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Extended Essay: Step 2. Educate yourself!

A guide to the research and writing process required for students completing the IB Extended Essay.

It's Time to Get Reading!

Books and papers - Britannica ImageQuestReading about the IB subjects you are considering to choose for your Extended essay can help you make the right decision.  The box below has IB EE subject guides and useful course information for those subjects recommended for WSA students. See:

Your Reading List

 

Other important reading for EE writers is on this page :

IB Assessment Criteria

IB Extended Essay Subject Guides (first exams 2018) (for almost all subjects available for Extended essays)

IB Ethical GuidelinesNotes - Britannica ImageQuest

Once you have decided on a subject, you need to set up your RRS (Researcher's Reflection Space)

The RRS is where you will record what you are reading, writing, and thinking about your essay.  It's best to set it up right at the start!  See Step 3. Researcher's Reflection Space (RRS)

Your Reading List

Grace Smith WSA '20Interested in writing a Dance Extended Essay?

Here's your reading list:

IB EE Subject Guide - Dance, 2018

Course-Guiding Information for Extended Essay Writers - Dance

World flags - Britannica ImageQuest

Interested in writing a Global Politics Extended Essay?

Here's your reading list:

IB EE Subject Guide - Global Politics, 2018

Course-Guiding Information for Extended Essay Writers - Global Politics

Gregory Peck reading To Kill a MockingbirdInterested in writing a Literature and Performance Extended Essay?

Here's your reading list:

IB EE Subject Guide - Literature and Performance, 2018

Course-Guiding Information for Extended Essay Writers - Literature and Performance

Mathematics signs and symbols - Britannica ImageQuestInterested in writing a Mathematics Extended Essay?

Here's your reading list:

Mathematics EE: An Introduction

IB EE Subject Guide - Mathematics, 2018

Shelf of books - Britannica ImageQuestInterested in writing a Language and Literature Extended Essay?

Here's your reading list:

IB EE Subject Guide - Language and Literature - 2018

Course-Guiding Information for Extended Essay Writers - Language and Literature

Artist's palette - Britannica ImageQuestInterested in writing a Visual Arts Extended Essay?

Here's your reading list:

IB EE Subject Guide - Visual Arts

Course-Guiding Information for Extended Essay Writers - Visual Arts

IB Assessment Criteria

IB Ethical Guidelines

Twelve-step Plan for Researching the Extended Essay - Step 2

2.  Educate yourself. Read the following materials:  the assessment criteria, relevant subject-specific chapter of the Extended Essay guide, the IB's ethical guidelines and other associated policies where relevant, such as those relating to animal experiments

         

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