The Examination Process

August 14, 2012
Since many of us are returning to school I know that teachers are reviewing IB scores and often have questions about how the process works so I am going to review this. From the assessment perpsective, this lasts from April 20 to September 15 in the northern...

Anniversaries

June 5, 2012
This is the 23rd anniversary of Tiananmen Square whichcontinues to be denied by the government.  In Taiwan and Hong Kong people openly engaged in commemorations away from the Chinese Communist government.  On a more absurd level, the mainland government blocked all...

The G2 form

May 3, 2012
If you frequent the OCC you will probably see reminders to fill out a G2 form for all the exams that your students took. In the past, I found that I thought the exams were fine at first glance but after discussing them in workshops and looking over the markscheme I...

Teaching the Great Depression

April 12, 2012
In the Great Depression and Americas section of the HL Americas curriculum students are expected to know political and economic causes of the Depression. However, the more that I read, the less I am certain about what this means. What are political causes? Does this...

Extended Essays in History

March 27, 2012
For May 2012 Diploma candidates the marking of extended essays is under way, and many schools are in the midst of EE preparations for November 2012 and even May 2013 DP students. As I sift through EEs I think that the review of some concepts are in order. This is...