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This rubric provides a student-friendly mark scheme and tips for structuring each of the answers for the IB Sourcework Paper. For example: [Sourcework Rubric]
Why did the National Party with the 1948 election in South Africa? [Sample Paper | Model Answers]
Were the Sophiatown removals a racist attack on a defenceless population? [Sample Paper | Model Answers]
Was the Sharpeville Massacre an accident or a planned attack? [Sample Paper | Model Answers]
Why was there so little effective resistance to the Sophiatown evictions? [Sample Paper | Model Answers]
How important was the role of women in the anti-Apartheid movement? [Sample Paper | Model Answers]
Did Mandela's decision to abandon nonviolence do more harm than good to the anti-apartheid resistance movement? [Sample Paper | Model Answers]
How Significant was the role of International Protest and Intervention in the Anti-Apartheid Movement? [Sample Paper | Model Answers]
Evaluate the significance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in advancing the cause of civil rights. [Sample Paper | Model Answers]
How decisive was the role of Martin Luther King in the Montgomery Bus Boycott? [Sample Paper | Model Answers]
Analyse the reasons why the Civil Rights Act did not enjoy universal support. [Sample Paper | Model Answers]
Evaluate the success of the Selma Campaign. [Sample Paper | Model Answers]
Evaluate the role of women in the Civil Rights Movement. [Sample Paper | Model Answers]
Events (200 years ago today): 1818 - The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.
Events (100 years ago today): 1918 - Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
Events (50 years ago today): 1968 - English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
Births (300 years ago today): 1718 - David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)
Births (200 years ago today): 1818 - Heinrich Göbel, German-American mechanic and engineer (d. 1893)
Births (100 years ago today): 1918 - Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
Births (50 years ago today): 1968 - Yelena Välbe, Russian skier and manager
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1918 - Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1968 - Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (b. 1877)
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In what ways, and with what results, was Germany a source of Cold War tensions between 1945 and 1962?
Model Essay: To what extent did the French Revolution deliver on its promises of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity?
Model Essay: By what methods, and with what success, did Fidel Castro try to eliminate domestic opposition?
Model Essay: Castros mastery of guerrilla warfare was the main reason why he was able to take control of Cuba. To what extent do you agree with this statement?
40+ Model History Essays by Russel Tarr
Who is your historical hero?
Outcome from the Balloon Debate: Paper People Project | More on the Paper People approach
Crime Board: Who was Jack the Ripper?
Turbo-Timeline Generator!
How did Cromwell rule England 1649-1658?
Levellers and Diggers: A song by Gerard Winstanley (1648)
England without a King: How should the country be governed?
Oliver Cromwells Life and Career
What sort of a man was Oliver Cromwell?
Rule of Pinochet / 1973 Chilean Coup: Dialogue Poem Starter Activity
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