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History
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Free History study notes for IB Diploma Programme (DP) - SL & HL students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.
Prescribed subjects
World history topics
Historical skills and source work
Understanding and interpreting sources
Value and limitations: origin, purpose, content
Comparing and contrasting two sources
Evaluation using sources and own knowledge
Essay argument, historiography and structure
Prescribed subjects (Paper 1)
Military leaders
Conquest and its impact
The move to global war
Rights and protest
Conflict and intervention
HL options: Depth studies
World history topics: 750-1789 (Paper 2)
Society and economy (750-1400)
Causes and effects of wars (750-1500)
Dynasties and rulers (750-1500)
Societies in transition (1400-1700)
Early Modern states (1450-1789)
Causes and effects of Early Modern wars (1500-1750)
World history topics: 1750-2005 (Paper 2)
Origins, development and impact of industrialization (1750-2005)
Independence movements (1800-2000)
Emergence and development of democratic states (1848-2000)
Authoritarian states (20th century)
Causes and effects of 20th-century wars
The Cold War: Superpower tensions and rivalries (20th century)
HL regional options: depth studies (Paper 3)
History of Africa and the Middle East
History of the Americas
History of Asia and Oceania
History of Europe
Focused studies, first assessment 2028 (Paper 1)
Independence and identity
Political and economic transitions
Conflict and displacement
Climate and innovation
Protest and change
Thematic studies and concepts, first assessment 2028 (Paper 2)
Conflict (from 750 CE)
Innovation and transformation (from 750 CE)
Authoritarian rule (from 1750 CE)
Popular movements (from 1750 CE)
Historical concepts: cause and consequence, continuity and change, perspectives, significance
Regional studies, first assessment 2028 (HL Paper 3)
Africa and the Middle East
The Americas
Asia and Oceania
Europe
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