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TimeToTime for IB History Learners

One workflow for chronology, concepts, source work, and stronger arguments.

8 min read2026-04-12

IB History asks us to do more than remember events. We need to use evidence, compare interpretations, and build defensible arguments. TimeToTime is most powerful when used as a historical inquiry tool: situating events in wider settings, mapping causal interplay, and keeping chronology available when analysis is required.

  • Use chronology to support evaluation, not rote recall.
  • Map Cause and Consequence through the Link feature.
  • Build confidence in Perspective and Significance with durable context.

Start from the Nature of History

History is a dynamic, evidence-based discipline. Claims should be tested, interpretations compared, and context handled carefully.

Chronology is the frame for that work. Without reliable boundaries, cause claims blur, source judgements weaken, and significance becomes guesswork.

How TimeToTime supports core IB concepts

TimeToTime helps us convert concept language into daily practice.

  • Cause and Consequence: model causal interplay using the Link feature.
  • Continuity and Change: inspect long-term patterns on timeline views.
  • Perspective: situate sources and arguments in their historical setting.
  • Significance: compare short-term impact with longer-term consequences.

How TimeToTime supports IB skills

The same workflow supports Using sources, Making connections, Evaluating arguments, and Asking questions.

  • Using sources: stabilise chronology before judging origin and purpose.
  • Making connections: capture relationships between actors, structures, and events.
  • Evaluating arguments: test claims against sequence and overlap.
  • Asking questions: use timeline patterns to generate sharper inquiry questions.

Art history and general history both fit

Whether you focus on art movements, political change, conflict, or social transformation, the method is the same: situate, compare, evaluate.

Use folders to learn up to 5 decks together and compare regions, themes, and eras side by side.

How TimeToTime Helps You

TimeToTime brings IB concept work and skill development into one practical daily system.

  • Contextual and exact-year prompts build durable chronological awareness.
  • The Link feature maps causal interplay and supporting conditions.
  • Timeline visualisation and folders help compare patterns across cases.
  • Spaced review keeps historical context available for essays and source analysis.
Evaluating Arguments (insight)Connecting Regions and Eras (insight)Making good links

Takeaway

Use TimeToTime as an inquiry partner: chronology for context, Link relationships for causal interplay, and regular review for confident argumentation.