T O P I C S 3 & 5

PAPER 2 TOPICS & TIPS

SPS – MAKING SUMMARY NOTES (TABLE)

GAME PLAN FOR TOPIC 3 BASED ON PAST IB EXAM QUESTIONS

• Create charts for Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Castro.• Be able to articulate the conditions that provided

the opportunity for these leaders to come into power, methods they themselves used, ruling style / policies, and legacy of power.

GAME PLAN FOR TOPIC 5 BASED ON PAST IB EXAM QUESTIONS

• Understand what lead to the development of the two superpowers and how their ideologies fueled the Cold War.• Be able to articulate how nations such as Korea,

Cuba, and Vietnam became part of the Cold War and their impact upon it.

PAPER 2 COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID

PAPER 2 – WHAT TO DO IN THE EXAM

PAPER 2 – WHAT TO WRITE IN THE ESSAY

ESSAY WRITING – SOME TIPS!

IB – COMMAND TERMS