MS. BUFFORD
Welcome to IB History of the Americas! The IB Diploma Programme is a rigorous pre-university course of study. It is a broad-based two year course that aims to encourage students to be knowledgeable and inquiring, but also caring and compassionate. There is a strong emphasis on encouraging students to develop intercultural understanding, open-mindedness, and the attitudes necessary for them to respect and evaluate a range of points of view.
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Course Overview:
The IB Diploma Programme covers six academic areas. Group 3: Individuals and Society is the area of history study. At Harding, Group 3 is a Higher Level (HL) course. Year 1 is History of the Americas (HOTA), Year 2 is 20th Century World History Topics. Group 3 Aims • Encourage the systematic and critical study of human experience and behavior; physical, economic and social environments; the history and develop of social and cultural institutions • Develop in students the capacity to identify, to analyze critically, and to evaluate theories concepts and arguments about the nature and activities of the individual and society • Enable the student to collect, describe, and analyze data used in studies of society, to test hypotheses and interpret complex data and source material • Promote the appreciation of the way in which learning is relevant to both the culture in which the student lives, and the culture of other societies • Develop an awareness the student that human attitudes and opinions are widely diverse and that a study of society requires appreciation of 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 |