IB Dp History Hl2 - Hillsboro High School

This is one of the two courses designed to meet the requirements of the IB DP History curriculum and to prepare students for the three externally moderated exams. The course is a world history course based on a comparative and multi-perspective approach to history. It involves the study of a variety of types of history, including political, economic, social and cultural, and provides a balance of structure and flexibility. The course emphasizes developing an understanding of multiple interpretations of history. This course focuses on three major themes designated in the IB curriculum: Rights and Protests, Independence Movements, and Emergence and development of democratic states. The course employs case studies in order to have students explore the themes present in 19th and 20th Century history in Asia/Oceania, Africa/Middle East, Europe and the Americas. In addition, the course is specifically designed to build the skills of historians argumentative writing, original research, document analysis and historiography. Presentation of a formal, independent research project is required and internally assessed.