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What is the International Baccalaureate (IB)?
 How do you begin to explain what IB is!?

Well it's really not that easy to explain but basically it's an 'all-round' curriculum where you study 6 subjects from 6 different areas, plus the compulsory Theory of Knowledge (TOK), and then you also need to complete 150 Creativity Action Service (CAS) hours and an Extended Essay.

See the IBO website for better information about what IB is.

Below we have an index for a whole lot of helpful websites that you can use for research when studying the IB (though they also come in handy for other study). I originally compiled a list for my own benefit which covered the IB subjects I'm studying (English, Japanese, Modern World History, Biology, Maths Studies, Film) but then decided to expand it to the rest of the IB subjects offered at my school and turn it into a website to help the rest of my colleagues and also other IB people around the world.

If anyone has any websites they want me to add to the list then send me an e-mail. 

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GROUP 1 (LANGUAGE A)

ENGLISH

                  TIPS FOR DIFFERENT TASKS

Oral Commentary Tips http://teach.beavton.k12.or.us/%7Ejonathan_stoner/ib/oralpresnttips.html

More Commentary Tips http://w1.461.telia.com/~u46126505/oral_commentary__english_a2.htm

Reading Prose http://www.stormloader.com/users/brohol/ib3/readingprose.htm

The Commentary http://www.stormloader.com/users/brohol/ib3/anothercommentaryapproach.htm

Reading Poetry http://www.stormloader.com/users/brohol/ib3/readingpoetry.htm 

What is Poetry? http://depts.gallaudet.edu/Englishworks/literature/poetry.html

 

          VARIOUS TEXTS WE’RE STUDYING

A Doll’s House

Henrik Ibsen http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc5.htm

Ibsen: A Doll’s House http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/introser/ibsen.htm

Very Basic Summary http://summarycentral.tripod.com/adollshouse.htm

 

Antigone

Classic Notes: Antigone http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/antigone/

Monkey Notes: Antigone http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmAntigone01.asp

Sophocles http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc1.htm

 

Bruce Dawe Poetry

Biography http://www.brucedawe.multiservers.com/bio.htm

Bruce Dawe http://home.pacific.net.au/~greg.hub/lifecycle.html

John Kinsella in conversation w/ Bruce Dawe http://www.johnkinsella.org/interviews/dawe.html

 

Like Water For Chocolate

Book Haven: Like Water For Chocolate http://thebookhaven.homestead.com/Z_Like_Water_for_Chocolate.html

Encrypted Recipes in Like Water For Chocolate http://www.class.uidaho.edu/eng295_2/webwork/mackenzie_dennard/

Like Water For Chocolate http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/English/water.html

Mostly Fiction: Esquivel http://mostlyfiction.com/latin/esquivel.htm

 

MacBeth & Othello

Bradley on Othello http://web.singnet.com.sg/~yisheng/notes/shakespeare/othello_b.htm

MacBeth: An in-depth analysis http://library.thinkquest.org/2888/

Medieval & Renaissance Studies http://www.library.yale.edu/Internet/medieval.html

Shakespeare http://www.shakespeare.com/

Shakespeare Links http://www.stormloader.com/users/brohol/ib3/shakes.htm

Shakespeare’s Plays & Sonnets http://www.allshakespeare.com/

 

Of Mice & Men

Novel Guide: Of Mice & Men http://www.novelguide.com/ofmiceandmen/

Of Mice & Men Study Guide http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/mice.html

Survival Guide: Of Mice & Men http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/mice/

 

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

Classic Notes: Ken Kesey http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_ken_kesey.html

 

Speeches of Martin Luther King

A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/mlking.htm

All About Martin Luther King Jr. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/MLK/MLK.shtml

Black History http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html

Civil Rights Leader http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jan/king.html

MLK Online http://www.mccsc.edu/~bhsntech/backup/index.html?home

The Nation Remembers¦ http://www.king-raleigh.org/foxnews.html

The Seattle Times: Martin Luther King Jr. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/index.html

 

The Great Gatsby

A Guide to The Great Gatsby http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/1104/

Centres of interest in The Great Gatsby http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfwc/wiu/gatsbyone.html

The Great Gatsby http://www.homework-online.com/tgg/index.asp

 

The House of the Spirits

Allende http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Bahri/Allende.html

House of the Spirits http://www.enotes.com/house-spirits/

Interview w/ Isabel Allende http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/allende.html

Mostly Fiction: Allende http://www.mostlyfiction.com/latin/allende.htm

 

The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid’s Tale http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med- db/webdocs/webdescrips/atwood157-des-.html

Margaret Atwood Reference Site http://www.owtoad.com

Study Guide: The Handmaid’s Tale http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/science_fiction/handmaid.html

 

The Outsider (also known as “The Stranger”)

Albert Camus Critical Interpretation Homepage http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/00/pwillen1/lit/indexa.htm

Booknotes http://www.bookrags.com/notes/str/CHR.htm 

Creative quotes from Albert Camus http://creativequotations.com/one/77.htm

Classic Notes: The Stranger http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/stranger/

Monkey Notes: The Stranger http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmStranger02.asp 

 

The Remains of the Day

Remains of the Day http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/uk/ishiguro/remainsov.html

 

Untouchable

The Indelible Problem http://www.postcolonialweb.org/india/anand/stracuzzi1.html 

Mimicry & the  Carnivalesque in Anand's Untouchable http://www.qub.ac.uk/en/imperial/india/Untouchable.htm

 

Wilfred Owen Poetry

The Wilfred Owen Association http://www.wilfred.owen.association.mcmail.com/ 

Wilfred Owen: War Poet http://home.tiscali.be/ericlaermans/cultural/owen.html 

Biography of Wilfred Owen http://www.sassoonery.demon.co.uk/owen.htm 

War Poetry Analysis http://www.courseworkbank.co.uk/GCSE/English_Literature/Poetry_Analysis/War_Poetry/

 

Women At Point Zero

Women At Point Zero Notes http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/womanatpointzero.html 

Nawal El Saadawi http://www.nawalsaadawi.net/index.html 

 

OTHER USEFUL ENGLISH STUFF

A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm

A Glossary of Literary Terms http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm 

Bartleby http://www.bartleby.com

Glossary of Literary Terms http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/glossary_a.htm

Online Symbolism Guide http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/

Rhyme Zone http://www.rhymezone.com/

Stylistic Features http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~media/hrc_style.html

 

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GROUP 2 (LANGUAGE B)

 

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

English Quizzes http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html

ESL Quiz Centre http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/

Self Study Quizzes for ESL Students http://a4esl.org/q/h/

 

FRENCH

French Quizzes http://eleaston.com/french.html

 

GERMAN

German Quizzes http://eleaston.com/gr-qz.html

 

INDONESIAN AB INITIO

 

JAPANESE

A Beginner’s Guide to Japan http://www.shinnova.com/part/99-japa/japa00-e.htm

Drill & Learn The Kanji http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ik2r-myr/kanji/kanji1a.htm

Fashion Japan http://www.japanesestreets.com/

Japan File http://www.japanfile.com/

Japan Guide http://www.japan-guide.com/

Japan Reference http://www.jref.com/

Japanese Embassy in Australia http://www.japan.org.au/

Japanese Online http://www.japanese-online.com/language/

Japanese Writing http://members.aol.com/writejapan/index.htm

Japanorama http://www.japanorama.com/links.html

KA’s Japanese and Maths Page http://www.kahome.co.uk/japa.htm

Kanji & Katakana http://www.joyo96.org/

Kanji Learn http://www2.gol.com/users/jpc/Japan/Kanji/KanjiLearn/index.htm

Kids Web Japan http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/

Living in Japan http://www.poza.net/japan/living.html

Nihongo Web http://www.nihongoweb.com/

So you want to learn Japanese?  http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~thoureau/japanese.html

Stockton’s Japan Links http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~stocktoj/home/japanl.html

The Japan FAQ http://www.thejapanfaq.com/

The Kanji Site http://www.kanjisite.com/ 

Tőkyő Food Page http://www.bento.com/tokyofood.html

Web Japan http://web-jpn.org/index.html

 

MANDARIN

Chinese Quizzes http://eleaston.com/chinese.html#gr

 

POLISH

Polish Quizzes http://eleaston.com/polish.html

 

RUSSIAN

Russian Quizzes http://eleaston.com/ru-qz.html

SPANISH

Spanish Quizzes http://eleaston.com/sp-qz.html  

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GROUP 3 (INDIVIDUALS & SOCIETIES)

 

ECONOMICS

GEOGRAPHY

Atlapedia http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html

CIA: World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Countries of the World http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html

Geography Quiz  http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/

National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

MODERN WORLD HISTORY

Australian War Memorial http://www.awm.gov.au/

History Notes http://members.aol.com/mikesch/history.html

IB History http://www.pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/ib/ibpage.html

IB History Revision Notes http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/IB/History/index.html

IB History Notes http://homepage.mac.com/stray/ib/history/index.html

Links to History Websites http://www.asw.waw.pl/high/Teachers/Burry/History/mainframes/links.html

The History Place http://www.historyplace.com/index.html 

World History http://www.hyperhistory.com/

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GROUP 4 (EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE)

 

BIOLOGY

Amino Acids http://work.colum.edu/~sjenkins/BIOLOGYOFAIDS/Assignments/AIDS20aminoacidsassignment1week4.htm

Biology Notes http://homepage.mac.com/stray/ib/biology/bio_notes.txt

Cells Alive! http://www.cellsalive.com

DNA http://www.kingdomlife.com/theo/DNA.htm

Open Door: IB Biology http://www.saburchill.com/IBbiology/bio_hp.html

Standard Level Revision Notes http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/IB/Biology/Standard_Level/index.html

The Biology Project http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

CHEMISTRY

Periodic Table http://www.periodic-table.com/

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

PHYSICS

IB Physics Practice Exams http://www.volny.cz/ibhendricks/IB%20Site/practexams.html

Practice Exams http://www.volny.cz/ap-physics/APexams.html

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GROUP 5 (MATHEMATICS)

 

MATHS METHODS

MATHS STUDIES

MATHS HIGHER LEVEL

Chuck Slusher Mathematics http://lincoln.pps.k12.or.us/cslusher/ 

Syllabus http://www.cis.edu.hk/sec/math/ib/IBH.htm 

Mathworld  http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ 

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GROUP 6 (THE ARTS)

FILM

Advertisement Archive http://www.adflip.com/

Alfred Hitchcock http://hitchcock.tv/

American Film Institute http://www.afi.com/

Art & Showbiz of Filmmaking http://www.filmmakers.com/index.htm

At The Movies (ABC TV) http://abc.net.au/atthemovies/

Australian Children’s Television Foundation http://www.actf.com.au/

Australian Film Commission http://www.afc.gov.au/

British Film Institute http://www.bfi.org.uk/

Channel 4 Film http://www.channel4.com/film/

Film Soundtrack http://www.filmmusic.com/

Foreign Films http://www.foreignfilms.com/

Greatest Films http://www.filmsite.org/

Images http://www.imagesjournal.com

Internet Movie Data Base http://www.imdb.com/

Rap It Up Competition http://www.rapitup.org/

Rotten Tomatoes http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

Screensound http://www.screensound.gov.au/screensound/screenso.nsf

Student Films http://www.studentfilms.com/

The Movie Show (SBS) http://www.sbs.com.au/movieshow/

Truth In Entertainment http://www.filmthreat.com  

MUSIC

All About Jazz http://www.allaboutjazz.com

All Music http://www.allmusic.com  

Classical Music http://www.musdoc.com/classical/  

Classical Net http://www.classical.net

Click Music http://www.clickmusic.co.uk  

CMT http://www.cmt.com/  

Darker Than Blue http://www.darkerthanblue.com

GMN http://www.gmn.com

Launch http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/index.html

NME http://www.nme.com

Opera Base http://operabase.com/en/

Sonic Net http://www.sonicnet.com/  

UBL http://ubl.artistdirect.com

THEATRE ARTS

VISUAL ARTS

Artcyclopedia http://artcyclopedia.com

Artlex http://www.artlex.com/

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THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

TOK

IB TOK http://www.ibtok.com/

KA’s ThOK Notes http://www.kahome.co.uk/thok.htm

Scepticism http://www.philosophyonline.co.uk/tok/tokhome.htm

Theory of Knowledge http://amyscott.com/theory_of_knowledge.htm

TOK Home http://peernet.lbpc.ca/tok/asewell/tokhome.htm  

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OTHER

CAS

Creativity

Adelaide Fringe Festival http://interim.adelaidefringe.com.au/about/fringe_inc.cfm 

Australian Youth Orchestra http://www.ayo.com.au/

Young Gourmet http://www.younggourmet.com/a/56.html

Action

Clean Up Australia http://www.cleanup.com.au/

Duke of Edinburgh http://www.intaward.org/IAA/index.aspx

Scouts http://www.scouts.com.au/

Youth Challenge http://www.uts.edu.au/oth/yca/

Eco Attitude http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/ecotude/

Go Volunteer http://www.govolunteer.com.au/

Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/

International Youth Parliament http://www.iyp.oxfam.org/

National Youth Week http://www.youthweek.com/

Net Aid http://www.netaid.org/volunteer/  

Office for Youth http://www.officeforyouth.sa.gov.au/DesktopDefault.aspx

Outward Bound http://www.outwardbound.com.au/

Planet Ark http://www.planetark.org/

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)  http://www.rspca.org.au/ 

South Australian Youth Affairs Council http://www.yacsa.com.au/cgi-bin/wf.pl

Young Achievement Australia http://www.yaa.org.au/

Youth 2 Youth http://www.youth2youth.com.au/

Youth Ambassadors For Development http://www.ausaid.gov.au/youtham/

Youth Ambassadors For Peace http://www.freethechildren.org/peace/projects/stand.html

Service

Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org.au/

Asthma Australia http://www.asthmaaustralia.org.au/

Australian Red Cross http://www.redcross.org.au/default.asp

Australian Volunteers International http://www.ozvol.org.au/

CanTeen http://www.canteen.com.au/

Diabetes Australia http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/home/index.htm

Glenunga International Leo Club http://www.lionsclubs.org.au/leos/index.htm

Lions Club http://www.glenside-lions.asn.au/index.html

St Vincent de Paul Society http://www.vinnies.org.au/

United Nations http://www.un.org/special-rep/children-armed-conflict/English/index.html

Volunteering Australia http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/

EXTENDED ESSAY

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