Resources

Study guides

How the IB History exams work, and how to do well in them — from source analysis to the historical investigation.

Assessment

How Paper 1 is structured, what each question asks for, and how to evaluate a source using origin, purpose and content.

How the historical investigation is structured and marked, and how to choose a question and sources that work.

How to plan and write a focused, well-supported, analytical history essay under exam conditions.

How the 4,000-word extended essay is assessed, and how to turn an interest into a strong research question.