DP History Assessment
This external assessment (exam) requires students to analyze historical sources to determine value and limitation based on origin, content, and purpose to answer a research question.
What is Paper 1?
Assess the implications and limitations; make judgments about the ideas, works, solutions or methods in relation to selected criteria.
What is to evaluate?
Illegal imprisonment, deportation and exhile, threat and torture, disenfranchisement, confiscation.
What are repressive strategies used to control dissent in authoritarian regimes?
Strategy used in India against British economic policies.
What is commercial boycott?
OR
What is buying nationally produced items?
OR
What is the Salt March?
Revolutionary leader that demanded the fragmentation of huge latifundios and the distribution of lands among Mexican peasants.
Who is Emiliano Zapata?
This type of assessment includes source evaluation, research report, and methodology reflection.
What is the Internal Assessment?
Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure. To identify parts and relationships, and to interpret information to reach conclusions.
What is to analyze?
Fidel Castro used these two media and communication strategies to control information and spread propaganda.
What is monopolizing and censoring mass media through state ownership?
Creole-produced art and ideas aimed at showing public pride of American characteristics against the assumption of European superiority.
What is creole nationalism?
One of the main revolutionary demands against Porfiriato's economic system, which was addressed in Article 123 of the 1917 Constitution?
What are fair labor rights?
This type of external assessment requires students to know similar historical cases from different world regions.
What is Paper 2?
Combine different ideas (or source material) in order to create a new understanding.
What is to synthesize?
Porfirio Díaz used this authoritarian method coupled with repression to stay in power for more than 30 years.
What is giving concessions and rewards in exchange of unconditional support?
Geo-political consequence of achieving independence in both India and Mexico?
This revolutionary group put an end to armed violence during the 1920's and began rebuilding the country through new policies, new laws, diplomacy, and negotiation.
What is the Sonorense group / Sonoran Dynasty?
This type of external assessment requires students to write 3 essay responses to historical events from one world region in 2 hours and 30 minutes.
What is Paper 3?
Consider an argument or concept in a way that uncovers the assumptions and interrelationships of the issue.
What is to examine?
Social achievement of Castro's communist regime.
What is high literacy rates (education)/health security for everyone?
Indian National Congress
What was the assembly created in 1906 with the aim of acquiring national autonomy through legal reforms, representation of all social groups, and political participation?
What is the 1914 Veracruz occupation?
What are the two topics from Paper 2 we have examined in class last year?
Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments, factors or hypotheses. Opinions or conclusions should be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence.
What is to discuss?
Economic embargo in Cuba.
What is one of the strategies implemented by the USA to force Castro out of power?
Government of India Act (1919)
What was the law passed by Britain after WW1 to give the impression that Indian local authorities would have more autonomy but keeping total political control over all decisions?
Francisco Madero
Who defeated Porfirio Díaz?