Admin+-+IB+Historical+Investigation+Guide

Dear BIFS History Student,

In addition to the History Investigation Guide I have given you in class already, please feel free to browse through the following IBO guide for further clarification and examples of marked work. Good luck!

Mr. S



Although this changes slight from year to year, here is the overall markband for the historical investigation that you can use to determine what the final IB grade given for the papers below was (markband found on page 1 of the Subject Report):



=BIFS STUDENT HISTORICAL INVESTIGATIONS= Please fine below examples of Historical investigations that ISB History students have produced by year. =__2010__=

__**Sarah Tae** - //To What Extent Did the US Military Policies During the Korean War Contribute to the No Gun Ri Massacre of 1950?//__


 * BIFS Mark:** 20/25
 * IB Mark:** 21/25


 * [[file:History Investigation_Sarah_Final.doc]]

__**Ksenia Girsova -** //To What Extent Did Ivan Grozny's Oprichnina Serve as a Model For Stalin's NKVD?//__


 * BIFS Mark:** 22/25
 * IB Mark:** 23/25


 * [[file:Historical Investigation_Title Page_Ksenia Girsova.doc]]
 * [[file:History_Investigation_Ksenia Girsova.doc]]

=**__2011__**=

__**Yu Hyun Oh -** //To What Extent did the "Secret Speech" of Nikita Khrushchev Contribute to Chinese Dissent towards the USSR in the Sino-Soviet Split?//__


 * BIFS Mark:** 23/25
 * IB Mark:** 16/25


 * [[file:Yu Hyun_IA.docx]]

__**Brian Park -** //To What Extent did the USSR Desire the Korean War?//__


 * BIFS Mark:** 21/25
 * IB Mark:** 15/25


 * [[file:Brian Park_History IA.docx]]

__**Do Yup Lim -** //To What Extent did the "Golden Twenties" Stand as an Obstacle for Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party// //to Come to Power?//__


 * BIFS Mark:** 15/25
 * IB Mark:** 13/25


 * [[file:Do Yup Lim_IA.doc]]

__**Keunwoo Jeong** - //To What Extent did US Actions During the Gwangju Democratization Movement of 1980 Represent its Commitment to the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights?//__


 * BIFS Mark:** 22/25
 * IB Mark:** 16/25


 * [[file:History IA_Keunwoo_Cover Page.docx]]
 * [[file:History IA_Keunwoo.docx]]

__**Gina Carton -** //To What Extent was the US Dropping of the Atomic Bomb in Japan Justified?//__


 * BIFS Mark:** 15/25
 * IB Mark:** 13/25
 * [[file:History IA_Gina carton.pdf]]

__**John Ro -** //To What Extent did the Little Red Book Influence the Chinese Red Guard to Take a Role in the Cultural Revolution to Support Mao Zedong's Aims?//__


 * BIFS Mark:** 14/25
 * IB Mark:** 13/25
 * [[file:History IA_John Ro.docx]]

=__**2012**__=

__**Peter Kim -** //To what extent was Franklin Roosevelt Responsible for the Japanese bombing on Pearl Harbor in December 7th 1941?//__


 * BIFS Mark:** 11/25
 * IB Mark:** 12/25

__**Donald Thomson -**__ //__To what extent did the allied bombing of the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944 suggest that the bombing of other Nazi death camps could have been utilized as an effective means to lessen the human cost of the holocaust?__//


 * BIFS Mark:** 17/25
 * IB Mark:** 17/25


 * __Maria Lacambra -__** __//To what extent did Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere portray the struggle of the Filipino people during the Spanish Invasion, as well as contribute to the impending national revolution?//__


 * BIFS Mark:** 15/25
 * IB Mark:** 15/25


 * __Ellen Lee -__** //__Given the context of Truman’s ascension to the Presidency on April 12, 1945, and the fact that he had not been aware of the Manhattan Project prior to this time, Did Truman decide to drop the bomb, or was the use of the Atomic Bomb inevitable?__//


 * BIFS Mark:** 12/25
 * IB Mark:** 13/25

__**Minwoo Shim -** //To what extent was Mao’s political ideology consolidated when he first entered Chinese Communist Party?//__


 * BIFS Mark:** 15/25
 * IB Mark:** 15/25


 * __Christian Gouveia -__** __//To what extent was the escape of the CCP during the long march allowed by the Kuomintang?//__


 * BIFS Mark:** 5/25
 * IB Mark:** 7/25