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Boston International School (2018-19)
MYP 2 - Individuals & Societies and English
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Unit 1 - Causes of the First World War
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Unit 1:
Syllabus and Project Information
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War
Syllabus
Poster Presentation


M2EQ2L2:
Berlin Conference
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ2: What was the British Empire?
PowerPoint
M2EQ2L2:
Berlin Conference
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ2: What was the British Empire?
PowerPoint

M2EQ3L2:
Native Americans
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ3: What was the American Empire?
PowerPoint


M2EQ4L1:
German Government
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ4: What was the German Empire?
PowerPoint
M2EQ4L1:
German Government
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ4: What was the German Empire?
PowerPoint

M2EQ5L1:
Russian Government
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ5: What was the Russian Empire?
PowerPoint

M2EQ6L1:
Japanese Government
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ6: What was the Japanese Empire?
PowerPoint

M2EQ7L1: Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, and Serbia
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ7: What was the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
PowerPoint

M2EQ8L2:
July Crisis
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ8: How did World War One begin?
PowerPoint

M2EQ1L1:
'Who Are We?' Poster
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ1: Who are we?
Instructions and A3


M2EQ3L3:
Hawai'i and the Philippines
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ3: What was the American Empire?
PowerPoint


M2EQ5L2:
1905 Revolution
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ5: What was the Russian Empire?
PowerPoint

M2EQ6L2:
Japanese Korea
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ6: What was the Japanese Empire?
PowerPoint

M2EQ7L2:
Summary
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ7: What was the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
Handout

M2EQ8L3:
Evidence
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ8: How did World War One begin?
PowerPoint


M2EQ2L1:
British Government
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ2: What was the British Empire?
PowerPoint
M2EQ2L1:
British Government
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ2: What was the British Empire?
PowerPoint

M2EQ3L1:
American Government
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ3: What was the American Empire?
PowerPoint





M2EQ8L1:
Long and Short Term Causes
Unit 1: Causes of the First World War.
EQ8: How did World War One begin?
PowerPoint

Unit 2 - Fighting the First World War

Unit 2 Information
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War
Syllabus
Project
Private Peaceful Book Report


M2EQ10L3: Summary
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ10: What new Technologies were invented during WWI?
Handout

M2EQ11L3: Summary
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ11: How was WWI fought in Africa
and East Asia?
Handout

M2EQ12L3: Armenian Genocide
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ12: How was WWI fought in
the Middle-East?
PowerPoint

M2EQ13L2:
October/November Revolution
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ13: What were the Russian Revolutions?
PowerPoint

M2EQ14L2: Native, African, Asian, and Latin American Soldiers
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ14: Why did the USA join WWI?
PowerPoint


M2EQ9L1:
Schlieffen Plan
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ9: What was Trench Warfare?
PowerPoint

M2EQ10L1: New Military Inventions
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ10: What new Technologies were invented during WWI?
PowerPoint

M2EQ11L1: Tanganyika
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ11: How was WWI fought in Africa
and East Asia?
PowerPoint

M2EQ12L1: Gallipoli
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ12: How was WWI fought in
the Middle-East?
PowerPoint

M2EQ12L4: Summary
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ12: How was WWI fought in
the Middle-East?
Handout

M2EQ13L3:
Summary
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ13: What were the Russian Revolutions?
Handout


M2EQ16L1:
Misconceptions
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ16: How did the Allies win WWI?
PowerPoint

M2EQ9L2:
Life in the Trenches
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ9: What was Trench Warfare?
PowerPoint

M2EQ10L2: New Navy Inventions
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ10: What new Technologies were invented during WWI?
PowerPoint

M2EQ11L2: Qingdao and the Pacific
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ11: How was WWI fought in Africa
and East Asia?
PowerPoint


M2EQ12L2: Arab Revolt
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ12: How was WWI fought in
the Middle-East?
PowerPoint
M2EQ12L2: Arab Revolt
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ12: How was WWI fought in
the Middle-East?
PowerPoint

M2EQ13L1: February/March Revolution
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ13: What were the
Russian Revolutions?
PowerPoint

M2EQ14L1:
The Lusitania and Zimmerman Telegram
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ14: Why did the USA join WWI?
PowerPoint

M2EQ15L1:
Women and Artists
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ15: What was the Home Front?
PowerPoint


M2EQ16L2:
Sources
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ16: How did the Allies win WWI?
PowerPoint
M2EQ16L2:
Sources
Unit 2: Fighting the First World War.
EQ16: How did the Allies win WWI?
PowerPoint

Unit 3 - The Treaty of Versailles

Unit 3 Information
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles
Syllabus
Letter to Wilson Project
When My Name Was Keoko Book Report


M2EQ17L3: When My Name Was Keoko
Chapters 1 - 6
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ17: What was the Paris Peace Conference?
PowerPoint
M2EQ17L3: When My Name Was Keoko
Chapters 1 - 6
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ17: What was the Paris Peace Conference?
PowerPoint

M2EQ18L2:
Communism
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ18: Why was the Soviet Union isolated?
PowerPoint

M2EQ19L1:
The May Fourth Movement
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ19: What was Self-Determination?
PowerPoint

M2EQ20L1: Violence and Hyperinflation
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ20: Why was Germany chaotic
from 1919-1923?
PowerPoint

M2EQ21L1: Gustav Stresemann
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ21: Why was Germany stable
from 1924-1929?
PowerPoint

M2EQ22L2:
The End of Weimar Democracy
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ22: Why did the Weimar Republic fall?
PowerPoint

M2EQ17L1:
Spanish Flu
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ17: What was the Paris Peace Conference?
PowerPoint

M2EQ17L4:
Summary
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ17: What was the Paris Peace Conference?
Handout

M2EQ17L3: When My Name Was Keoko
Chapters 7 - 11
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ18: Why was the Soviet Union isolated?
PowerPoint

M2EQ17L2:
The Big Three
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ17: What was the Paris Peace Conference?
PowerPoint

M2EQ18L1:
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ18: Why was the Soviet Union isolated?
PowerPoint

M2EQ18L4:
Summary
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ18: Why was the Soviet Union isolated?
Handout

M2EQ19L2: When My Name Was Keoko Chapters 12 - 15
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ19: What was Self-Determination?
PowerPoint



M2EQ20L2: When My Name Was Keoko
Chapters 16 - 26
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ20: Why was Germany chaotic from 1919-1923?
PowerPoint
M2EQ20L3: Summary
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ20: Why was Germany chaotic
from 1919-1923?
Handout


M2EQ21L2: When My Name Was Keoko
Chapters 27 - 32
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ21: Why was Germany stable from 1924-1929?
PowerPoint
M2EQ22L1:
Great Depression
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ22: Why did the Weimar Republic fall?
PowerPoint


M2EQ23L1:
Causation and Justification
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ23: Was the Treaty of Versailles too harsh?
PowerPoint

M2EQ23L2:
Summary
Unit 3: The Treaty of Versailles.
EQ23: Was the Treaty of Versailles too harsh?
Handout
Unit 4 - The League of Nations


M2EQ24L3: Plays and Imagery
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ24: How did the League of Nations
solve conflict?
PowerPoint and Handout


M2EQ26L3: Figurative Speech
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ26: Why did the League fail to stop
Italy and Japan?
PowerPoint

M2EQ27L2: Poetry
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ27: Why did the League fail to enforce
the Treaty of Versailles?
PowerPoint and Handout


M2EQ24L1: Wilson's Idealism
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ24: How did the League of Nations
solve conflict?
PowerPoint
M2EQ24L2: The League's Successes
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ24: How did the League of Nations
solve conflict?
PowerPoint


M2EQ24L4: Summary
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ24: How did the League of Nations
solve conflict?
Handout


M2EQ26L1: Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ26: Why did the League fail to stop
Italy and Japan?
PowerPoint
M2EQ26L2: Italian invasion of Abyssinia
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ26: Why did the League fail to stop
Italy and Japan?
PowerPoint


M2EQ26L4: Summary
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ26: Why did the League fail to stop
Italy and Japan?
Handout
M2EQ27L1: Appeasement
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ27: Why did the League fail to enforce
the Treaty of Versailles?
PowerPoint


M2EQ27L3: Summary
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ27: Why did the League fail to enforce
the Treaty of Versailles?
Handout
M2EQ28L1: Internal and External Issues
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ28: To what extent was the League a
success or a failure?
PowerPoint

M2EQ28L2: Summary
Unit 4: The League of Nations
EQ28: To what extent was the League a
success or a failure?
Handout
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