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Course Overview (syllabus components + curriculum)
Prescribed subject
3. The move to global war (40 hours)
Course book:
Rogers, Keeley and Jo Thomas: The Move to Global War, Oxford University Press, 2015
World History Topics
10. Authoritarian States (20th century) (45 hours)
Case studies: Hitler Germany; Stalin USSR; and Mao China
Course book:
Todd, Allan and Sally Waller: Authoritarian and Single Party States, Cambridge University Press, 2011
Additional material:
“The Nature of Single-Party States”(Friedrich and Brzezinski, In Canon et al: 20th C World History, Oxford, 2008, pp. 326-327)
Cannon et al: 20th Century World History, Oxford, 2008, pp. 329-350
“Declassified: Chairman Mao” (History Channel, 2006) - documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1DF0PVrK74
12. The Cold War: Superpower tensions and rivalries (20th century) (45 hours)
Cold War crises case studies: The Americas: The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962); Europe: Berlin blockade (1948-49) and the Berlin Wall (1958-61); Hungary (1956); the Prague spring (1968)
Asia and Oceania: North Korean invasion of South Korea (1950); Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979)
Africa and the Middle East: Suez Crisis (1956);
Course book:
Todd, Allan: The Cold War, Cambridge University Press, 2011
Additional material:
Williamson, David: Europe and the Cold War, Hodder Education, 2012, pp. 41-77 + pp. 151-159 + 162
German Reunification documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNAxfWCwDsw
HL Options: Depth studies (4. History of Europe)
12: Imperial Russia, revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union (1855–1924)
This section deals with modernization and conservatism in tsarist Russia and the eventual collapse of the tsarist autocracy, as well as the revolutions of 1917, the Civil War and the rule of Lenin. There is a focus on the concepts of change and continuity, with examination and consideration of the social, economic and political factors that brought about change.
Alexander II (1855–1881): the extent of reform
Policies of Alexander III (1881–1894) and Nicholas II (1894–1917): economic modernization, tsarist repression and the growth of opposition
Causes of the 1905 Revolution (including social and economic conditions and the significance of the Russo-Japanese War); consequences of the 1905 Revolution (including Stolypin and the Dumas)
The impact of the First World War and the final crisis of autocracy in February/March 1917
1917 Revolutions: February/March Revolution; provisional government and dual power (Soviets); October/November Revolution; Bolshevik Revolution; Lenin and Trotsky
Lenin’s Russia/Soviet Union; consolidation of new Soviet state; Civil War; War Communism; New Economic Policy (NEP); terror and coercion; foreign relation
13. Europe and the First World War (1871-1918) (30 hours)
Course book:
Williamson, David: War and Peace: International Relations 1878-1941, Third Edition, Hodder Education, 2009, pp. 41-77 + pp. 151-159 + 162
Additional material:
Interview with Margaret MacMillan´: “The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914” (her new book). On “The Agenda”, 11. November 2014 (58 minutes long) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUmByAgc4YA [260216]
Documentary on Causes of WWI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnkVVyru3KY&index=2&list=PLQ8cA1IgaAJ01AcYvQ2gpk00HI4_jJCKI
Documentary the Treaty of Versailles (End of WWI): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74-HkCRozls
Impact of WW1 on the civilian population in two countries: Russia and Britain (student projects)
14. European States in the Inter-war years (1918-1939) (30 hours)
Course book:
Wolfson, Robert and John Laver: European History 1890-1990 – Third Edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 2001, pp. 160-182, 194-203, 296-308
Additional material:
Lidegaard, Bo: A Short History of Denmark in the 20th Century, Gyldendal, 2009 – Chapters “I. 3.: “Shaping Up the Realm 1918-29” and “II. 1.: “Mobilizing the Nation, Galvanizing the People 1929-40”
Case study of European country in addition to Germany, Italy and Spain: Denmark
SUBJECT TO CHANGE!
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