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ActiveHistory: IBDP History — 52 episodes

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Book Review - "The Cold War: A New History" by John Lewis Gaddis

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How did World War One precipitate the Russian Revolution of February 1917?

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How significant was World War One as a cause of the Russian Revolution of October 1917?

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Norse Exploration (c.982-1020): Climate and Innovation

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The Aztec Empire (circa 1428-1469) - Climate and Innovation

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Paper 1 (sourcework) - skills for success

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How significant was World War One as a cause for Stalin's Rise to power?

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How stable was the Tsarist regime in Russia on the eve of World War One?

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Causes of the Vietnam War

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The Vietnam War: Why did the US withdraw?

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Why, how, and with what results, did the Civil Rights movement become more radical after 1964?

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How successful were Nixon's Domestic Policies?

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How successful was Nixon's Foreign Policy?

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Causes for the Chilean Coup of 1973

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Kennedy's "Alliance for Progress": reasons, successes, failures

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Eisenhower's "New Look": features, reasons, successes, failures

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Truman’s foreign policy in the Americas: successes and failures

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How successful was Castro as ruler of Cuba?

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The rise of Mao and Castro: comparisons and contrasts

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Cold War Presidents c.1945-1975: Compared and Contrasted

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How successful was the League of Nations in the 1920s?

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Was the Treaty of Versailles Fair?

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Causes for the Rise of Castro in Cuba

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Youth Protest / Counterculture Movements in 1960s/70s Americas: Causes and Impact

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Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the outset?

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What caused the First World War? 

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How and why did the Cold War come to an end?

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US-USSR Détente: Causes and Significance, 1971-1979

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Truman and Stalin: Cold War Leaders Compared and Contrasted

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Kennedy and Khrushchev: Cold War Leaders Compared and Contrasted

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Red Scare: Causes and Significance

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Suez Crisis: Causes and Consequences

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Berlin Blockade: Causes and Consequences

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To what extent did the policy of peaceful co-existence improve superpower relations up to and including 1964?

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Was Hitler a Gambler, or a Planner, in foreign affairs?

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What was the impact of the US policy of containment on superpower relations 1947 - 1964?

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What were the causes of the Cold War?

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Two Cold War Crises: Compared and Contrasted (Berlin 1961, Cuba 1962)

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Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: Causes and Significance

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The Berlin Crisis, 1961: Causes and Significance

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Sourcework: Essential Skills for IBDP Paper 1

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US Civil Rights Struggle, c.1954-1965

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Apartheid South Africa, 1948-1964

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Rule of Mao and Castro, compared and contrasted

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Feminism and the Americas: Causes and Impact

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Castro's policies towards women: aims, successes, failures

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Korean War: Causes

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Red Scare: Causes and Impact

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Korean War: Significance for two countries of the Americas

50

Mao's Rule of China: Aims, successes, failures

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Historiography in IBDP History

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The Rise of Mao Zedong: The Chinese Civil War