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    • 1. Innovation & Industry >
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      • 6-7. Assessment 1 >
        • The USA
      • 8. Reflection
    • 2. Empire and Expansion >
      • 1. What is an Empire?
      • 2. Benefits of an Empire
      • 3. Negatives of Empire expansion
      • 4. Perspectives on Empires
      • 5. Assessment
    • 3. Rebellion and Revolution >
      • 1. Why do people protest?
      • 2. What are the causes of revolutions?
      • 3. What are the methods of protest?
      • 4. What are the consequences of protests?
      • 5. Assessment
    • 4. War and Conflict >
      • 1. Causes of WW2
      • 2. Did that really happen here? WW2 in Hong Kong
      • 3. Why did the War extend to Hong Kong?
      • 4. How did the War affect Hong Kong?
      • 5. Assessment
    • Old History >
      • 1. Hong Kong Story >
        • Further Reading
      • 2. The Slave Trade
      • 3. The First World War
      • 4. The Changing Role of Women
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      • 1. What is Big History? >
        • 1.0 - Welcome to Big History
        • 1.1 - Scale
        • 1.2 - Origin Stories
        • 1.3 - What are Disciplines?
        • 1.4 - My Big History
        • Glossary
      • 2. The Big Bang >
        • 2.0 - Changing Understandings
        • 2.1 - The Big Bang
        • 2.2 - Claim Testing
        • Glossary
        • Links & Resources
      • 3. Stars and Elements >
        • 3.0 - How were stars formed?
        • 3.1 - Creation of Complex Elements
        • 3.2 - Ways of Knowing: Stars & Elements
        • Glossary
      • 4. Our Solar System & Earth >
        • 4.0 - Formation of Earth & Our Solar System
        • 4.1 - What was young Earth like?
        • 4.2 - Why is Plate Tectonics important?
        • 4.3 - Ways of Knowing: Our Solar System and Earth
        • Glossary
      • 5. Life >
        • 5.0 - What is Life?
        • 5.1 - How did Life Begin and Change?
        • 5.2 - How do Earth and Life Interact?
        • 5.3 - Ways of Knowing: Life
        • Glossary
      • 6. Early Humans >
        • 6.0 - How Our Ancesters Evolved
        • 6.1 - Ways of Knowing: Early Humans
        • 6.2 - Collective Learning
        • 6.3 - How did the First Humans live?
        • Glossary
      • 7. Agriculture & Civilisation >
        • 7.0 - The Rise of Agriculture
        • 7.1 - The First Cities and States
        • 7.2 - Ways of Knowing: Agriculture & Civilisation
        • Glossary
      • 8. Expansion & Interconnection >
        • 8.0 - Expansion
        • 8.1 - Exploration & Interconnection
        • 8.2 - The Columbian Exchange
        • 8.3 - Commerce & Collective Learning
        • Glossary
      • 9. Acceleration >
        • 9.0 - Transitions, Thresholds & Turning Points in Human History
        • 9.1 - Acceleration
        • 9.2 - The Anthropocene
        • 9.3 - Changing Economies
        • 9.4 - Industrialism
        • 9.5 - Modern States and Identities
        • 9.6 - Crisis and Conflict
        • 9.7 - Acceleration: Demographic, Political, and Technological
        • Glossary
      • 10. The Future >
        • 10.0 - Looking Back
        • 10.1 - The Biosphere
        • 10.2 - Looking Forward
        • Glossary
      • Assessment Rubrics
      • Key Texts
      • Little Big History
      • Further Reading
      • Further Watching
      • Thresholds of Increasing Complexity
      • Student Work
    • Social History
  • IGCSE
    • Germany 1918-45 >
      • 1. The Establishment of the Weimar Republic & Its Early Problems
      • 2. The Recovery of Germany 1924-1929
      • 3. The Rise of Hitler and the Nazis 1919-1933
      • 4. Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1939
      • 5. Germany during the Second World War
      • Old Exam Questions
      • Further Reading
      • Further Watching
    • China 1900-89 >
      • 1. China 1900-1934
      • 2. Mao & the CCP 1934-1949
      • 3. Change under Mao 1949-1963
      • 4. The Impact of the Cultural Revolution
      • 5. China after Mao 1976-1989
      • Old Exam Questions
      • Further Reading
      • Further Watching
    • US Civil Rights 1945-74 >
      • 1. McCarthyism and the Red Scare
      • 2. Civil Rights in the 1950s
      • 3. The Impact of MLK & Black Power
      • 4. Protest Movements
      • 5. Nixon & Watergate
      • Old Exam Questions
      • Further Reading
      • Further Watching
    • Russia & the USSR 1905-24 >
      • Old Exam Questions
    • Past Papers
  • IBDP
    • Paper 1 >
      • Rights and Protest
      • The Move to Global War >
        • 1. Japanese Expansion >
          • 1. Impact of the Meiji Restoration
          • 2. Foreign Policy in the 1920s
          • 3. The Invasion of Manchuria
          • 4. The Sino-Japanese War
          • 5. The Road to War
        • 2. German and Italian Expansion >
          • 1. Causes of Italian Expansion
          • 2. Responses to Italian Expansion
          • 3. Causes of German Expansion
          • 4. Responses to German Expansion
          • 5. The Road to War in Europe
        • Exam Questions
    • Paper 2 >
      • Paper 2: The Cold War >
        • 1. Introduction to the Cold War
        • 2. Causes of the Cold War
        • 3. The Cold War in Asia
        • 4. Course of the Cold War
        • 5. End of the Cold War
        • 6. The Impact of Leaders
        • 7. The Impact of Crises
        • 8. Impact on Nations
        • Exam Questions
        • Further Reading
        • Glossary
        • Historiography
        • Primary Sources
      • Paper 2: Authoritarian States >
        • 1. Emergence of Authoritarian States >
          • 1. Why do Authoritarian States emerge?
          • 2. Rise of Hitler
          • 3. Rise of Mao
          • 4. Rise of Castro
          • 5. Rise of Stalin
          • 6. Comparing the Emergence of Authoritarian States
        • 2. Consolidation & Maintenance of Power >
          • 1. Hitler's Germany 1933-45
          • 2. Mao's China 1949-1976
          • 3. Castro's Cuba 1959-Present
          • 4. Comparing the Rule of Authoritarian States
        • 3. Aims and Results of Domestic Policies >
          • 4. Comparing Domestic Policies
        • Exam Questions
    • Paper 3: Asia and Oceania >
      • 2019/2021 >
        • Topic 12: China and Korea 1910-1950 >
          • 1. What accounts for the rise of nationalism? >
            • 1. Was Yuan Shikai a national hero or villain?
            • 2. What did Sun Yixian do to promote nationalism?
            • 3. What was the impact of WW1 on nationalism?
            • 4. How significant was the New Culture Movement?
            • 5. Did the May 4th Movement achieve anything?
            • 6. How did nationalism survive the warlords?
            • 7. Assessment: What accounts for the rise of nationalism?
          • 2. Did Guomindang rule achieve anything? >
            • 1. How did Chiang Kai-shek emerge as leader of the GMD?
            • 2. Why was the Northern Expedition successful?
            • 3. Was the Nanjing Decade a success?
            • 4. Assessment - Was GMD rule a success or failure?
          • 3. Was the rise of communism inevitable? >
            • 1. What were conditions like for peasants in China?
            • 2. How did the CCP benefit from the First United Front?
      • 2018/2020 >
        • Paper 3: Imperial Decline in East Asia 1860-1912 >
          • 1. The Tongzhi Restoration
          • 2. Effects of the Sino-Japanese War
          • 3. Impact of the Boxer Rebellion
          • 4. The 1911 Xinhai Revolution
          • 5. The Meiji Restoration
          • 6. Early Japanese Imperialism
          • 7. The Opening of Korea
          • Exam Questions
        • Paper 3: Japan 1912-1990 >
          • 1. Taisho Japan
          • 2. The Rise of Militarism
          • 3. The Move to Global War
          • 4. The Pacific War
          • 5. The US Occupation
          • 6. The 'Economic Miracle'
          • Exam Questions
        • Paper 3: China and Korea 1910-1950 >
          • 1. Rise of National Identity 1911-1927
          • 2. Nationalist Rule in China 1927-1937
          • 3. Rise of Communism in China: 1921-1937
          • 4. Japanese Invasion and Civil War 1937-1949
          • 5. Japanese Occupation of Korea 1910-1945
          • 6. Taiwan - The Republic of China
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2. CAUSES OF THE COLD WAR

1. Why was the Grand Alliance formed?


Lesson Objectives
​To identify the reasons for the creation of the Grand Alliance and to evaluate its key documents

​Lesson Tasks
  1. ​Download, read, and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
  2. Read this copy of the Atlantic Charter. In your own words, explain the meaning of each of the eight points and why they were important to Churchill and Roosevelt in August 1941.
  3. Evaluate the values and limitations of the Atlantic Charter as a source by completing this OPCVL analysis grid.
  4. Read the Declaration of United Nations. Choose one of the other countries that signed the declaration and assess the extent to which that country adhered to terms 1 and 2 of the declaration. In particular, consider whether it used its ‘full’ economic and military resources against the Tripartite Pact. Put together a case in writing in which you provide an explicit response to the question. Do you agree to a large extent? Some extent? Very limited extent? Then provide specific evidence to support your position.

Extension
  1. ​Gorodetsky, G. (1988). The Origins of the Cold War - Stalin, Churchill and the Formation of the Grand Alliance
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2. Why did the Grand Alliance Breakdown?


Lesson Objectives
To identify how disagreements arising from the Second World War led to the Cold War

Lesson Tasks
  1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
  2. In groups or individually, complete this analysis grid on each of the three wartime conference documents for Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. Complete Tasks 1-3, sharing your answers with the class.​
  3. In pairs, discuss these questions before sharing your ideas with the class:
    1. Who or what was most responsible for the breakdown of the Grand Alliance?
    2. How could the breakdown of the Grand Alliance have been avoided? Think of at least 2 suggestions
    3. What issues caused the most tension between the Allies?
    4. From what you’ve learnt so far, what do you consider to be the ‘seeds’ of East-West conflict that were sown from 1917 onwards?
​
Extension
  1. ​Download and read this copy of Kennan's Long Telegram.
    1. What is the tone of language used in this telegram
      What does this reveal about Kennan's views?
    2. Why do you think historians have seen the Long Telegram as significant in the origins of the Cold War
  2. ​Download and read Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
    1. ​What do you think was the purpose of the speech?
    2. ​How do you think Stalin would reply to this speech?
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'Peep under the iron curtain' by Leslie Illingworth. Published in the Daily Mail in 1946. What do you think the message of the cartoon is and how does it support Churchill's iron curtain speech?

3. How did we arrive at Containment?


Lesson Objectives
To identify how and why the relationship between the USA and USSR intensified in the years 1947-48

Lesson Tasks
  1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
  2. Download and read the Clifford-Elsey Report Outline:
    1. ​How does the report describe Soviet foreign policy aims?
    2. According to the report, how has the US attempted to reach agreement with the USSR?
    3. How has the USSR violated agreements?
    4. Why was reparations an issue?
    5. What aggressive Soviet activities does the report describe?
    6. What should be American policy towards the Soviet Union?
    7. How would a Soviet diplomat criticise this report? Is it unfair or biased in any particular way? Consider each term separately.
  3. Download and read 'The Truman Doctrine' Speech and answer these questions:
    1. What problems does Greece and Turkey face?
    2. What justification does Truman give for his doctrine?
    3. What support will the US provide Greece & Turkey?
    4. Identify the key words that Truman uses to describe the West and key words he uses to describe countries under Soviet control. Why do you think he uses this type of language?
    5. Why do you think this speech marked such a turning point in American foreign policy?
  4. Download and read 'The Marshall Plan' Speech.
    1. What economic problems does Europe face?
    2. What is the purpose of US policy?
    3. What should European nations do to help?
    4. Investigate the Soviet response to Marshall Aid. Why were the Soviets so opposed to the Plan? Write a paragraph summarising the Soviet response.
  5. Research the growth of Soviet control in one Eastern bloc country in the period 1945-1949. How important were:
    1. The presence of the Red Army?
    2. The strength of the local Communist party?
    3. The use of spy networks and state police?
    4. Control of the economy?
  6. Write a paragraph or draw a diagram summarising your findings.
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A Punch cartoon from June 1947. What do you think the message of this cartoon is in relation to Stalin's policy in Eastern Europe?
CAUSES OF THE COLD WAR REVISION QUIZ
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4. What was the impact of Berlin Blockade?


Lesson Objectives
To identify the causes of the Berlin Blockade and its effects on relations between the superpowers

Lesson Tasks
  1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
  2. Read the statement by Vassili Sokolovsky, Soviet Marshal, on the reasons for Soviet withdrawal from the Allied Control Council:
    1. Who does the source blame for the breakdown in relations between the four occupying powers? When did this occur?
    2. To what extent do you agree with the assertion that the allies are 'destroying' the Allied Controlled Council?
  3. Download and read this confidential US report on negotiations with the Soviets over the Berlin Situation and answer these questions:
    1. What is the fundamental issue causing the crisis?
    2. Why did the US view the Soviet position as unacceptable?
    3. What was the real Soviet purpose for causing the crisis?
  4. Using pages 38-45 of your textbooks and any other resources, complete this table to show the: 'Causes'; 'Impact'; and 'Significance' of the Berlin Blockade crisis.
  5. From what you have learnt about the Berlin Blockade, who do you think was responsible for causing the crisis?

Extension
  1. Read and make notes from: Chapter 4 - The Berlin Airlift (pp 73-87) of Smyser, W.R. (1999). From Yalta to Berlin - The Cold War Struggle over Germany.
  2. Explore this website on post-war Germany.
  3. Watch this documentary 'Germany after the War'.
  4. Read this personal account of the Berlin Airlift.

5. Who was to blame for the Cold War?


Lesson Objectives
To discuss role played by various factors in the outbreak of the Cold War and evaluate the historiography on the origins of the Cold War

Lesson Tasks
  1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
  2. Download and use this timeline of the origins of the Cold War to help you complete the research tasks in class.
  3. Download and complete this research table on the historiography of the Cold War.
  4. Which historiographical position do you agree with the most and why? Write a paragraph explaining your opinion and be prepared to share this in class next lesson.

Resources on the Historiography of the Origins of the Cold War
​
  1. Read pages 10-52 in 'The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries' by A. Mamaux (course textbook).
  2. Read chapter 1, pages 3-29 in 'Origins of the Cold War 1941-49' by M. McCauley. Documents 1-3 on pages 118-122 summarise the main historiographical schools of thought.
  3. Download and read 'Origins of the Cold War by Arthur Schlesinger' and 'Sources of Soviet Conduct by Mr. X' for the two key documents of Orthodox thinking.
  4. Visit this website for a simplified overview of the historiography on the causes of the Cold War.
  5. Another good simple overview of the historiography on the Cold War.
  6. Re-read 'The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis' Chapter 1 for an overview of the post-revisionist position.
  7. For a detailed but challenging overview of the historiography, read pages 2-5 in 'International Relations since 1945: A Global History' by J. Young and J. Kent

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  • Home
  • Y7/8 MYP
  • Y9 History
    • 1. Innovation & Industry >
      • 1. Causes
      • 2. Innovations
      • 3. Conditions
      • 4. Changes
      • 5. Sources
      • 6-7. Assessment 1 >
        • The USA
      • 8. Reflection
    • 2. Empire and Expansion >
      • 1. What is an Empire?
      • 2. Benefits of an Empire
      • 3. Negatives of Empire expansion
      • 4. Perspectives on Empires
      • 5. Assessment
    • 3. Rebellion and Revolution >
      • 1. Why do people protest?
      • 2. What are the causes of revolutions?
      • 3. What are the methods of protest?
      • 4. What are the consequences of protests?
      • 5. Assessment
    • 4. War and Conflict >
      • 1. Causes of WW2
      • 2. Did that really happen here? WW2 in Hong Kong
      • 3. Why did the War extend to Hong Kong?
      • 4. How did the War affect Hong Kong?
      • 5. Assessment
    • Old History >
      • 1. Hong Kong Story >
        • Further Reading
      • 2. The Slave Trade
      • 3. The First World War
      • 4. The Changing Role of Women
  • Elements
    • Big History Project >
      • 1. What is Big History? >
        • 1.0 - Welcome to Big History
        • 1.1 - Scale
        • 1.2 - Origin Stories
        • 1.3 - What are Disciplines?
        • 1.4 - My Big History
        • Glossary
      • 2. The Big Bang >
        • 2.0 - Changing Understandings
        • 2.1 - The Big Bang
        • 2.2 - Claim Testing
        • Glossary
        • Links & Resources
      • 3. Stars and Elements >
        • 3.0 - How were stars formed?
        • 3.1 - Creation of Complex Elements
        • 3.2 - Ways of Knowing: Stars & Elements
        • Glossary
      • 4. Our Solar System & Earth >
        • 4.0 - Formation of Earth & Our Solar System
        • 4.1 - What was young Earth like?
        • 4.2 - Why is Plate Tectonics important?
        • 4.3 - Ways of Knowing: Our Solar System and Earth
        • Glossary
      • 5. Life >
        • 5.0 - What is Life?
        • 5.1 - How did Life Begin and Change?
        • 5.2 - How do Earth and Life Interact?
        • 5.3 - Ways of Knowing: Life
        • Glossary
      • 6. Early Humans >
        • 6.0 - How Our Ancesters Evolved
        • 6.1 - Ways of Knowing: Early Humans
        • 6.2 - Collective Learning
        • 6.3 - How did the First Humans live?
        • Glossary
      • 7. Agriculture & Civilisation >
        • 7.0 - The Rise of Agriculture
        • 7.1 - The First Cities and States
        • 7.2 - Ways of Knowing: Agriculture & Civilisation
        • Glossary
      • 8. Expansion & Interconnection >
        • 8.0 - Expansion
        • 8.1 - Exploration & Interconnection
        • 8.2 - The Columbian Exchange
        • 8.3 - Commerce & Collective Learning
        • Glossary
      • 9. Acceleration >
        • 9.0 - Transitions, Thresholds & Turning Points in Human History
        • 9.1 - Acceleration
        • 9.2 - The Anthropocene
        • 9.3 - Changing Economies
        • 9.4 - Industrialism
        • 9.5 - Modern States and Identities
        • 9.6 - Crisis and Conflict
        • 9.7 - Acceleration: Demographic, Political, and Technological
        • Glossary
      • 10. The Future >
        • 10.0 - Looking Back
        • 10.1 - The Biosphere
        • 10.2 - Looking Forward
        • Glossary
      • Assessment Rubrics
      • Key Texts
      • Little Big History
      • Further Reading
      • Further Watching
      • Thresholds of Increasing Complexity
      • Student Work
    • Social History
  • IGCSE
    • Germany 1918-45 >
      • 1. The Establishment of the Weimar Republic & Its Early Problems
      • 2. The Recovery of Germany 1924-1929
      • 3. The Rise of Hitler and the Nazis 1919-1933
      • 4. Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1939
      • 5. Germany during the Second World War
      • Old Exam Questions
      • Further Reading
      • Further Watching
    • China 1900-89 >
      • 1. China 1900-1934
      • 2. Mao & the CCP 1934-1949
      • 3. Change under Mao 1949-1963
      • 4. The Impact of the Cultural Revolution
      • 5. China after Mao 1976-1989
      • Old Exam Questions
      • Further Reading
      • Further Watching
    • US Civil Rights 1945-74 >
      • 1. McCarthyism and the Red Scare
      • 2. Civil Rights in the 1950s
      • 3. The Impact of MLK & Black Power
      • 4. Protest Movements
      • 5. Nixon & Watergate
      • Old Exam Questions
      • Further Reading
      • Further Watching
    • Russia & the USSR 1905-24 >
      • Old Exam Questions
    • Past Papers
  • IBDP
    • Paper 1 >
      • Rights and Protest
      • The Move to Global War >
        • 1. Japanese Expansion >
          • 1. Impact of the Meiji Restoration
          • 2. Foreign Policy in the 1920s
          • 3. The Invasion of Manchuria
          • 4. The Sino-Japanese War
          • 5. The Road to War
        • 2. German and Italian Expansion >
          • 1. Causes of Italian Expansion
          • 2. Responses to Italian Expansion
          • 3. Causes of German Expansion
          • 4. Responses to German Expansion
          • 5. The Road to War in Europe
        • Exam Questions
    • Paper 2 >
      • Paper 2: The Cold War >
        • 1. Introduction to the Cold War
        • 2. Causes of the Cold War
        • 3. The Cold War in Asia
        • 4. Course of the Cold War
        • 5. End of the Cold War
        • 6. The Impact of Leaders
        • 7. The Impact of Crises
        • 8. Impact on Nations
        • Exam Questions
        • Further Reading
        • Glossary
        • Historiography
        • Primary Sources
      • Paper 2: Authoritarian States >
        • 1. Emergence of Authoritarian States >
          • 1. Why do Authoritarian States emerge?
          • 2. Rise of Hitler
          • 3. Rise of Mao
          • 4. Rise of Castro
          • 5. Rise of Stalin
          • 6. Comparing the Emergence of Authoritarian States
        • 2. Consolidation & Maintenance of Power >
          • 1. Hitler's Germany 1933-45
          • 2. Mao's China 1949-1976
          • 3. Castro's Cuba 1959-Present
          • 4. Comparing the Rule of Authoritarian States
        • 3. Aims and Results of Domestic Policies >
          • 4. Comparing Domestic Policies
        • Exam Questions
    • Paper 3: Asia and Oceania >
      • 2019/2021 >
        • Topic 12: China and Korea 1910-1950 >
          • 1. What accounts for the rise of nationalism? >
            • 1. Was Yuan Shikai a national hero or villain?
            • 2. What did Sun Yixian do to promote nationalism?
            • 3. What was the impact of WW1 on nationalism?
            • 4. How significant was the New Culture Movement?
            • 5. Did the May 4th Movement achieve anything?
            • 6. How did nationalism survive the warlords?
            • 7. Assessment: What accounts for the rise of nationalism?
          • 2. Did Guomindang rule achieve anything? >
            • 1. How did Chiang Kai-shek emerge as leader of the GMD?
            • 2. Why was the Northern Expedition successful?
            • 3. Was the Nanjing Decade a success?
            • 4. Assessment - Was GMD rule a success or failure?
          • 3. Was the rise of communism inevitable? >
            • 1. What were conditions like for peasants in China?
            • 2. How did the CCP benefit from the First United Front?
      • 2018/2020 >
        • Paper 3: Imperial Decline in East Asia 1860-1912 >
          • 1. The Tongzhi Restoration
          • 2. Effects of the Sino-Japanese War
          • 3. Impact of the Boxer Rebellion
          • 4. The 1911 Xinhai Revolution
          • 5. The Meiji Restoration
          • 6. Early Japanese Imperialism
          • 7. The Opening of Korea
          • Exam Questions
        • Paper 3: Japan 1912-1990 >
          • 1. Taisho Japan
          • 2. The Rise of Militarism
          • 3. The Move to Global War
          • 4. The Pacific War
          • 5. The US Occupation
          • 6. The 'Economic Miracle'
          • Exam Questions
        • Paper 3: China and Korea 1910-1950 >
          • 1. Rise of National Identity 1911-1927
          • 2. Nationalist Rule in China 1927-1937
          • 3. Rise of Communism in China: 1921-1937
          • 4. Japanese Invasion and Civil War 1937-1949
          • 5. Japanese Occupation of Korea 1910-1945
          • 6. Taiwan - The Republic of China
          • Exam Questions
    • Internal Assessment >
      • Forming Questions
      • Researching Primary Sources >
        • New York Times Digital Archive
        • SCMP Digital Archive
      • Researching Secondary Sources >
        • Google Scholar
        • History Today
        • HK Public Library e-resources
        • jstor
        • questia
        • Worldcat
      • Source Evaluation
      • Chicago Citation Format
      • IA Help Guide
    • Extended Essay >
      • 1. Title Page
      • 2. Abstract & Contents Page
      • 3. Introduction
      • 4. Body of the Essay
      • 5. Conclusion
      • 6. References, Bibliography & Appendices
    • Mark Schemes
    • Revision
    • Hall of Fame
  • More
    • History Help >
      • Blog
      • Historical Content
      • Historical Concepts
      • Historical Skills >
        • Essay Planning >
          • 1. Forming Questions
          • 2. Command Words
          • 3. Topic Analysis
          • 4. Essay Structure
        • Essay Writing >
          • 1. Introductions
          • 2. Conclusions
          • 3. Words and Phrases
          • 4. Quotations
          • 5. Sentences
          • 6. Width and Depth
          • 7. Citing Sources
          • 8. Spelling and Grammar
    • Resources >
      • About Us
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