to my application


#882
admin (Admin)
Admin
Posts: 210

Re:Accepted! 2008/03/17 20:51

THATS AWESOME MAN!!!!!awesome youtubePost edited by: admin, at: 2008/03/17 20:51

WWI Footage and Extra Credit Assignment

INTRODUCTION:

As mentioned several times in our recent discussions, twentieth century warfare is some of the best documented in all of history. While this was just begining to occur in World War One, excellent footage can still be found of the major events, battlefield conditions, technologies and tactics, and most importantly the impact that it had on those involved.

Below are links to such footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxkMMDwetEw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVDUXPB_sTs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRv56gsqkzs

Link to the Eastern Front:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-j7_2o0Zww

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOeBqTjWElM

ASSIGNMENT: Charlie Chaplin in Shoulder Arms

By the middle of the war the most popular medium for propaganda was film. Movies showed a country's enemy as horrible or ridiculous, often presenting their own soldiers as noble and brave. While both sides created these types of films, one of the most famous was on the Allied side. Charlie Chaplin's film, Shoulder Arms, focused on the difficulties of basic training for Americans, and the incompetencies of the Germans and their kaiser.

1. Click on the link below and ACTIVELY, Adria, view the film
2. Answer the questions on the blog

http://www.archive.org/details/ShoulderArms

QUESTIONS:

1. Provide a brief summary of the film
2. What sort of heroic and villianous icons are presented in the film?
3. What message(s) did the filmmakers wish to convey?
4. In what ways might the film have shaped the public's understanding of the war?


NOTE: This should not be written as a formal essay, but rather as a discussion. You will be graded based on your reliance and use of the following:

Use your own knowledge, different historical interpretations, and the video footage from above.

VALUE: One Quiz Grade for fourth term
DUE DATE: Fourth Term

The Great War Goes to Hollywood: Extra Credit Assignment

Introduction:

The twentieth century is the best documented century in world history, primarily because so much of it has been capture on film. Much of what people think they know about the past has actually been shaped by the films and television they watch.

This assignment encourages you to view a historically-themed film on the Great War, and to come away with a greater sense of how the film has shaped our commonly held beliefs about the past.

You will view one of the two films below and complete the following:[1]


Films:

All Quiet on the Western Front (German, 1930)

Joyeux Noel [Merry Christmas] (French, 2005)


Essay Assignment:

Your paper should follow the structure below. However, you should not feel constrained by this format either. Feel free to add other types of analysis, information, and observations.

3-4 page essay

A. Introduction

Background info on the film and director
Setting; Plot

B. Connection to History

The time period, events, etc. that the film is related to
Summary of the story
To what extent was the film a good representation of the past?

C. Agenda, Values, Effects

What values underlie the film?
What does the filmmaker do to influence feelings and emotions?
What sort of heroic and villainous icons are presented and supported in the film?
What messages did the filmmakers wish to convey?
Does the film succeed in producing the desired effect?

D. Conclusion


Grade: One Test Grade


Due Date: Friday, April 4





[1] Please note that you are not limited to the two films listed, however, you must get the film that you would rather view approved first.

Historical Investigation Website

Greetings Homies!

If you recall, I had mentioned during the directions for our second practice H.I. that I came across a usefull website for the written account format. I even provided you with some of the website's information regarding the Section A. format too.

Below please find the link provided to that particular website. I hope that you find it usefull in not only writing for your practice H.I., but for the real one NEXT FALL.

Mr. O.

http://www.asmilan.org/teachers/rmarjerrison/Historical%20Investigation.htm