IA tips

Greetings IB History students. I hope things went well in class today. I miss teaching all of you, however, I love spending some quality time with the best baby in the world.

Anywho, I just wanted to give you all some tips for writing a good Plan of Investigation.

Tip #1:
Make sure the focus of your IA is as narrow as possible. This really applies to those of you with really giant/broad topics (e.g., slavery and the Civil War, etc.). Don't pick a ton of things to discuss in your Summary of Evidence.

Tip #2:
Whatever you tell me you are going to investigate in Part A must be addressed in your Summary of Evidence. I've seen several students mention things they were going to discuss in Part B and then never do so, which you guessed it, cause them to lose major points.

Tip #3:
Edit. If Part A has tons of grammatical errors then I'm going to worry about the rest of your IA. Remember, the Part A you turn in on Friday is a work in progress.

I will do my best to get them back to you before Thanksgiving break begins.

Feel free to email me with any questions you have.
mcarlisle@ttsd.k12.or.us