IB HOA Bouchard

HI or Experiment Questions

2011-05-12T09:19:00.000-07:00

Feel free to leave any questions from format to content and I will do the best I can. Good Luck

IB Test

2011-05-12T09:14:00.000-07:00

Please put any questions you have the test and I will try to answer them. I cannot give you any for sure questions on the test but I can give you my thoughts.

Unit 1: It is often divided in that they will do one question on reasons for expansion, SAW, the 3 policies then a question on Canada and WWI. It could include this by asking about the effects of two countries. Or it could ask about US entry or treaty of Versailles.

Unit 2: One on the effects or efficacy of solution and the other question could be any of the other subjects or the other one above.

Unit 3: Not sure what they will ask here as it is usually all over the board but I suspect Japanese internment will be one of the two questions.

HI Questions

2011-02-22T10:57:00.000-08:00

I want to invite you to leave any question whether it is general or if it is specific as we can learn from each other. I will check it daily and give feedback. Feel free to give feedback as well espcially if you are doing the same or similar topics.

Summary of Evidence: Hints

Make sure you run it through the filter of "Does this explicitly answer the question?"
Organize it on topic rather than source.
You can put it in bullet form but the final will need to be in paragraph form
You can summarize people's view rather than put in lengthy quotes
Leave the historiography for the analysis
Make sure it is properly refernced. (Cannot accept it without proper refernces)

Analysis: Hints

Outline different points that need to be analyzed
Make sure to reference the two sources in analysis
"An awareness of the significance to the investigation of the sources evaluated in section C" This is part of the IB rubric. You will need to make this known by talking about how much this informaiton can be trusted and/or the value of the interpretation to answering the question.
You should analyze the multiple interpretations/apporaches historians have on your exact topic.

Conclusion:

This is where you briefly state you answer to the question and why you came up with it.
Be blunt and direct here
Do not introduce any new evidence but make sure to be clear on why you reached that conclusion.

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Historical Investigation Questions

2010-07-08T16:18:00.000-07:00

How is your HI going? I have a couple of ideas to either get you going or to un-stick your research.

#1- Put the paper aside and just research. Pull pieces of evidence from a wide a source base as you can. Spend most of your time dong this as you can now read with a critical eye rather than throwing together stuff that sounds good for the deadline. Once you have a good list well beyond what you need for the summary of evidence. Now pair down and keep only the best.

#2- Once you have a solid or improved summary evidence, go ahead and begin the analysis anew given that trying to revise it might be harder. When I went for my National Boards I revised a paper over and over instead of rewriting it. It received the lowest score of my my four papers.

#3- If you scored a twenty or over do not mess with it. But remember that does not guarantee what your final score so you will want to make some changes. DO A LITTLE AT A TIME.

Please post your questions and ideas here. Also if you have a request for a certain type of post please let me know. Good Luck. I hope you are enjoying your summer.

Bouchard

Hoover and FDR/New Deal Review Post- Seniors

2010-02-16T15:19:00.000-08:00

With reference to specific programs, discuss to what extent Hoover and FDR/New Deal successfully addressed one of the following groups.

Banks, Industry, Elderly, Arts, Labor, Farmers/Rural Areas, Women, Youth, African Americans, Women, Native Americans and Mexican Americans.

Review for New Deal Critics- Seniors

2010-02-16T14:20:00.000-08:00

Take one of critics of FDR's, give their critic and how it impacted FDR and the New Deal? Which critic do you think had the greatest impact on the New Deal? Why?

Stock Market Crash Post- Juniors have to post and Seniors can post.

2010-01-07T15:39:00.000-08:00

"October 29, 1929, "Black Tuesday," is remembered as the most devastating day in American stock market history. Stock prices fell in a selling frenzy that began the moment the opening bell sounded. When the trading day was over, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had dropped more than thirty points, with some leading stocks plummeting $30-$60 a share. Billions of dollars of fortunes and the life savings of many small investors were wiped out as the decline of the market, which had begun in September, culminated on Black Tuesday. Few people had foreseen the coming of the Great Crash. The country had been riding on the boom of the 1920's."
Source Citation: "The U.S. Stock Market Crashes On Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929." DISCovering World History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/

The Stock Market Crash was less dramatic than the common lore portrays it, but it was dramatic given the way people in the twenties viewed the time period. So respond to the following IB prompt given what you know from class and reading the two articles.

"To what extent was the Wall Street Cash a cause of the Great Depression of 1929 in the United States? Support your argument with specific examples"

Great Depression

2009-12-16T13:53:00.000-08:00

The Great Depression had numerous causes but we discussed a few major ones. The four major explanations are the Keynesian, Internationalist, Monetarist and the mal-distribution of income. So, in this post, I would like you evaluate at least two of the explanations using specific historical detail. Make sure to point out both the value of the explanation as well as its limitations using specific historical detail. Remember to build of the comments before you by adding something new to the thread.

Woodrow Wilson

2009-12-03T10:00:00.000-08:00

To what extent was Woodrow Wilson's actions dealing with entry into WWI and negotiating the treaty of Versialles consistent with his actions in the Western Hemisphere? (USe specific details to support your ideas.)

Make sure to build of the ideas prior to your post and reference which idea you are responding to so thread builds on ideas rather than just restating them.

3 Policies

2009-10-28T11:15:00.000-07:00

Consider the following prompt. How successful was the United States' foreign policy towards Latin America in the first two decades of the twentieth century?

Answer all or just one of the following questions: What assumption or assumptions does this prompt make? What do you need to consider to answer the prompt? How would you answer the prompt?

Is History True?

2009-07-07T14:36:00.000-07:00

Is the study of history about pursueing the definite truth of what happened? Or is the truth of what happened in history something that changes depending upon the lense in which you examine it? Gie your thoughts on these questions and please include both your insight into this article and the questions you still have? If you have anyother questions about the class or the homework you can email me at ryan_bouchard@sumner.wednet.edu.

My New Blog Adventure

2009-06-11T08:33:00.001-07:00

What would you like this blog to do for you as an IB history student?

IB HOA Summer Work

2009-06-11T08:17:00.000-07:00

What are the road blocks you think you will experience this summer while attempting to finish your HI?