Model+Historical+Investigations

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This page answers the question: "What do good model historical investigations look like?"

Current Situation
The IB very substantially altered the requirements for historical investigations, and these changes took effect in the school year 2015-16. As a result, as of this date, there are very few exemplars for consultation by anyone.

Exemplars Provided by the IB
Here are five exemplars provided to IB History teachers by the IB in 2015-16. I have arranged them in decreasing order of success; the assessed grade decreases as you down the list.

1. Why did part of the extra-­‐parliamentary movement see the need to form the Greens in 1980 in West Germany?
 * Marks earned: 22/25 (7: "Excellent")
 * However, this is not a strong example of how to ensure that section B, the "Investigation", is structured as an analysis, and not as a narrative.
 * [[file:#1-HI-Green Party origins.pdf]]

2. To what extent did World War II lead to women in the United States becoming permanent participants of the labor force?
 * Marks earned: 22/25 (7: "Excellent")
 * This is a particularly good exemplar of how to ensure that section B, the "Investigation", is structured as an analysis, and not as a narrative!
 * [[file:#2-HI-WW2 & women.pdf]]

Others:
 * [[file:#3-HI-Hitler's totalitarianism.pdf]]
 * [[file:#4-HI-Mao & Cultural Revolution.pdf]]
 * [[file:#5-HI-Botha & apartheit.pdf]]
 * [[file:#5-HI-Botha & apartheit.pdf]]
 * [[file:#5-HI-Botha & apartheit.pdf]]

Model Historical Investigations, 2008-16
For model student work done before the IB changed the required format to the one in use today, see this page.