IB HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION

Internal Assessment

Due: May, 2015

Submitted to IB: May, 2016

WHAT ARE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS?

• External Assessments are graded by Outside IB examiners worldwide

• Example: IB History exam

• Internal Assessments are graded by your Teacher and are submitted to the IB organization.

• Example: The Historical Investigation research paper

THE IB HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE…

• 1. A Time Period

• 2. Theme OR

• 3. Event

• In history of the Americas or 20TH Century World History that YOU ARE INTERSTED IN AND WOULD LIKE TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER

• Can involve any period of time EXCEPT the last 10 years

TOPIC CAN BE ON ANYTHING YOU LIKE HOWEVER…

• Make sure you have plenty of resources available before you settle on a topic

• You will need to use PRIMARY SOURCES (written at the time: diaries, documents, newspaper articles, journals, court trial records, photographs, drawings, memoirs, letters, etc.)

• http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ Internet History Sourcebook for Primary Sources (Fordham University).

• SECONDARY SOURCES ( produced in retrospect: scholarly articles written by historians, books, etc.)

WHAT IS THE IA HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION WORTH?

• 1. 20% of your IB score for History (HL)

• 2. 25% of your IB score for History (SL)

• 3. 20% of your SGMHS grade for IB History of the Americas ( This paper is your semester 2 final)

WHEN IS THE HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION DUE?

• You will be turning in the paper in parts

• The completed product is due the week of Final Exams , Spring 2015 (semester 2)

• The Historical Investigation will be submitted Spring 2016 along with your IB History exams.

• THIS IS NOT A DRAFT! Once you turn in your paper to me, you CANNOT make any revisions.

HOW LONG IS THE HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION?

• 1,500-2,000 word research paper (6-8 pages)

• This DOES NOT include Section F; Works Cited Page

• 12 font

• Times Roman

• Double Spaced

• http://www.wordstopages.com/ ever wondered how to convert # of words to pages?

FORMING YOUR QUESTION

• I am interested in learning about the __________________ in order to better understand _____________________.

• Ex: I am interested in learning about the Iranian Revolution in order to better understand the role students played in challenging the state.

FORMING YOUR QUESTION

• Change your statement into a question to guide your research.

What was the significance of student protests during the Iranian Revolution in leading an effective challenge to the state of Iran?

THE HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION- IN PARTS

• Topic Statement and Research Question: October 30th, 2014

• Working Bibliography Due: December 1st, 2014

• Part A-- Plan of Investigation – December 16th , 2014

• Part B-- Summary of Evidence – January 12th, 2015

• Part C-- Source Evaluation – February, 23rd, 2015

• Part D– Analysis –April 30th, 2015

• Part E– Conclusion – June 8th, 2015

• Part F-- Works Cited- June 8th, 2015

• **FINAL PAPER DUE: JUNE 8TH, 2015