IGCSE History

Subject Area Concentration
Credits 1
Grades
10
Course Designation
Cambridge,
Weighted (0.5W)

This course offers the opportunity to study world history from 1500 with a focus on the 19th century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. It encourages learners to raise questions and to develop and deploy historical skills, knowledge and understanding in order to provide historical explanations. Learners will explore history from a diversity of perspectives, including social, economical, cultural and political, and are given the opportunity to: develop an interest in and enthusiasm for learning about and understanding the past; explore historical concepts such as cause and consequence, change and continuity, and similarity and difference; appreciate historical evidence and how to use it; gain a greater understanding of international issues and inter-relationships and; learn how to present clear, logical arguments.

Schools
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Prerequisites

None