When you start to study history it's important to get as good guidelines as possible. One of my ways to help you is "modules". In each individual module you will find information about the time we will put into it, how it will be done (individual work, work in pairs, group work - oral presentation, written presentation, home essay, essay in class, etc...), the "main topics" within each module, the purpose of studying it (except the pretty obvious ones; because I told you to do it, because you want a good grade...), what material you should use (textbooks, papers, links...), "note" which is a summary of the different topics within the module (this will be good for later revision) and questions/problems directed towards the material you used (sometimes directly references to your textbook(s)). The IB students will also get a list of the exam questions that covers all or parts of the topic studied in the module. The "modules" will be evaluated by the students during the course - with other words there will be an on-going evaluation that "never ends". Here are the links to the modules;