Update!
Subscribing teachers often tell us what they would like to see more of on the site. We like to receive those insights. As far as possible, we try to meet such requests. One thing we have been told that...
May 2023 Paper 1 (Cycling) - Two Exemplars and a Lesson Plan
This week, we are publishing two Paper 1 exemplars from the May 2023 time zone 2 exam. One is quite strong. The other is a typical or average response. While we can’t publish the exam paper, you can...
A Subject Outline for Newbies
In new IB Diploma schools, subject teachers must submit a subject outline to the IB as part of their school's authorization process. Perhaps you are that teacher, and you have been asked to construct...
Two More May 2023 Paper 2 Exemplars! (With a Two-Part Lesson)
This week, we are publishing two more Paper 2 exemplars from the May 2023 exams. We are also publishing a lesson plan using both exemplars. The goal of that page is for students to have a big, broad...
When Paper 1 Meets Applied Ethics
Karl Marx believed that the point of philosophy is not only to better understand the world, but to change it. The point of an IB education starts by better understanding the world, and aspires to make...
May 2023 Paper 2: Sample Response 1 (Question 3)
Last week, we published a Paper 1 from the May 2023 exams. This week, we are starting to publish Paper 2 exemplars from the May 2023 exams as well. You can find the model response (exemplar) here. ...
2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (No Diet, No Detox)
The May 2023 Paper 1 examination – one of two different Paper 1 examinations in different time zones – included an extract from The Guardian newspaper. Those of you who have been following IB examinations...
Student Access
The goal of this blog post is to give you – teachers – an idea of what we have on the site for students. A lot of what we create is for you, IBDP English A: Language and Literature teachers. But we...
Working with Artificial Intelligence - 2 New Pages
We’ve recently been publishing materials and resources about artificial intelligence. The four pages we’ve published so far are hyperlinked below. What the IB Says about Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
Recommendations: The May 2023 Subject Report
The May 2023 examination session produced two subject reports to reflect the two different time zones in which the examination took place. They were published (this month, at the time of writing) in September...