The DP history course is a world history course based on a comparative III. Assessment model IV. Sample questions z IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME INTERNATIONAL–MINDEDNESS MATHEMATICS AND LITERATURE INDIVIDUALS  THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE  EXTENDED ESSAY  CREATIVITY, ACTIVITY, SERVICE APPROACHES TO TEACHING APPROACHES TO LEARNING SCIENCES STUDIES IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THE ARTS LANGUAGE AND SOCIETIE develop an understanding of history as a discipline and to develop and multi-perspective approach to history. It involves the study of a va-riety of types of history, including political, economic, social and cultural, and provides a balance of structure and flexibility. The course emphasizes the importance of encouraging students to think historically and to develop historical skills as well as gaining factual knowledge. It puts a premium on developing the skills of critical think-ing, and on developing an understanding of multiple interpretations of history. In this way, the course involves a challenging and demanding critical exploration of the past. Teachers explicitly teach thinking and re-search skills such as comprehension, text analysis, transfer, and use of primary sources. There are six key concepts that have particular prominence throughout the DP history course: change, continuity, causation, consequence, sig-nificance and perspectives. z The aims of the DP history course are to enable students to: develop an understanding of, and continuing interest in, the past z z encourage students to engage with multiple perspectives and to appreciate the complex nature of historical concepts, issues, events and developments promote international-mindedness through the study of history from more than one region of the world historical consciousness including a sense of chronology and context, and an understanding of different historical perspectives z z develop key historical skills, including engaging effectively with sources increase students’ understanding of themselves and of contemporary society by encouraging reflection on the past.