This site has been created to help grade 12 history students and their teachers review for the provincial exam. Narrated by the photojournalists who captured the historical images, these photographic "essays" make the study of history very easy indeed. 

The Magnum In Motion online essays and podcasts  add new dimensions to the traditional photographic narrative, using a combination of photos, audio, video, graphics, and interactivity.

Hundreds of thousands  of still photographs of world events and personalities from the Spanish Civil War to the present day can be found easily with a word search ( e.g. Fascists in Italy)

BELOW: The visual essays and podcasts have been linked to the paragraphs of the History 12 IRP.

photo: kevinrossel@morguefile

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Prescribed Learning Outcomes: History 12

It is expected that students will: 

The Study of History
A1 analyse primary and secondary sources (historical evidence) with reference to
− reliability

D5 explain how World War II resulted in a realignment of world power  (overview to the present)

Transformation and Tension: 1945–1963
E1 assess critical developments of the Cold War , including
− division of Germany
− American policy of containment
− Soviet sphere of influence
− Korean War
− Cuban Missile Crisis (Cuban Revolution)
E2 describe the emergence of China in world affairs
E3 describe relations between Israel and the Arab world, with reference to
− territorial changes
− Arab nationalism
− Suez Crisis
E4 explain the role of nationalism in the post-1945 decolonization of India and Indochina
E5 explain key developments in the struggle for human rights in South Africa and the United States

Progress and Uncertainty: 1963–1991

F1 explain the significance of conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East (Iran)(clip  of modern Israel-Palestine)
F2 analyse changes in Chinese communism, with reference to
− the Cultural Revolution
− the changing relationship with the West
− Deng Xiaoping’s policies
F3 analyse the late stages of the Cold War with reference to
− the US/USSR relationship (Chernobyl 1986)
− the decline of communism in Eastern Europe
− the dissolution of the Soviet Union