Congratulations to all the candidates who passed their exams! Have a look at some pictures of the graduation ceremony. More will be posted soon. |
Ms Bittner and the graduates |
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The IB tree ! |
Tossing the cap |
Planting the ever lasting IB tree in the school yard |
Congratulations to the recipients of the scholarships of 2012! |
LK Geschichte 12 (Abi / IB 2013)
28 March, 2012Model United Nations site launched!Have a look at pictures, videos and seven reports about the model UN in Thessaloniki. Enjoy the site. 25 February, 2012ACMUN!Here are your first impressions in a nutshell!
Write your report / impressions of ACMUN and send them to Mr Boergen. Please send in or submit your pictures from Thessaloniki on some medium to Mr Boergen!
Abiturvorgaben 2013Auf diesen Seiten findet ihr die Vorgaben für euer Abitur und auch Beispielaufgaben. 12. September, 2011Willkommen auf den LK Geschichte Seiten! Viele von euch wollten ja gerne den Link für die Abiturklausuren der vergangenen Jahre haben. Hier sind sie zu finden. Mr B Year 13 (exams 2011)July, 2011Congratulations graduates! You all passed the exams - great. Have the summer of your lives! June, 2011After the exams enjoy the remaining days of your official time as pupils!
15 April, 2011Congratulations to you for your school days! They are over now and I hope you will have great Easter holidays! Good luck for your finals in May! 30 November, 2010Draw a diagram (flow chart or mindmap) on the Suez Crisis. Read chap 7 - The Cold War. Do task a) on p 141. Long session on Wednesday (at least until 4 pm.)
23 November, 2010Task: Study the Suez Crisis. Session: 7th period on Tuesday. 21 November, 2010Homework: Let's start a new topic - the Middle East Conflict. Please read chapter 11 in MWH.
10 November, 2010Homework: for this week it was: Which measure established the Nazi party - Reichstag fire law or Enabling law? Find out about the first phase of Nazi rule and discuss this question and show when this development is finished, i.e. when has Germany finally become a single party state? For next week: MWH p. 323 a), b), 5). Next week: Session on Tuesday, 16 November. The week after next: Double session on Wednesday (14:20 - 15:50) 9 November, 2010Session is today!
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Year 13 (exams 2012)28 March, 2012Candidates - now it is official - our last IB History session is over. I thoroughly enjoyed our time together. Enjoy your motto week, have a nice holiday, swot for the exams - and excel in them! See you at the Abi-Ball! Mr B
25 February, 2012Alright, after a long downtime due to server issues the site is up and running again. It is the final weeks for you now before your long-expected final exams! Please send in your mock exams or pick them up from Mr Boergen if you have not attended the previous lessons! Keep your eyes open for the reports on ACMUN 2012! 10 December, 2011Do the tasks on p. 169 MWH. 5 December, 2011New Deadline for the Historical Investigation! Submit your HI before 16 December, 2011, 12 o'clock.
1 DecemberRead MWH chap 8. Do the tasks on p. 168 about the Vietnam War. 11 November, 2011Download this document (if you did not attend the session on 10 November). OPVL the two letters - Castro's and Krushchev's. Also do the tasks on this page.
29 September, 2011Do the tasks a), b) on p 141. Be also prepared to discuss 2).
23 September, 2011Homework: Read chapter 7 on the Cold War. 18 September, 2011Hello IBs, 5 September, 2011Hello IBs, 22 July, 2011Enjoy your holidays, let the topical fish swim and find a topic for the historical investigation, come back safely but most of all: have a great summer! Please also mark the new deadlines! Year 12 (exams 2012)24 June, 2011Homework for next Tuesday, 28 June: Read chap 11, do tasks a) and b) on MWH p 299. 14 June, 2011Please come and see me about your topics and RQ of your Historical Investigation / Internal Assessment. 31 May, 2011Please do the tasks about the Middle East on MWH p 261.
16 December , 2010Be prepared for your first mock exam on Tuesday, 7th and 8th period. Topic: The Abyssinian Crisis.
30 November, 2010Read chap 3 - League of Nations. Do the tasks on p 49 (a,b,c). Session starts in the 7th period.
23 November, 2010Read chap 3. OPVL Wilson's 14 points and the Versailles Treaty. Session 8th/9th periods. 21 November, 2010Homework for next week: Do tasks a) and b) on p. 42. Session starts in the 8th period. 10 November, 2010Homework for next week: Read MWH pages 3-41. Do tasks a) and b) on p. 17.
2 November, 2010Assignment for the interview with Castro: Read the interview with Castro.
How do the mentioned problems of Cuba differ from those mentioned in the Moncada speech?
How does he want to solve those problems now?
Describe Castro’s attitude towards the USA at the time of the interview.
Describe Castro’s attitude towards the USSR at the time of the interview.
What are the interviewer’s fears?
At what decisive point of the revolution does the interview take place?
Find out what is happening in the months after the interview. Does Castro put all his ideas into practice? Does he always speak the truth in the interview? |
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Year 13 (exams 2011)3 October, 2010This week's session is on Wednesday!
26 September, 2010This week's session is in the 7 period on Tuesday! 13 September, 2010This week's session is on Wednesday, 7th and 8th periods. 3 September, 2010Next week's session: Wednesday, 8 September, 8th period! 30 August, 2010Hello IBs, welcome back to school! Our sessions are: Tuesdays, 7th period in the silentium. Meet you there! Mr B
27 July, 2010After all the turmoil enjoy your holidays! 6 July, 2010After some discussion in today's IB teachers' meeting the deadline for the final version of the Internal Assessment has been postponed for a week, i.e. you have to hand it in by next Friday, 16 July 2010.
8 May, 2010Homework for next week: Read up to p. 41, do the exercises on p.16f. (MWH) For 18 May: Read chap. 3 (-p. 49), do tasks on p. 41f.
28 March , 2010Hello IBs, please OPVL the October manifesto and Lenin's April Theses. Don't forget to read chap. 16 in MWH on the Russian Revolution and do the tasks on p. 360. Please let the topic fish swim and think about your issues for the internal assessment and the Extended Essay! Enjoy your Easter holidays!
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Year 12 (exams 2012)3 October, 2010I am sorry to inform you that due to the teachers' conference on Tuesday this week's session is cancelled. 3 September, 2010Hello IBs, unfortunately our next session has to be cancelled due to the teachers' coordinating meeting with Grashof! Homework: Please have a look at this worksheet (also on the basix page). Make a mindmap about the French Revolution for our next session on 14 September. Of course you may have a look at those from the previous years but you better dive into your own mind and create the map from your own ideas about the French Revolution!
31 August, 2010Hello IBs, please send me a mail so I have your mail addresses to contact you. Mr B
30 August, 2010Hello IBs, welcome to the Diploma Programme! Our weekly sessions are on Tuesdays, 8th and 9th period, in the silentium. See you there! Please borrow these three books from the IB library (Mr Kluth and Mr Ruhrbruch, 1st long break): Modern World History
Wortschatz Geschichte
Companion to MWH
The DTV Geschichtsatlas, 2. Band, comes in very handy too - especially in your German history lessons but also in IB History. I strongly recommend you to buy it, e.g. here.
Mr B
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Year 13 (exams 2010)
22 February, 2010 Hello IBs, Please opvl the New Deal cartoons I've given/sent to you. Lessons this week: Tuesday, 1st period and Thursday.
16 January, 2010 1) Read the remaining chapters of the Interwar Years in MWH - up to chap. 5. 2) Read chap. 22. 3) Be prepared to write a mock exam on the Interwar Years, esp. the international relations of that period. December 2009 Congratulations for your well-written Extended Essays! Well done. Be prepared to write a mock essay on the Interwar Years after the holidays. Do not forget your opvl of the 14 Points and the Versailles Treaty!
16 November, 2009 This Thursday, 19 November: 2nd mock exam on the interwar years. Please read chap. 1-4 (in case you have not read 1-2). Be prepared to write Paper 1 & 2 type exams.
10 November, 2009 Thursday, 12 November: 1st mock exam on chap. 1 + 2 in MWH - WW I, causes, course of events, aftermath. Type of paper: paper 2 (90min) EE final: Deadline (print + electronic!) is Friday, 4 December, 2009, 12:00 o'clock.
30 September, 2009 Please bring your Extended Essay Guide with you tomorrow, Thursday, 1 October. Just in case you still haven't read pp. 405-413 in MWH, please do so and answer the questions on p 414. For after the holidays: Read chapter 20, answer questions on p 429. Enjoy your school trips and the holidays! Mr B
21 September, 2009 You can find all the hints & tips I've sent you by mail on this page (also in the basics section). EE: Deadline for the first draft (print + electronic!) is Wednesday, 28 October, 2009, 12:25 o'clock. EE: Deadline final version: 4 December. 4 September, 2009 Deadline for the final version (print + electronic!) is 9 October, 2009, 12 o'clock.22 August 2009Hello IBs,'tis here that our paths will part. From now on there will be two columns on the news page - one for year 13 (examinations in 2010) and one for year 12 (exams in 2011) so please have a close look at your column.As usual you can find former entries in the archive section of the site. Postponed deadline for the First Draft of the Internal Assessment: 11 September 2009. Please send me the topic and structure of your Internal Assessment (see also in the basix section if you have not done so yet) as soon as possible. If you need help do not hesitate to send a mail!Enjoy the holidays and come back refreshed, relaxed and with an (even more) open mind in mid-August!Mr B |
Year 12 (exams 2011)
16 November, 2009 Please opvl How I became a communist (see Cuba page). In case you still have not looked at the Cuba page, please do so. There are some great links, documents, timelines etc.
10 November, 2009 Please opvl the Castro interview of March 16, 1959 and do the tasks 4) and 5) in the Castro Interview section section on the Cuba page. They will help you a little to structure your assignment.
Reading pp 147-149 in MWH is highly recommended and will help.
27 October, 2009 Please opvl the Castro speech and do the tasks in the Moncada Speech section on the Cuba page. They will help you a little to structure your assignment.
30 September, 2009 Guidance All the questions refer to the History Guide (see basix section)!
Let's start with a single party state after the holidays! Please go to Cuba, have a look at the Platt Amendment (blue box) and OPVL that source. Reading pp 147-149 in MWH is recommended and will help. Enjoy the holidays! Mr B
21 September, 2009 Hello IBs,
9 September, 2009 Please send me a mail so I can contact you when or if necessary!Next week we'll do the Thursday session! 27 June 2009 Hello IBs,welcome to the IB History @ Goethe site. You may already have a look at last year's topics. Starting in August you should check this site regularly for your assignments and other information regarding your history course.See you all in class after the summer holidays.
9 September, 2009 Please send me a mail so I can contact you when or if necessary! Next week we'll do the Thursday session! 4 September, 2009 Have a look at those books (or buy them): Wortschatz Geschichte
Companion to MWH
28 August 2009 Hello IBs, please pick up your history books in Mr Kluth's dungeon. That's the one:
27 June 2009 Hello IBs, welcome to the IB History @ Goethe site. You may already have a look at last year's topics. Starting in August you should check this site regularly for your assignments and other information regarding your history course. See you all in class after the summer holidays. Mr Boergen |
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Here you can find (some) old assignments.
Homework
18 June 2009
Next week: extended session from 13:45 - 17:00.
Find out what the Berlin Ultimatum / Berlin Crisis is!
Pick at least 2, if possible more out of the 5 tasks below!
Book p. 168, task a), p.169 tasks 2a), b), 3).
Please answer the following exam questions (in the way agreed, i.e. either as a full mock essay - good for your exercise - or at least in key words/diagram so you can evolve that in class):
Q9: “Peaceful coexistence was a period of relative freedom from tension rather than one of universal agreement.”
To what extent do you agree with this assertion?
Q 11: ‘The Cold War was an inevitable outcome of the Second World War.’
To what extent do you agree with this assertion?
Tasks for next week.
17 June, 2009 (1953: Uprising in East Berlin)
Session tomorrow: 2-4 pm.
6 June, 2009 (65 years ago: D-Day)
Hello IBs,
Tasks for 18 June: Read chapter 23.3, 23.4, 23.5, 23.6 (pp 492-504). Do tasks 2 and 3 on p 505.
Do the tasks on this page.
Do hand in the topics of your EE as soon as possible!
18 June 2009
Next week: extended session from 13:45 - 17:00.
Find out what the Berlin Ultimatum / Berlin Crisis is!
Pick at least 2, if possible more out of the 5 tasks below!
Book p. 168, task a), p.169 tasks 2a), b), 3).
Please answer the following exam questions (in the way agreed, i.e. either as a full mock essay - good for your exercise - or at least in key words/diagram so you can evolve that in class):
Q9: “Peaceful coexistence was a period of relative freedom from tension rather than one of universal agreement.”
To what extent do you agree with this assertion?
Q 11: ‘The Cold War was an inevitable outcome of the Second World War.’
To what extent do you agree with this assertion?
Tasks for next week.
17 June, 2009 (1953: Uprising in East Berlin)
Session tomorrow: 2-4 pm.
6 June, 2009 (65 years ago: D-Day)
Hello IBs,
Tasks for 18 June: Read chapter 23.3, 23.4, 23.5, 23.6 (pp 492-504). Do tasks 2 and 3 on p 505.
Do the tasks on this page.
Do hand in the topics of your EE as soon as possible!
1 June, 2009
Hello IBs,
as you've probably read in your IB calendar you are supposed to hand in the topics of your EE. So please do so as soon as possible!
27 May, 2009
Tasks for next week:
Read chapter 8, pp. 142-168. Pick two of the three questions below:
On the exam sheet (see document), p. 6, question 13: Analyse the factors which influenced the development of the Cold War, up to 1968, either in Asia or in Europe.
question 15: Analyse the role of Germany in the origin and development of the Cold War.
question 23: Compare and contrast the part played by Korea and Cuba in the Cold War.
14 May, 2009
Download this document.
Please read all pages. The first page is a little introduction to the missiles of the crisis so you'll know what we're talking about.
Analyze the two letters by Khrushchev and Castro regarding opvl (origin, purpose, value, limitation in case you still don't know). Do that thoroughly! It's excellent exercise for your exams. Another helper are the exam question at the end of the doc.
Please bring all those documents to the next session. We're going to watch a documentary on the cmc so it makes sense to follow the events on your timeline.
29 April, 2009
Hello IBs,
Monster Session on Thursday, 30 April!! Be prepared for the Cold War. Have a look at the CW page. Some ideas to be considered:
What happened at Potsdam in 1945?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Define containment policy.
Explain the Marshall-Plan.
Why did Berlin need an airlift? When?
How did the nuclear arms race develop?
And of course - finish reading chapter 7 of Part I - The Cold War, pp. 122-140 and do already have a look at the tasks on p. 141.
Enjoy your holidays and come back renewed and healthy!
Mr B
30 March , 2009
Now you can access the India Day site from the IB history page as well (see navigation bar on the left).
28 March , 2009
Tasks for our next session on Thursday, 2 April:
Read chapter 7 of Part I - The Cold War, pp. 122-140. Be prepared to talk about the causes of the Cold War.
Send in interesting links about the CW when you find some.
Do the tasks for last week if you have not done so yet.
1) Read chapter 18 (pp. 384-404) - end of communism.
2) Do all the tasks on p. 404.
3) And finish your mind maps about communism / Russian Revolution, of course!
Mr B
26 February, 2009
Tasks for next Thursday, 5 March: 1) All the tasks on p. 383.
... and now to something completely different: Go to YouTube and watch this video. Could you have answered the questions?
Tasks for next Thursday: 1) Read chapter 17, pp. 361-384.
2) Compare Lenin's April Theses to reality - which of his theses did he realize when and how? Take a step by step approach.
And do have a close look at the year 1917, e.g. at the notes linked in the green box on the right.
Your homework for Thursday, 11 December:
1) Get our IB history book Norman Lowe: Mastering Modern World History from Mr Kluth (in his dungeon) if you still have not got it.
2) Read chapter 16.
3) Do tasks a) and b) on p 360.
4) Answer 2),3),4),5) at least in key words.
Some of your fantastic mindmaps have arrived! Go to Cuba!
You can also have a look at the mind maps about the 19th century. Go to Bismarck.
You can vote for the best by sending a mail.
There is a new link on the basics page. You can have a close look at sample (internal assessment) papers there incl. marks.
Sunday, 7 December 2008
First of all - congratulations to those eight (or so?) of you who have contributed to the christmas concert I was allowed to enjoy yesterday! You have performed an excellent concert which was a pleasure to listen to and watch. Thank you very much indeed.
You can use a shorter site name now: www.ibhistory.tk
Presentations
There are great opportunities for you to get into the next revolution!
Please send a mail if you are interested in presenting one of the following topics:
1) Biographies of
a) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
b) Lenin (until 1917)
c) Stalin (until 1917)
2) The Communist Manifesto
3) The Capital
4) Historical Materialism
5) any other ideas what you would like to present? There are manyother topics waiting...
And of course you can have a look at the Communism page.
Homework
Your homework for Thursday, 11 December:
1) Get our IB history book Norman Lowe: Mastering Modern World History from Mr Kluth (in his dungeon) if you still have not got it.
2) Read chapter 16.
3) Do tasks a) and b) on p 360.
4) Answer 2),3),4),5) at least in key words.
Some of your fantastic mindmaps have arrived! Go to Cuba!
You can also have a look at the mind maps about the 19th century. Go to Bismarck.
You can vote for the best by sending a mail.
There is a new link on the basics page. You can have a close look at sample (internal assessment) papers there incl. marks.
Mr B
Homework for Thursday, 28 August:
1) Read about the Internal Assessment, pp.82-89 in the History Guide.
2) Finish reading the internal assessment paper I gave you.
3) Mark each section with the grade you think is appropriate. You can find the markband and the criteria in the History Guide.