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Global Issues: A Further Introductory Activity
This is our second introductory activity for introducing, understanding, and working with global issues. The materials on this page can be used in conjunction with (we suggest after) the first introductory...
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2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (Tandoori Food)
This is the second sample response to the May 2021 Paper 1 examination, an article on tandoori cooking, published in The New York Times Magazine. Because of copyright, we cannot reproduce the examination...
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Global Issues: An Introductory Activity
This short, straightforward lesson idea introduces global issues to students. Global issues are, clearly, ‘global’, but are likely to be experienced and practiced in different ways at a local level. Global...
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New Paper 1 Exemplar (Tandoori Food) Free
This week, I’ve published an excellent Paper 1 from the May 2021 examination session about tandoori food. You can find it here. Two weeks ago, I published a different and also excellent Paper 1 based...
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Annotating an Individual Oral (Brave New World and Sara Rahbar)
Recently (writing in September 2021), we published an excellent Individual Oral (IO), scoring 36 out of 40 possible points. That oral is available to subscribing teachers here. In addition, we have published,...
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Individual Oral: Exemplar 4 (Macbeth and WW1 Propaganda Poster)
In the fall of 2020, as my students went about preparing for their Individual Oral, I decided to do one myself. I had several goals in mind here. I wanted to experience what they were about to experience,...
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2021 Individual Oral: Exemplar 1 (Brave New World and Sara Rahbar)
The Individual Oral is the assessment that has most likely caused the largest number of headaches for teachers. It's understandable why: it's a tough assessment to wrap your head around! One specific...
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2021 Individual Oral: Exemplar 2 (Barbara Kruger and Brave New World)
The first thing you will notice about this Individual Oral is how fast the student speaks. Let's get this out of the way now - it's too fast and costs him in criterion D! But it's also important to...
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2021 Individual Oral: Exemplar 3 (The Underground Railroad and Gattaca)
As of September 2021, InThinking has published two excellent individual orals. The first one, found here, is a clear 7. It scores in the 9-10 range for all criteria and is a wonderful example to use...
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New Individual Oral Exemplar (The Underground Railroad and Gattaca) Free
This week, I’ve published a third Individual Oral exemplar from the May 2021 examinations. You can find it here. The first one is here and the second one is here. While the first two exemplars we’ve...