The IB Diploma Programme standard level history

course aims to promote an understanding of history

as a discipline, including the nature and diversity of

sources, methods and interpretations. Students are

encouraged to comprehend the present by reflecting

critically on the past. They are further expected to

understand historical developments at national, regional

and international levels and learn about their own

historical identity through the study of the historical

experiences of different cultures

In addition, the course

is designed to:

• encourage the systematic and critical study of human

experience and behaviour; physical, economic

and social environments; and the history and

development of social and cultural institutions

 • develop the capacity to identify, analyse critically and

evaluate theories, concepts and arguments about the

nature and activities of the individual and society

 • enable students to collect, describe and analyse

data used in studies of society, test hypotheses, and

interpret complex data and source material

• promote an appreciation of the way learning is

relevant to both the culture in which the student lives

and the culture of other societies

 • develop an awareness that human attitudes and

beliefs are widely diverse and that the study of

society requires an appreciation of such diversity

• enable the student to recognize that the content

and methodologies of the subjects in group 3

are contestable and that their study requires the

toleration of uncertainty.