if you didn’t read the Gleek at a Glances for this week, you can find them in this folder here. We’ll spend most of today reviewing the first trimester final exam, introducing the expectations for the second trimester, and planning what we need to accomplish before winter break on the 18th.
All,
All, here are the statistics from your first Trimester final exam:
Tomorrow, I’ll return your exam in class, along with a hardcopy of the markscheme I used to evaluate the exams. Please keep these for your records/study guide in preparation for your IB History examination; either May 2010 or May 2011.
In all cases, there was an 8.5% curve upwards on the exam; this means that the handwritten score on your exam is lower than the score you received on Edline
Please refer to the scoring guide as you review your exam in class on Monday
Adjusted Average Grade: 85.51% (this is really high)
A+: 4
A: 6
A-: 4
B+: 3
B: 3
B-: 1
C+: 4
C: 1
D+: 1
D: 2
As you can infer from these descriptive statistics, a vast majority (21/30) scored above average against the markscheme. As these questions were derived from old IGCSE exams, most of you should feel confident that you can earn passing scores on the IB History exam; especially if you’re planning to take the exam in May 2011. As always, please review your exam & markscheme completely before scheduling an appointment with me to discuss your grade.
Document here
Learning Objectives
This section focuses on the origins, nature, challenges and achievements of civil rights movements after 1945. Movements represented the attempts to achieve equality for groups that were not recognized or accepted as full members of society. The groups challenged established authority and entrenched attitudes: Native Americans and civil rights: Latin America, the United States and Canada
African Americans and the Civil Rights Movement: origins, tactics and organizations; the US Supreme court and legal challenges to segregation in education; ending of the segregation in the South (1955‑65)
Role of Dr Martin Luther King in the Civil Rights Movement; the rise of radical African American activism (1965‑8): Black Panthers; Black Muslims; Black Power and Malcolm X; Role of governments in civil rights movements in the Americas; Youth culture and protests of the 1960s and 1970s: characteristics and manifestation of a counterculture; Feminist movements in the Americas
Essential Question
What were the reasons for the change in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the second half of the 1960s?
Weekly Schedule
Monday
1. Review Final Exam & Markscheme
2. Review Paper #1 & Markscheme
3. Planning for the next three weeks
Tuesday
T.B.A., based on planning outcomes from Monday.
Thursday
In class work on Paper #2 (due Sunday 6 December before 11.59pm to Turnitin.com). I will be at an IB Workshop (Level 3-History of the Americas) in St. Pete through Sunday afternoon. Please use the time wisely to work on your paper.
Friday
Continue working on Paper #2. I’ll return on Monday with lots of goodies from the IBO.
Giggs scores his 100th-Happy Birthday! (29 November) & new-dad Rooney scores a hat-trick in the rout.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8377193.stm
Pompey’s a joke; United win even withot Sir Alex on the touchline
wordpress makes me type something here, so…
Is thankful for the fact that I get to spend $2K tomorrow on a new fridge because our old one broke ON THANKSGIVING!!! [note: profound sense of sarcasm]
As you recover from Turkey Day, please take the time to thoroughly read this document
