'History is a dynamic, contested, evidence-based discipline that involves an exciting engagement with the past. It is a rigorous intellectual discipline, focused around key historical concepts such as change, causation and significance. History is an exploratory subject that fosters a sense of inquiry. It is also an interpretive discipline, allowing opportunity for engagement with multiple perspectives and a plurality of opinions. Studying history develops an understanding of the past, which leads to a deeper understanding of the nature of humans and of the world today. The IB Diploma Programme (DP) history course is a world history course based on a comparative and multiperspective approach to history.' - Taken from the IB History Guide

At WA, in IB history we study the following topics:

• Mao's China

• Hitler's Germany

• The Cold War

• Apartheid in South Africa

• Civil Rights Movement in the US

• WWII in Americas

• Protest Movements in the US (Feminist, Native American, Youth, Hispanic)