IB syllabus
Every IB History SL skill maps to a topic in the syllabus, so sessions cover what the exams test.

IB History SL
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Every IB History SL skill maps to a topic in the syllabus, so sessions cover what the exams test.
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The curriculum
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Sample curriculum
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Historical thinking and assessment craft
Prescribed subject 3: The move to global war
Prescribed subject 4: Rights and protest
World history topic 10: Authoritarian states
World history topic 11: Causes and effects of 20th-century wars
World history topic 12: The Cold War - superpower tensions and rivalries
IB History SL tutoring curriculum107 skills across 6 units
Historical thinking and assessment craft
Develop historical judgments and communicate them through source responses, essays and an independent investigation. Topics: Historical concepts, Paper 1 source responses, Paper 2 and Paper 3 essay craft, The historical investigation.
Prescribed subject 3: The move to global war
This optional Paper 1 strand examines the causes, events and responses surrounding military expansion. Topics: Japanese expansion: causes, Japanese expansion: events, Japanese expansion: responses, German and Italian expansion: causes, German and Italian expansion: events, German and Italian expansion: responses.
Prescribed subject 4: Rights and protest
This optional Paper 1 strand examines discrimination and struggles for rights in the mid-twentieth century. Topics: United States: nature and characteristics of discrimination, United States: protests and action, United States: key actors and groups, South Africa: nature and characteristics of discrimination, South Africa: protests and action, South Africa: key actors and groups.
World history topic 10: Authoritarian states
This optional Paper 2 strand examines the emergence, maintenance and policies of twentieth-century authoritarian states. Topics: Emergence of authoritarian states, Consolidation and maintenance of power, Aims and results of policies.
World history topic 11: Causes and effects of 20th-century wars
This optional Paper 2 strand examines why twentieth-century wars began, how they were fought and what they changed. Topics: Causes of war, Practices of war and their impact on the outcome, Effects of war.
World history topic 12: The Cold War - superpower tensions and rivalries
This optional strand examines changing superpower rivalry, the influence of leaders, national experiences and crises from the end of the Second World War to 1991. Topics: Rivalry, mistrust and accord, Leaders and nations, Cold War crises.
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Aristotle's IB History SL course tracks 107 skills across 6 units, mapped to the IB subject guide, including Historical thinking and assessment craft, Prescribed subject 3: The move to global war, and Prescribed subject 4: Rights and protest. Every skill is linked to the skills it builds on, so the tutor always knows which parts of IB History SL your child has mastered and what to teach next.
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