true believers it's nice to uh virtually be with you again and i am going to do a review my first review video of paper one my man finnian is not with me today he just took a very angry nap he didn't know what he needed and we figured out that it was that he needed to go to sleep so we'll see if he wakes up halfway through and then uh maybe i'll go get him but anyway we're talking about paper one here this is the first part of uh the ib history exam that you will take oh it fell i thought finney was like walking out here for a second sorry and i gotta go check him all right we made that a whole uh one slide before we needed to get him uh so here we go um sorry mike all right people so hi finney let's talk about uh paper one so paper one is twenty percent of your overall score and it's one hour of exam time it's the first thing that you do when you walk in and take the ib exam i got the little outline right here about what each question is but i was going to go through them separately but you can take a look at that if you'd like the whole paper is 24 marks if you want to get that four at least you got to get about half of the the point so like 12. um which isn't hard um so don't freak out about this one this one is we want to knock this one out of the park so that we don't worry so much about paper two and paper three anyhow so it's a source based examination based on the prescribed subjects and all that means is that you gotta do the one that we actually covered in class which was the move to global war i got that right her so our subject is moved to global war which was the causes of world war ii or axis expansion so it's going to be on one of two and a half topics basically it's gonna be four sources and it's either going to be on german expansion italian expansion usually the invasion of abyssinia and or sorry japanese expansion especially related to manchuria and china there's four questions and it is 24 marks and you can see how they break down right here uh part a part b second question third question fourth question three two for total five four six and nine benny how do you feel about that okay so question one here's an example right over here of a source that you would get for question 1b potentially one a is usually from a primary source text so question one a will ask you about supporting details of a particular source it'll say why according to source x why did blah or what were the reasons for uh it's usually a primary source text it's not usually a secondary source it's not usually a uh a visual some sort um a couple things it's worth three marks three marks and it's very important that you give three specific details that's why it's worth three marks they don't tell you what are three reasons i don't know why it's stupid that they don't say it that way but they don't so anyway or unless you look more at him than me but make sure you pay attention um also get into the habit of explain then quote the examiner wants to know your interpretation of the source not a quote and not a basic paraphrase so you're going to have to go a little bit beyond just what it says in the text maybe include a little bit information you already know sometimes this is harder to do than others and i think the examiners kind of understand if it's simple it's simple just keep it that way but don't don't rewrite verbatim something from the source because they don't know that you actually know what it means even if it's obvious um so explain and then quote is what i like to say because if you explain in your own words you might find usually nine times out of ten nine and a half times out of ten you don't actually need to quote that thing question one b asks you about the main idea or the argument of one of the sources it's usually a visual like a political cartoon like this one about the feckless response by the league of nations to japanese expansion to manchuria it's worth two marks two two which means that's you gotta you gotta talk about two separate ideas it's gonna usually make like a very obvious argument like the main argument it's making and then it's probably gonna have a secondary one so make sure you talk about both of them and make sure you explain how you arrived at your answer based on an element of the source so you can tell that uh this was a feckless response by the league of nations because all the lady is doing is kind of shaking her finger at the at japan um and just being like drop it and that's not very that's not very full effect as we know yes question two is an opcvl an origin purpose content value limitation of one sourced four marks look at that four marks that means that it's fewer marks then question one okay do well on question one so that you don't have to worry so much about this one even though we've been working on this for god knows how long okay so it'll say something like with reference to its origin purpose and content analyze the value limitations of source in this case a to a historian studying blah and it'll have some specific thing about the topic uh that you have to know about uh you gotta talk about both values and limitations using each of the components components so you have to use origin sometime in there purpose sometime in there and content sometime in there um i want a quick plug in for the super duper paper one guide it's also included in the ib history starter pack i gave you at the beginning of this year but you should have this where it goes through all the different types of questions so that you need to answer and how to answer them uh so i don't have to talk about them all here okay i can do a breakup break a breakdown a little bit more of some of the other ones uh or some of these specific questions if you'd like but this kind of gives you some examples of what to say generically about some sources that's right you will become a discerning knower you gotta use each of those at least once uh it's best to have two values and two limitations uh if you notice there's a reason that they do this this is four marks it's kind of implying that you need two values and two limitations for two points each um it's not exactly like that i don't think uh but it's kind of like seems like where they're going so it would be nice if you have time to come up with two values and two limitations which means that you've got to use one of the components at least twice so you might say a value of the origin of value limitations you do not you do not do not need to talk say a value and limitation of each thing okay uh maybe the origin is just valuable and maybe the purpose is both valuable and limiting um so keep those in mind uh also make sure you're talking about how you know what you know about the source how you know the purposes to inform uh how you like what the historical context was you don't have to explain how you know that but you know what was it why does it matter those kinds of things uh use opcvl sentence frames i have a handout again it's in the starter pack uh it's been in the ib resources that i have so it'll basically give you like starting sentences what to fill in ending of the sentence what to fill in so that you can do well on that part that's it um question three is a comparison of two sources and it's six marks in my opinion this is the easiest question uh well not the easiest but i think it's the best question because it gets you a ton of marks in comparison to some of the other questions and i don't think it's very difficult as long as you understand both the sources yeah so usually it's focused on two secondary sources from different historians uh they might use a primary source every now and then but usually i've seen them be two secondary sources at least in recent years from two different historians to receive full credit you gotta talk about both similarities and differences if you don't do that i think the most you can get is like three out of six which still can get you in that four range but do both okay they're gonna have similarities as well as differences write one paragraph on similarities and one on differences not one paragraph on source a and one paragraph on source b that leads you into just kind of describing the source if you do it that way so make sure you think about what similarities do i want to talk about what differences do i want to talk about and maybe you'll have maybe you'll have three paragraphs maybe you'll have two on similarities and one on differences or vice versa but but at least two one similarity one difference things you want to consider when you're looking at the sources uh i think the the one that smacks you in the face is what are the what's the content of each source so what are the main ideas what is the topic of focus are they focusing is one focusing on the economics of an issue and one is focusing on more of the political system what details are included or not included in each one that may support the argument um what do they choose to include okay that's important let's get a quick spindle wipe here oh yeah um if you want to go beyond that i wouldn't make this your primary uh focus but you could consider other components of the source like the author's point of view the historical context in which they were written and how that might make them similar different or how their purposes are similar or different it's one trying to be very persuasive where the other one is more like informative how do you know that but again i think the bread and butter here is going to really just be they want to know that you can interpret the source and that you understand you know how to express conceptually those similarities and differences six marks and finally everybody's favorite question four which is a mini essay it's nine marks there are the mark bands am i boring you goodness um there's three of them one two three four to six seven and nine we wanna get into this range please okay um however i just wanna point out before i even get into anything that um if you don't include outside knowledge according to the language of this rubric you're stuck down here so you gotta get something thrown in there that's beyond the sources okay um so make sure you do that even if it's just a basic example okay you can at least get yourself in that four okay but make sure you have some outside example um you're going to be asked a broader question in which you're going to use the sources and your own independent knowledge to write a little mini essay explain why i call that mini essay you've done this in class okay you know how to do it i'm just going over it again use at least three of the sources usually they're willing to give you full credit if you use two but you might use one incorrectly use at least three if not four so that you can get the full credit for using the evidence it's all laid out there for you you just gotta decide this is is the hard part is deciding how do they fit together you want to base your essay on topics and then think about which sources can fit into your understanding of those different topics of your essay paraphrase do not quote don't waste your time rewriting language from the source the examiner has seen the sources they know the sources you just paraphrase the main idea and then explain your analysis then you don't narrate as much and it's going to save you time so don't quote on this thing i say this over and over again but i still see people do it just paraphrase the main ideas cite the source after you use if you paraphrase the main idea like in parentheses sore i'm writing with my whole hand source one that's what that says here's a structure for you do your thesis think about what type of question it is is it changing continuity causation significance so you're gonna have x which is your lesser cause or your change if there was more continuity or your continuity if there was more change however a and b these are going to be your two main points therefore y then you've got your main idea one your main idea two and your main idea three if needed and then what you can do is you can try to think about what sources fit into main idea one which ones fit into two which ones fit into three how do i fit my outside information into that no intro or conclusion that's why it's a mini essay it's just like three little paragraphs and a thesis at the beginning and maybe you can restate your thesis a different way if you want to at the end but you don't need an intro you don't need a conclusion okay this is just strictly looking at can you use the sources and your own mind to conceptualize about a question don't make it harder these be um again here's the mark band i think it's pretty easy generally you all do pretty well on these um provided you study and review the topic in question final thoughts and tips first off i have a whole handout about these different things opcvl sentence frames a guide to each of the questions and kind of how to answer them and what you should look like look at uh it's all in the ib history starter pack that i gave you the beginning of the year or you might have it left over from last year when they were all different floating documents you can find them i reopened my teams you can get all the files that we've ever had on there about not just that but also the topic so first off be very clear as to which question you're answering make sure you go to the move to global war section and answer those questions but make sure you very clearly write one a one b two three okay so that they know goodness what questions you're answering read through the questions before analyzing the sources that's just how i would do it so that you know what to be looking for like oh i'm going to be looking at the main ideas of this source and looking at the supporting details of this source i'll be comparing these two sources just so when you go through them you're going to be thinking about main ideas supporting details opc vl probably with all of them but but it allows you to be a little more focused on what you focus on annotate the sources annotate everything even restaurant menus make sure you do it it'll help you you know if you know which source you have to do opcvl for you can annotate opcvl for that one okay um what happened hungry caterpillar don't annotate opc veal for all the sources for crying out loud though budget your time start on question one do question four last some people think it's strategic to start with question four because it's worth the most marks but uh you spend all your time on question four and you don't do it well then you're kind of uh up the proverbial crick if you know what i mean so start with question one it's the easiest knock it out five ten minutes do question two or three next it doesn't matter do the one that's left over after that and do question four last again question four just thesis couple paragraphs make sure you include some outside information get in get out like kim kardashian's marriage to chris humphries use the information the sources to your advantage but also consider what you already know that's why we spent time in class learning about it make sure you think about what you already know um but make sure you're also using the sources that's why paper one is nice it gives you all the almost all the information you need right there but you do need to know things outside of that that's pretty much it i'm gonna uh peace out before uh finan decides he needs his uh 330 snack actually it's a three o'clock snack that he's overdue on so we'll see what happens here um what do you think about that okay if you want me to make a video about anything else i'll do paper two and three kind of together and if you want anything else um other than just content review if you want things about the exam i can do that as well otherwise have a great day and we'll talk to you later