France from 1920-1970 Unit
Introductory Essay
The France unit covers from 1920-1970. Most of the emphasis on this unit is placed on internal policies of Interwar France through Charles DeGaulle's administration. This is a prep for a Paper Three question, of interest to HL students. It is suggested that students take two or three themes to develop.
This section requires a case study of any one country of the region for a period of approximately fifty years. As can be seen from the following, students require a thorough knowledge of the society concerned.
Any political references should be made within the context of social and economic developments and be relevant to an understanding of them.
This section allows students to develop their investigative and critical skills within the context of a case study of one country from the region. The chosen country and period of study should be identified in the introduction to the examination answers.
• Social structure and attitudes: health reforms, welfare state; gender issues; suffrage
• Role and impact of religion(s), conflict and tensions
• Developments in education; expansion and diversity
• Developments in the arts: visual arts, music, theatre, film and literature, media, propaganda, leisure and sport
• Immigration/emigration: causes and effects; demographic changes; urbanization
• Industrial revolution; impact of technology on society; the computer age
Year 11 IB History NING Forum posts about France
Websites
Understand France: French Society and Politics
Between Collaboration and Resistance an exhibition from the New York Public Library
exhibition review of Between Collaboration and Resistance here
The following lectures are from a Yale University course France from 1871