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High School Cambridge AICE International History 1 AS Level

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Description

In this course, you will analyze the late 19th and early 20th centuries through a variety of historical perspectives. You will examine the rise of major world powers and the creation of the League of Nations, focusing on how they shaped international relations during the 1920s and 1930s. Using tools like discussion forums, research, and writing, you will deepen your understanding of this turbulent era. This course is designed to challenge you to think critically and prepare you for the AICE International History AS Level Exam. Please refer to the syllabus for full course details.

Module One: Introduction to AICE International History

-Introduction to the Cambridge AICE program

-Industrialization

-Motivations for imperialism

-Expectations for Paper 1


Module Two: Age of Imperialism

-Rise of and resistance to imperialism

-Scramble for Africa

-Rivalries between imperialist nations

-British colonization and resulting tensions

-Attempts to maintain peace between imperial nations

-Expectations for Paper 2


Module Three: Rise of World Powers and the First World War

-Japan before and after imperialism

-Japan’s global influence

-The American frontier

-Transition from expansionism to imperialism in the US

-Industrialization

-The Spanish-American War

-Participants and rationale for World War I


Module Four: A Tenuous Peace

-The impact of the Paris Peace Conference

-Post-war dissatisfaction

-Creation of the League of Nations

-Successes of the League of Nations

-Challenges of the League of Nations

-Agencies created under the League of Nations

 

Module Five: Shifting the Balance

-Crises and tensions between 1919 and 1923

-Consequences of the Paris Peace Conference

-Challenges faced by the successor states

-International treaties and conferences from 1919 to 1923

-Economic revival in the 1920s

-American isolationism


Module Six: Depression and Dictators

-The effects of the Great Depression

-The rise of extremism and dictatorships

-The failure of the World Disarmament Conference

-The spread of communism

-The League of Nations and their response to aggressive acts by dictatorships

-Reasons for the weakening of the League of Nations


Module Seven: World on the Brink

-Efforts to avoid war

-Appeasement policy

-Failure of appeasement

-Significance of the Munich Agreement

-The aims and impacts of Hitler’s expansionist policies

-British rearmament


Module Eight: AICE International History AS Level Exam Review

-Review of imperialism and the emergence of world powers

-Review of conflict and cooperation

-Review of the rise of extremism and the road to war

-Writing skills review