The final HG exam consists of a single 4-hour written paper at the end of Terminale and a 20 minute oral exam. Both exams will test your knowledge and understanding of themes studied in all of History and Geography during Terminale.

The Written Exam (coeff 10)

Each exam paper will contain two menus of exercises: Menu A (History Essay and Geography DBQ) and Menu B (Geography Essay and History DBQ) s.

You must choose either Menu A or Menu B and complete all of it. Both options contain an essay question which you must complete in 2 hours, leaving two hours to complete the DBQ.

The Speaking and Listening Exam (coeff 10)

Firstly, note how it is a speaking and listening exam – you, the candidate, must listen to the questions you are asked. Secondly, the exam is intended to be an exchange rather than an interrogation.

The oral exam falls into two sections: one half about History the other half about Geography.

Candidates will pull out a random piece of paper from an envelope on which will be written EITHER two Geography OR two History questions.

Candidates will then have 20 minutes to prepare for a 7 minute presentation (talk) in response to the question with 3 minutes of follow-up questions on the same subject (History or Geography) by the examiner.

In the last 10 minutes of the exam the examiner will ask the candidate approximately 10 questions about what the student has learnt in the subject not covered by the presentation (this means if the presentation was about a Geography topic then the second part of the exam will be about History, or vice versa).

Questions will come from the entire T°OIB HG course so you need to have affirm grasp of every chapter (even if you were absent and missed classes).

Remember: the exam assesses a student’s speaking and listening skills, and their ability to address the nuances of a question. The oral exam is an exchange between the student and the examiner and the most important part of this exchange is the question and answer session(s).

 

PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism – what does it mean? It is a word that sometimes confuses students and at the same time makes your teachers groan in despair. But never fear help is here!

Plagiarism fundamentally describes copying the work of another and submitting it as if it is your own work. It is a form of dishonesty and intellectual theft since someone who knowingly copies the work of another student, or knowingly copies something from an internet site and then submits it as if it were something they wrote, has stolen the work of someone else. That is not fair at all.

This video explains what plagiarism is (there are several forms):

This video explains how you can avoid plagiarism:

 

 

If you are still not sure about what plagiarism means and how you can avoid it just come and speak to one of us.