History for MYP 4 - 5
b) Nobel Prize Winners
What makes someone truly significant? Who makes this judgement? This case study explores how individuals have been celebrated and debated by the Noble Prize Foundation. You will examine not only how significance...
History for MYP 4 - 5
a) Heroic Individuals
For the theme significant individuals, this case study examines the actions of three individuals like Captain Mbaye Diagne (pictured) who made a difference during times of extreme violence and suffering....
History for MYP 4 - 5
Significant Individuals
Significant individuals are often seen as shaping history through their actions and ideas. However, historians debate whether individuals truly drive change or are influenced by wider forces. Exploring...
History for MYP 4 - 5
a) Suburban America in the 1950s
This case study for 'Individual, household and daily life' is focused on the rise of suburban America after the Second World War. It examines the economic changes since the depression and how life changed...
History for MYP 4 - 5
Individual, Household and Daily Life
Historical inquiries into the lived experiences of people in different times and locations provide fascinating insights and help us to see the past from the viewpoint of the people who lived through it....
History for MYP 4 - 5
b) The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Britain
The women’s suffrage movement was a powerful example of rights and social protest, as women across the world fought for the right to vote and political equality. Using petitions, civil disobedience, and...
History for MYP 4 - 5
a) The U.S. Civil Rights Movement
The United States transformed from a racially segregated society to one that, by the 1960s, had passed landmark civil rights legislation. Driven by grassroots activism on a massive scale, this movement...
History for MYP 4 - 5
Rights and Social Protest
In this topic we examine different social protest movements in the 19th and 20th centuries to further the rights of people to create more equitable and just societies. By exploring their causes, methods,...
History for MYP 4 - 5
b) Culture as Resistance in Eastern Europe
After WW2, much of Eastern Europe came under control of the USSR. Soviet-dominated states tightly regulated art and culture to maintain power. Yet culture was also used as a powerful tool of resistance....
History for MYP 4 - 5
a) Culture as Power in Nazi Germany
Throughout the twentieth century, states increasingly developed artistic and cultural expression as a way to maintain their power. This was especially true of Nazi Germany between 1933-1945. Through the...