Secondary History Discussion
A Levels and International Baccalaureate
Emily Murdoch
July 8th at 7:52 pm
July 8th at 7:52 pm
I'm a student at an International Baccalaureate (IB) school in Kent. Although history is part of the curriculum, the syllabus is completely different. Instead of the usual period of history that A Levels encompass - Tudors etc - the course that I study concentrates solely on the modern era, namely WW1 to the Cold War.
I wondered what teachers, students and others thought about this - should the syllabus be restricted in this way, or is it better to concentrate fully on a short period of time and really comprehend it fully?
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Barbara Hibbert
August 22nd at 7:43 am
August 22nd at 7:43 am
There are both advantages and disadvantages to IB History. It is possible, if doing Higher Level, to go back as far as the French Revolution, and do quite a lot of 19th century history on the current course, and from September there are also medieval options. You do get a broader flavour of the great sweep of history with IB, but it is at the expense of studying a period in depth. Paper 1 does look at a shorter period, but is quite low level, while paper 2 asks some very hard questions which you might only otherwise encounter at degree level. You pays your money and you takes your choice I guess!
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