This podcast is designed for IBDP students covering History of the Americas for Paper 3, and seeks to answer the question "What was the significance of the Korean War for two countries of the Americas?" - namely, the USA and Canada.

The podcast draws upon the materials available at ActiveHistory here:

https://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/menus/GCSE/Korean_War.php

A podcast covering the key bullet points of the IBDP History Syllabus, based around the scheme of work at www.activehistory.co.uk:

Consolidation and maintenance of power

• Use of legal methods; use of force; charismatic leadership; dissemination of propaganda

• Nature, extent and treatment of opposition

• The impact of the success and/or failure of foreign policy on the maintenance of power

Aims and results of policies

• Aims and impact of domestic economic, political, cultural and social policies

• The impact of policies on women and minorities

• Authoritarian control and the extent to which it was achieved

This podcast investigates how IBDP History students can make use of historiography in their written work. It considers key themes and insights from excerpts of works by E.H. Carr, John Lewis Gaddis, John Tosh, and John Lukacs. These historians offer diverse perspectives on the nature of history, its relationship to other disciplines, and the role of the historian.

For a worksheet, teacher notes and an interactive quiz based around this podcast, go to:

www.activehistory.co.uk/podcasts

A key topic for Paper 2 (Rise of Authoritarian Rulers AND Causes, Practices, Effects of War).

For an accompanying worksheet, teacher notes and an interactive quiz based on this podcast, visit: https://www.activehistory.co.uk/podcasts/