Guidelines+for+WW1+essays

__Guideline to writing essays on WW1__ Overview 
 * Important factors
 * The big “isms” and the Alliance System
 * Minor factors
 * General guidelines and notes on writing essays in IB History

YOU CANNOT WRITE A WORLD WAR ONE ESSAY WITHOUT MENTIONING THESE IMPORTANT FACTORS (The Big Four)!!! **NATIONALISM** **IMPERIALISM** **MILITARISM** **ALLIANCE SYSTEM**
 * Important factors**

These are minor factors because they could all be categorized under the Big Four and are really related to them. These minor factors are also important in World War One.
 * Minor factors**
 * Social imperialism
 * German continuity
 * The Balkans
 * Failure of diplomacy


 * General guidelines and notes on writing essays in IB History**
 * Be creative.
 * You don’t want your IB instructor/grader to be bored of your essay. Have your opinion in the essay – this is your creative part.
 * Know that the IB instructor **ALREADY KNOWS** the facts.
 * Don’t write a narrative. They already //know// this. TAKE that information, USE it as evidence for your creative analysis and opinion.
 * Since you need the facts as evidence, **GET IT RIGHT.**
 * Don’t make stuff up.
 * Get and use the correct information.
 * Use important and big terms
 * Not “big” as in long fancy words – that’s okay but BIG as in main terms like **social imperialism**, **nationalism,** and **pan-Slavism**