IB HistoryY2 Summer Assignment
For each IB class a student takes they must complete an Internal Assessment. In order to prevent having multiple IAs due during the same time frame we are going to begin the IA at the end of the 2017 school year and over the summer. This assignment will go into the gradebook as a test grade.
In order to start the year off on a high note it is highly recommended that students complete the summer assignment before school starts. If students turn in their summer assignment on August 11th, 2017students have the opportunity for 10 points extra credit on the assignment. If students turn in their assignment on August 18th, 2017 students have the opportunity for 5 points extra credit on the assignment.
The final due date is August 25th, 2017. After this date students will lose 10 points per day it is late.
The first draft of the Internal Assessment is due September 22nd, 2017.
The final due date for the History Internal Assessment is October 27th, 2017.
- Part 1 – Internal Assessment Outline
- Students should have chosen a topic during the last week of school. If you decide to change your topic please email me quickly so that we can make sure it is manageable for an Internal Assessment.
- Your outline should contain
- An introductory paragraph with a thesis.
- A detailed outline of your investigation (Example will be shown in class and posted on my teacher webpage).
- Part 2 – Bibliography
- Students will create a bibliography of at least 10 credible sources that they could use in their Internal Assessment.
- The Bibliography should be in APA, MLA, or Turbanian/Chicago style. It does not matter which one is chosen as long as it is consistent throughout the paper.
- Credible sources are necessary. Wikipedia is not an acceptable source to cite.
- Part 3 – Reflection – Students should think about these questions and answer them as they are researching. These questions will help fill in the reflection part of the Internal Assessment.
- What is the role of the historian?
- Should historians aim to inform, or to persuade?
- How can the reliability of sources be evaluated?
- How do historians decide which factors to include, and which to omit?
- How do historians keep the scope of their investigations manageable?
- What is the difference between bias and selection?
- If historians are able to disagree so easily, does that mean that there is no such thing as historical truth?
- Who decides, and on what criteria, which events are historically significant?
- Is it possible, or advisable, to describe historical events in an unbiased way?
- What methods used by historians did you use in your investigation, and what did your investigation highlight to you about the limitations of those methods?
- What are the challenges facing the historian? How do they differ from the challenges facing a scientist or a mathematician?
If you have any questions over the summer please do not hesitate to email me at . I will do my best to respond within 48 hours.