· 25 May 2007 ·
International Baccalaureate - Essays
I did my International Baccalaureate from 2004-2006. I always found it helpful to read sample essays in order to understand what they were asking for. Thus I have decided to put my former essays online.
If you are doing the International Baccalaureate, you will probably have loads of fun. Well, I had. Amongst that, you might get stressed out about your essays and courseworks. Well, I was. Of course, the IB is the intellectually most demanding secondary education programme, and whatever. That’s at least what they made us believe. Whether or not this is true, depends on your point of reference, I guess. However, it is not my intention to discuss all these matters in this post. I might do that later. (If I can be bothered)
When working on my assignments I found it particularly useful to have a sample essays in order to understand the purpose, as well as the structure and and tone of the given task. Therefore I decided to upload upload my old essays. They are not outstanding works, just the essays of an ordinary IB student. You can use them as a guidance or as a bad example. But: Under no circumstances are you allowed to use extracts or an entire essay and claim them as your own work. Doing so might result in disciplinary measures taken against you, including the loss of your diploma. This does not only apply to IB students but all students. You may reference these texts in your essays. However, it is always better to base your argument on academic texts instead of essays by an 18 year old kid, who wrote them in a rush and a lack of sleep.
Behaviour of Maggots.pdf
Category: IB
Description: Biology HL; Planning (a) + (b) and Data Collection and Presentation in an experiment on the behaviour of maggots to light and humidity.
Download: [98.74KB]biology - practical - making yoghurt.pdf
Category: IB
Description: Biology HL; Planning (a) + (b) of an experiment in yoghurt making.
Download: [93.24KB]english coursework I.pdf
Category: IB
Description: My English coursework I is based on George Orwell’s novel “Animal Farm”. It is a speech by the pig Snowball and takes place after the animals have taken over the farm.
Download: [46.21KB]history_coursework.pdf
Category: IB
Description: My History HL Coursework on the collapse of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev. I lost two points because the analysis section should have been more extensive. Apart from that it was good.
Download: [73.18KB]Klosterschüler.pdf
Category: IB
Description: German A1 - "Inwiefern trägt der lesende Klosterschüler zur inneren und äußeren Handlung von 'Sansibar oder der letzte Grund' bei?" This one was in fact very good.
Download: [39.35KB]League_of_Nations.pdf
Category: IB
Description: History HL: Why did the League of Nations fail and why did it matter? Grade:6
Download: [55.99KB]World Literature Assignment 1.pdf
Category: IB
Description: World Literature Assignment 1, German: Die Werke „Season of Migration to the North“ und „I Will Mary When I Want“ beschäftigen sich beide mit den Problemen des Post-Kolonialismus. Vergleichen Sie beide Werke bezüglich ihrer Umsetzung!
Download: [85.82KB]World Literature Assignment 2.pdf
Category: IB
Description: World Literature Assignment 2, German: Für mein World Literature Assignment I beschloss ich eine kreative Arbeit anzufertigen. Mir kam die Idee, ein fiktives Interview mit Rev. Hale zu “führen”, da er meiner Meinung nach einer der interessantesten Personen in The Crucible ist.
Download: [134.10KB]ww1.pdf
Category: IB
Description: This essay looks at the causes of World War One. My first History essay ever. It is quite long (I am German and I love to ramble on) and I got a very good grade for it. (7)
Download: [87.16KB]Comment yourself
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