IB Extended Essay Resources
The models below are excellent examples for understanding
the nature and requirements of the Extended Essay.
1. A good
place to start
Kingshurst
City Technology College (Birmingham, UK)
Impressive website with links to
pages to help with research, bibliographies, criteria etc. Don’t
miss this inside
link at the bottom of the criteria page. Written with the same
dry wit and humor found on BBC comedies. Look at the page on plagiarism.
2. Use
the Power Point presentation to clarify research and writing criteria
Norre Gymnasium (Denmark) Scroll
down to the end of the page where you see: “Information 2003-05
A Power Point presentation by Lisa Rasmussen of important steps in the
preparation work of the Extended Essay: Click on Extended Essay Presentation on
that page.”
3. For print material the
Ruamrudee International School (Thailand)
Click on the link for the Extended Essay and then on the Extended Essay
Booklet.
4. Inspiration for topics.
Oakham School
(United Kingdom)
For ideas, this site provides a
list of recent EE titles chosen by IB students at Oakham. Scroll down
to the bottom of the page to access the link.
Abstracts from
5. The Concord Review Sample Essays
Not all of these are EEs since they go beyond the word limit, but all are brilliant examples of what high school scholars can do.
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