History of Americas Course Outline 2021 R

Craig Kielburger Secondary School
HL Option 2: History of the Americas

International Baccalaureate
Teachers: Semester 1: Ms. Buyers CWS Office: 2057

Semester 2:
Semester 3:
Teacher: Ms. Buyers Email: [email protected] Room: 224 Period: 1
Course Description:
History is a dynamic, contested, evidence-based discipline that involves an exciting engagement with the past. It is a
rigorous intellectual discipline, focused around key historical concepts such as change, causation and significance. History
is an exploratory subject that fosters a sense of inquiry. It is also an interpretive discipline, allowing opportunity for
engagement with multiple perspectives and a plurality of opinions. Studying history develops an understanding of the past,
which leads to a deeper understanding of the nature of humans and of the world today.
The IB Diploma Programme (DP) history course is a world history course based on a comparative and multi-perspective
approach to history. It involves the study of a variety of types of history, including political, economic, social and cultural,
and provides a balance of structure and flexibility. The course emphasizes the importance of encouraging students to think
historically and to develop historical skills as well as gaining factual knowledge. It puts a premium on developing the skills
of critical thinking, and on developing an understanding of multiple interpretations of history. In this way, the course
involves a challenging and demanding critical exploration of the past.
There are six key concepts that have particular prominence throughout the DP history course.
Change Cause Significance

Continuity Consequence Perspective
Course Overview: (Over 3 Semesters)
Prescribed Subject: Rights and Protest
World History Topics: Independence Movements (1800-2000) (P2)

Authoritarian States (20th Century) (P2)
Civil Rights & Social Movements in the Americas (post 1945) OR Civil War (P3)
Higher Level Option: History of the Americas Slavery and the New World (1500 - 1800) (P3)
Independence Movements (1763 - 1830) (P3)
Semester 1: Assessment & evaluation
Paper 1 Preparatory Tasks 30%

Paper 3 Preparatory Tasks 30%
Course work 10%
Internal Assessment : Historical Investigation 30%
Marks will be converted as per the relevant subject report at mid-term and final
Units of Study (time and order approximate)
Unit Approx. Time

1) Course Introduction
 IB Assessment & Evaluation Tasks
2) Historiography
 Key concepts of historical inquiry
3) Slavery and the New World (1500 - 1800)

 See attached IB Curriculum
4) Independence Movements (1763 - 1830)

 See attached IB Curriculum
5) IA – Historical Investigation
 See attached IA material
Academic Standards/Honesty
Academic honesty in the DP is a set of values and behaviours informed by the attributes of the learner profile. In teaching,
learning and assessment, academic honesty serves to promote personal integrity, engender respect for the integrity of others
and their work, and ensure that all students have an equal opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and skills they acquire
during their studies.
All coursework—including work submitted for assessment—is to be authentic, based on the student’s individual and
original ideas with the ideas and work of others fully acknowledged. Assessment tasks that require teachers to provide
guidance to students or that require students to work collaboratively must be completed in full compliance with the detailed
guidelines provided by the IB for the relevant subjects.
For further information on academic honesty in the IB and the DP, please consult the IB publications Academic honesty in
the IB educational context, The Diploma Programme: From principles into practice and General regulations: Diploma
Programme. Specific information regarding academic honesty as it pertains to external and internal assessment components
of the DP history course can be found in this guide.
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It is your responsibility to provide evidence of your learning within established timelines. Due dates for
assignments and the scheduling of tests will be communicated well in advance to allow you to schedule your
time. If you aren’t going to be able to follow an agreed upon timeline you should demonstrate your responsibility
and organizational skills by discussing with your teacher the challenges you’re facing as far in advance of the
deadline as possible. It is your responsibility to be academically honest in all aspects of your schoolwork so that
the marks you receive are a true reflection of your achievement. Plagiarism is using the words, ideas or work of
someone else without giving appropriate credit to the original creator. This is a form of cheating.
See: Meeting Timelines and Academic Honesty - goo.gl/KTAh40

Learning Skills/Work Habits
These learning skills and work habits will be taught, assessed and evaluated throughout the course.
IB Curriculum: History of the Americas
5: Slavery and the New World (1500–1800)
This section focuses on slavery in the New World. It explores the origins of slavery in the Americas and the role of the
colonial powers in the Atlantic slave trade. It explores the Middle Passage, slave resistance and opposition to the slave trade
in British North America, led by the Quakers. This study of slavery allows for a comparative approach across the Americas.
• Reasons for, and origins of, slavery

• Role of the colonial powers in the establishment and expansion of slavery; asiento system
• Economic and social impact of slavery
• Middle Passage: living and working conditions in the New World; social structures on plantations in the West Indies,
Brazil and the southern colonies of British America
• Slave resistance and slave rebellions in British America, including a case study of a specific rebellion
• Opposition to the slave trade and slavery: Quakers and other early abolitionists
6: Independence movements (1763–1830)
This section focuses on the various forces that contributed to the rise of the independence movements, the similar and
different paths that the movements followed, and the immediate effects of independence in the region. It explores the
political, intellectual and military contributions of their leaders, and the sometimes contradictory views that shaped the
emergence of the new nations.
• Independence movements in the Americas: political, economic, social and religious causes; the influence of
Enlightenment ideas; the role of foreign intervention; conflicts and issues leading to war
• Political, intellectual and military contributions of leaders to the process of independence: Washington, Bolivar and
San Martin
• United States: processes leading to the Declaration of Independence; influence of ideas; nature of the declaration; military
campaigns/battles and their impact on the outcome
• Latin America: characteristics of the independence processes; reasons for the similarities and differences in two
Latin American countries; military campaigns/battles and their impact on the outcome
• Attitude of the United States towards Latin American independence; nature of, and reasons for, the Monroe Doctrine
• Impact of independence on two economies and societies of the Americas: economic cost of the wars of independence;
the establishment of new trade relations; impact on different social groups - specifically indigenous
peoples, African Americans, Creoles

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Craig Kielburger Secondary School

HL Option 2: History of the Americas

Teachers: Semester 1: Ms. Buyers CWS Office: 2057

Teacher: Ms. Buyers Email: [email protected] Room: 224 Period: 1

Change Cause Significance

Course Overview: (Over 3 Semesters)

Prescribed Subject: Rights and Protest

World History Topics: Independence Movements (1800-2000) (P2)

Semester 1: Assessment & evaluation

Paper 1 Preparatory Tasks 30%

Unit Approx. Time

3) Slavery and the New World (1500 - 1800)

4) Independence Movements (1763 - 1830)

See: Meeting Timelines and Academic Honesty - goo.gl/KTAh40

5: Slavery and the New World (1500–1800)

• Reasons for, and origins of, slavery

6: Independence movements (1763–1830)

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