Topic	Powerpoints	Key Terms	Historiography	Useful Textbooks	Useful Websites	Videos	Further Reading	News Feeds
Cold War	Cold War (ppt) OIB Cold War Handbook (pdf)	Superpower Iron Curtain Containment Peaceful Co-Existence Arms race Detente Second Cold War Nuclear disarmament	Cold War Historiography	The Cold War A Very Short Introduction Cold War in Europe and Asia Heinemann	History Learning Site Cold War Museum BBC The Cold War The Surveillance War	This is the first part of a series on the Cold War - you need to follow the rest on Youtube itself.	The Cold War by John Gaddis Cold War: For Forty-five Years the World Held Its Breath by Jeremey Isaacs
Colonialism	Empire in Asia.ppt Empire in Africa.ppt Decolonisation.ppt	Assimilation Indirect Rule White Settler Colony Colonial War National Independence Movements Metropolitan Weakness	Reasons for Development of Empire Decolonization and the End of Empire	The British Empire, 1815-1914 Access to History Empire A Very Short Introduction British Imperialism 1750-1970 Cambridge Perspectives in History End of Empires: European Decolonisation 1919 - 1980 Access to History The End of the British Empire: The Historical Debate Making Contemporary Britain	The BBC provides a good overview of the Start of Empire and the End of Empire There is also my British Empire site which has a bit of information for you to use. French Empire from 1871 to 1914 Lecture Scramble for Africa An interesting Vodcast on the Scramble for Africa	This is the first part of a series - you can follow the rest on Youtube.	The Rise and Fall of the British Empire Lawrence James The French Overseas Empire Frederick Quinn Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World Niall Ferguson Empire: The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present Denis Judd
Britain 1945 - 1991	Post War British Politics 1945 to 1991 (ppt) OIB Post War British Politics Handbook (pdf)	Welfare state Consensus politics Keynesian economics Affluent society The age of austerity Permissive society Thatcherism European integration Multiculturalism Industrial relations	The Historiography of Post-War Britain	Britain 1945-2007 Access to History Britain 1929-98 Heinemann Advanced History	The Making of Modern Britain It has good sections on the Welfare State, End of Empire and Thatcherism BBC British History Timeline	This is the first part of a series - you can follow the rest on Youtube.	A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr Britain Since 1945: The People's Peace by Kenneth Morgan
Fifth Republic	Post War France (ppt) From the 4th to 5th Republc (doc) The 5th Republc (doc)	Gaullism Cohabitation Constitution of the Fifth Republic May 1968 Decentralisation Trente glorieuses	Historiography of Fifth Republic	Modern France A Very Short Introduction	Charles De Gaulle overview Britannica artile on Fifth Republic	This is the first part of a series - you can follow the rest on Youtube. Also worth watching are Play Time and Mon Oncle Jacques Tati to show the change in France in the 30 Glorieuses.	La Vie en bleu: France and the French since 1900 by Rod Kedward France Since 1945 by Robert Gildea The Fifth French Republic by Nicholas Atkin Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved by Jonathan Fenby
Globalisation	Globalisation (ppt) The History of the City(ppt)	Globalisation Trade bloc North/South divide Transnational corporation (TNC) Foreign direct investment (FDI) Sustainable development Global city Global shift / New International Division of Labour (NIDL)	Models	Globalisation Access to History Globalisation A Very Short Introduction	Tate Exhibition: Global Cities Foreign Policy: Global Cities Index BBC World Service Report on Globalisation BBC Bitesize BBC Special Report on Globalisation	Globalisation is Good Globalisation is Bad	No-nonsense Guide to Globalization by Wayne Ellwood
Major Economic Powers	MEDCs including Japan, USA, EU and China (ppt)	Core/periphery Megalopolis Counter-urbanisation Deindustrialisation More economically developed country (MEDC) Ageing population Special economic zone (SEZ) Newly industrialised country (NIC) Economic migration	Core-Periphery Model Cumulative Causation Lee's model of push pull factors	The European Union A Very Short Introduction Modern Japan A Very Short Introduction Modern China A Very Short Introduction	Visualising Economics Gapminder for USA		No-Nonsense Guide to International Migration by Peter Stalker A European Life by Michael Tracy
Development	Development (ppt) Inside Brazil (pdf) Rio de Janiero Case Study (pdf)	The global South Less economically developed country (LEDC) Development indicators Development strategies Demographic transition model (DTM) Development Underdevelopment Urbanisation Megacity	Demographic Transition Model BBC Demographic Transition Model	Development Access to History Population Access to History	Is the World Getting Better Hans Rosling's Gapminder World of 100 One World UN Human Development Trends/TD>		No-nonsense Guide to International Development by Maggie Black No-nonsense Guide to Poverty by Jeremy Seabrook

The British option of the OIB (Option Internationale Du Baccalaureat) or otherwise known as 'The International Option of the French Baccalaureat' should not be confused with the International Baccalaaureat. The French government, in collaboration with Cambridge University, run an exam system that is conducted entirely in English although the majority of the candidates sit the examination in France. This page gives information on the History and Geography component of the British Section of the OIB exam. There are seven topics (see above) taught to what might be regarded as an A-Level standard. The students have to take a four hour written examination and a 15 minute oral examination. Further information can be found at ASIBA, CIEP and a handbook is available from Cambridge

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