The Connaissance du Monde oral exam is scheduled for the 14th and 15th May whilst the 4hr HG written exam will take place between 8h and 12h on Wednesday 29th May. Finally the 20min oral exam will take place at EJM Paris between 3rd-7th June.
This is the History book for obligatory background reading assignments in each chapter:
This is the corresponding Geography book for each chapter:
T°BFI Syllabus
History
Theme 1: Challenges to Democracy, Rise of Totalitarianism and World War II: 1929-1945
Chp1: Causes and impacts of the 1929 Crisis + Great Depression
Chp2: Totalitarian Regimes (Nazi Germany and Stalin’s USSR)
Chp3: World War Two (Survey of the war, Violence, French Experience)
Theme 2: The Post War Bi-Polar World and Challenges
Chp1: End of WW2 and Emergence of the Cold War
Chp2: A New Geopolitical Order and Emergence of the Developing World
a) Creation of Israel and the Arab Response *
b) Emergence of Mao’s China *
c) Vietnam War, 1955-63
d) French Republic and Nationalist Movements in Africa, 1954-62
e) Castro’s Cuba, 1959-62 *
Theme 3: Economic, Political and Social Changes: 1950s-91
Chp1: International Economic and Political Changes
a) Oil and Political Islam
b) Deng and Reagan
c) The Rise of the EU and Fall of the USSR
Chp2: Domestic Challenges within the USA and France from the 1950s to 2001
Pillar One: The USA
Impact of Vietnam War
Civil Rights Movement
Rise and Evolution of Conservatism
Pillar Two: Protest and Government Responses in the USA and France
1968 and Counterculture
Feminism and Women’s Rights
LGBTQ+ Rights
Geography
Theme 1: Seas and Oceans at the Core of Globalization
-Importance of Maritime Space in globalization
-Unequal integration of territories into globalization
-Tensions between States over the control and use of maritime space (e.g. South China Sea)
–Question spécifique: France and the USA – a comparison of maritime powers
Theme 2: Territorial Dynamics, Cooperation and Tensions in Globalization
-Unequal integration of territories into globalization
-The place of the USA in Globalization
-Examples of Globalization at different scales:
Local, Regional, Global
Question spécifique: France – differentiated international influence and unequal attractiveness in globalization
Theme 3: Complex Dynamics: The European Union and Globalization
– The European Union and Globalization
Question Spécifique – The differential dynamics of cross- border territories of the United States and of France in the EU.