Here are some great resources to help you prepare for & complete your IA.
- Official IA Assignment - an outline of the actual assignment; you'll find things such as a timeline, source document methodology, etc
- SL IA Guide - absolutely everything you need to know about the SL IA in one guide, from the IB website
- SL IA One Sheeter - a brief overview of everything you need to know about the SL IA
- Framing Your Question Guidelines - this document provides good questions vs questions that need improvement (with explanations); this is a great resource for refining your IA title!
- IA Source Document Assignment sample - this will show you how to structure your source document assignment (due Friday, 2/14)
- IA Outline Sample - this will show you how to create your outline for your intro and findings + analysis (due Monday 3/2)
- Internal Assessment samples - scroll down to bottom left; you'll see SL IA samples A-F earning various scores with examiner's comments
- May 2019 Subject Report - take a look at: the range and suitability of the work submitted & candidate performance against each criterion (can be found on pages 16-18)
- Common Mistakes - read this document to avoid making common mistakes!
- NEW! Analysis Tools - use these various quantitative & qualitative SL tools/techniques/theories from our curriculum when writing your IA.
- NEW! Structure Requirements & Recommendations - not sure how to structure your IA? Check this document out!
- NEW! Citations & References - use this information to correctly cite and reference your various sources.
- NEW! Peer Review Exercise - prepare your paper for the in-class peer review activity on Thursday 3/12! You could also use this exercise to evaluate and score your own paper before turning it in on Monday 3/16.
- NEW! Full IA Samples from past Skyline students (pay attention to: highlighted & labeled Source Documents in the Appendices!)
- Sample 1 - this one is simple; the student copied & pasted their articles into a Word document, printed them, and highlighted/labeled them
- Sample 2 - another great simple example, similar to how Sample 1 highlighted & labeled their Source Documents
- Sample 3 - this student electronically highlighted & labeled their Source Documents, which is a great option as well if you don't want to print & highlight/label them manually
- Sample 4 - another great simple example of manual highlights & labels
- Sample 5 - this one isn't as pretty as the others, but it works!
- Assessment Criteria - make sure you read & understand each of the 7 assessment rubrics to earn the highest marks possible!