PRE IB: ATL… Helping with the Climb

June 11, 2017

This blog was written by David M. Smith – Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School In the previous post we looked at how Bloom’s Taxonomy can be applied to the IB History Course.  Now let’s look at how IB helps with you climb up “Mount Bloom.”  In IB we call...

PRE IB: What to Expect in IB History – The Structure

This blog was written by David M. Smith – Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School You will be studying IB History at either the Higher Level (HL), a two-year course, or at the Standard Level (SL) which can be either one or two years.  While every teacher...

Revision for IB History students

May 8, 2017

For those of you who are Diploma Candidates you are probably focused on Math, English and Biology at the moment, which is perfectly understandable. On Friday afternoon there will be a flurry of activity as you scramble to revise your notes, organize your thoughts and...

March was the anniversary of the February Revolution and Women’s history month

April 21, 2017

… and I was a complete slacker, so my apologies. However, I am going to address both of these topics now, in this post, as they are related. Where does the Russian Revolution fit into the IB DP History program? I would have to say just about everywhere if you...

The February 1917 Revolution

March 17, 2017

The February revolution took place from 23 February to 3 March according to the Julian calendar, or 8-16 March according to the Gregorian, or current calendar, in Russia. This was a spontaneous rising that marked a convergence of factors. Since the revolution took...

Conditions in Russia in January 1917

March 1, 2017

Weather is really important in history but it isn’t always easy to make historical arguments based on the weather.  I mean, winter in Russia can be an exception; after all, it defeated more armies than the ******** (you fill it in, I’m not risking...