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World War One: IB Level


 
 
 
 

Resources for IB History

Please note that at IB level I deliberately refrain from the following topics which I teach at IGCSE level, but if you wish there are loads of resources on ActiveHistory which you can adapt:
Causes of World War One
Life in the Trenches

A. What was the Social and Economic Impact of World War One upon two of the Countries Involved?

1. Wiki Project
In this worksheet, students are allocated different research projects about World War One upon which to produce a wiki page [samples available here].
2. Essay Task
In this worksheet, students consider the types of questions that come up in the exam, and use the wikis produced by each other to plan and then write an answer.

B. Why did Germany and her Allies Lose World War One?

This unit directly follows the IB unit on “What was the social and economic impact of World War One upon two of the countries involved?”
As a result it is designed to make use of much of the earlier material.
An important point for students is that "Germany and her Allies" does NOT mean just "Germany", just as "The Western Allies" does NOT mean just "Britain"!
1. Essay Project: Gathering the Information [interactive]
Students begin by using interactive running dictation exercise to complete this worksheet. This will enable them to get a thorough grounding in the political, military, cultural and economic reasons why Germany and her allies lost World War One. It will also get them to consider whether Allied strengths, or the weaknesses of the Central Powers, were more important.
2. Essay Project: Video Work
If a documentary video is available on this theme, this would be a good time to watch it. I show the documentary "Western Front: 1918" by Richard Holmes, which is not available for commercial purchase, but the Great War Box Set has some excellent material too.
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Essay Project: Linking and prioritising, writing up the essay
Students then use this worksheet to spot connections between the major themes rather than simply discuss each one in isolation.

4. Essay Project: Interactive Essay-Planning Tool [interactive]
Students then use this interactive essay planning tool to submit a suggested way of linking the four factors, and get - at the simple click of a button - a very detailed model essay plan suggesting not only the content of each paragraph but also - crucially - how they should be linked together. In addition, hyperlinks are provided throughout the text of keywords so that students can easily conduct extra research.
5. Sourcework Project: Why did Germany and her Allies Lose World War One?
A sourcework exercise in the style of the International Baccalaureate. There is also a generic markscheme and suggestions on how to structure each answer.
6. End-of-Unit Fling the Teacher Quiz [interactive]
30 possible questions in this quiz based on the information in the worksheets within this unit.
7. Play Your Dates Right Quiz
World War One, 1914-1918 - a good way to round the unit off!

History in the News for World War One: IB Level

1. 250 WW1 heroes are finally laid to rest..but only one Brit can be identified  
2. The First World War Explains Modern Conflict #historyteacher  
3. World War I Submarine Found Off Dutch Coast  
4. First World War veteran is the last man standing at 110  
5. Drunk teen high-fived pals after urinating on WW1 memorial A hopelessly drunk teenager high-fived his pals after urinating on a war memorial, a court heard.
6. Last British veteran of WW1 refuses to mark Remembrance Day The last surviving British veteran of the First World War will not mark Remembrance Day today because he wants to forget the horrors of war, his family has said.
7. Historian facing Spanish tax bill for First World War hero  
8. John Babcock, Last Canadian World War I Veteran, Dies at 109 John Babcock, Last Canadian World War I Veteran, Dies at 109
9. 108-year-old woman emerges as Britain's oldest first World War veteran  
10. The 26-year-old victim of the First World War  
11. As Remembrance Day approaches, one in six children think Auschwitz is a theme park and one in ten think Hitler was a football manager - IBTimes  
12. Siegfried Sassoon archive likely to stay in UK after £550,000 award  
13. Boy, 12, was 'youngest British soldier in First World War'  
14. First World War sub found after 93 years  
15. Habsburg family demands right to seek Austrian presidency  
16. Rare first world war poetry archives published online  
17. Radiohead in tribute to WW1 veteran  
18. 'Best tribute to Harry Patch is teaching our children why they must never forget horrors of Great War'  
19. British World War I veteran Henry Allingham becomes the world's oldest man  
20. Images rescued from dump reveal black British 'Tommy' at the Somme  
21. 'Our last living link' to WWI  
22. World recalls end of World War I  
23. 'We should be more thankful': Teenagers Experience the Impact of WW1  
24. British veteran, 112, to mark WWI anniversary in London  
25. WWI veteran launches Poppy Appeal  
26. Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Peter Kropotkin Section 2 is particularly good for his assessment of Tsars Alexander II / III
27. Weapons that helped start World War I going on show in London  
28. World's last female First World War veteran dies  
29. Old Aussie soldier uncovered in Belgium  
30. Movie Review: War Horse: Spielberg's Searing, Splendid Christmas Gift  
31. Why World War I Resonates #historyteacher #news In 2014 it will be a hundred years since the First World War began, and yet its presence in novels, films and television has never been greater
32. 'L'Aspirine et l'eau': How French cracked German WW1 invisible ink formula | Mail Online  
33. Claude Stanley Choules, the Last Known World War I Combat Veteran, Dies in Australia at 110 - NYTimes.com  
34. War hits home on Downton Abbey - Scotsman.com News War hits home on Downton Abbey
35. First Trailer Released For Spielberg's "War Horse"  
36. Frank Buckles, Last WWI Veteran, Dies: Big Pic  
37. Recently rediscovered diary of a WW1 German soldier tells grim tale of life and death on the Western Front The extraordinarily bloodthirsty war diaries of German soldier and later celebrated writer Ernst Jünger have been published for the first time.
38. Poems and messages from injured WW1 soldiers emerge after 92 years - Telegraph A pocket book which was passed between injured soliders to record their poems and messages by a First World War nurse has emerged after 92 years.
39. First World War Bosnian postcard finally reaches family A postcard sent home by a Bosnian soldier in the First World War has finally reached his family after 95 years, thanks to an antique collector who delivered it personally to the man's grandson after buying it at a fair in California.
40. Last U.S. veteran of World War I turns 109 Last U.S. veteran of World War I turns 109
41. Last U.S. veteran of World War I testifies for memorial - CNN.com  
42. Otto von Bismarck received fan mail and marriage proposals  
43. Sir Andrew Motion 'ripped off history book for Remembrance Sunday poem'  
44. Judge highlights Carnage UK's role in war memorial incident  
45. Karadzic is defiant in court  
46. WW1 hero's amazing diaries throw new light on life in the trenches WW1 hero's amazing diaries throw new light on life in the trenches
47. Medvedev appeals to history to woo Serbs  
48. Award for 'bravest street in WWI'  
49. Oxford University puts unseen First World War poet's manuscripts online  
50. Britain's last surviving First World War veteran Claude Choules says war was boring  
51. 'Last Tommy' Harry Patch dies aged 111  
52. Australia's oldest man and last WW1 soldier dies  
53. Harry Patch, last surviving WWI Tommy, honoured by French  
54. AFP: WWI veteran Stone dies  
55. A New Legacy in Belgium for World War I Deserters  
56. Sex on the Somme  
57. Field Marshal Douglas Haig would have let Germany win, biography says  
58. World War I veteran dies aged 108  
59. The last soldiers to die in World War I  
60. France adopts Armenian law making it illegal to deny WW1 Turkish genocide #historyteacher #news French senators have voted to adopt a controversial bill making it illegal to deny that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was genocide.
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