History

Course summary

The IB History course is designed to stimulate pupils’ intellectual curiosity in the study of the past. The subject is, at its most basic level, about important ‘stories’ from our collective past, which are historically significant and interesting to look at for their own sake. For instance, it is fascinating to consider how so many people had faith in communism as an infallible political ideology until so recently. The content of the IB History course has been specifically designed to provide pupils with an insight into the history of the countries like China and India that will almost certainly go on and dominate the 21st century – a good practical reason for studying IB History! Furthermore, by the end of the course all IB historians will have developed a good understanding of some of the seminal events of the 20th century such as World War One, World War Two and the rise of communism in China, which have helped to shape the world in which we live today.