3 – History
IB History Internal Assessment Checklist
Cover Page
_____ Does the Cover Page have a prominent and appropriate title for the essay?
_____ Does the Cover page clearly state the research question?
_____ Are the title and research question centered and boldfaced?
_____ Does the Cover Page include your name?
_____ Does the Cover Page include the total word count?
_____ Does the Cover Page include the name of your school and month during which the EE was
completed?
_____ Does the Cover Page include your candidate number?
Table of Contents
_____ Is there a Table of Contents?
_____ Does the Table of Contents include all 6 sub-sections of the essay?
_____ Are the page numbers accurate?
Plan of Investigation
_____ Is the research question stated in bold at the top of the page?
_____ Is the Plan between 100-150 words?
_____ Have you explained why the question is important or worthy of investigation?
_____ Have you defined exactly what the investigation will and will not answer?
_____ Have you explained what types or sources are most important to the investigation and why?
Summary of Evidence
_____ Is the Summary 550-600 words?
_____ Does the Summary use (and cite) ALL the sources listed in your Works Cited list?
_____ Is every single fact that is not common knowledge cited in a footnote?
_____ Is the material organized into logical paragraphs with clear introductory and concluding sentences?
_____ Have you made sure that this section contains only fact and no interpretation or commentary on
facts?
Evaluation of Sources
_____ Is the Evaluation 250-300 words?
_____ Have you organized this section into two paragraphs, each one devoted to one of the sources you
are evaluating?
_____ Have you italicized the title of each source?
_____ Have you mentioned the date of publication for each source?
_____ Have you explained the ORIGIN of each source by referencing the background or the
historian/author?
_____ Have you explained the PURPOSE of each source by explaining what this particular source is
designed to achieve/prove (as opposed to other sources/books on the subject)?
_____ Have you explained the VALUE of each source by explaining what light this source sheds on the
subject that other sources do not?
_____ Have you explained the LIMITATIONS of each source by explaining weaknesses of the source?
_____ Have you explicitly used the words origin, purpose, value and limitation in each paragraph?
_____ Have you provided a citation of each source at the end of each paragraph?
Analysis
_____ Is the Analysis 600-650 words?
_____ Have you organized this section into logical paragraphs based on a method of comparing
competing answers to your research question?
_____ Does each paragraph include clear introductory and concluding sentences?
_____ Do you support each claim by giving evidence?
_____ Do you provide a citation for each sentence that includes information with more than common
knowledge?
_____ Where evidence seems to contradict do you make an effort to evaluate the quality of evidence by
evaluating the source and its origins?
_____ Are you analyzing and interpreting evidence already presented in Section B rather than presenting
additional evidence?
_____ Are you making extensive use of the sources evaluated in Section C?
_____ Are you quoting from your sources at appropriate times and using the correct format?
Conclusion
_____ Is the Conclusion 150-200 words?
_____ Have you refrained from stating your conclusion until the Conclusion (rather than the Analysis)?
_____ Do you directly and clearly state a conclusion to your original research question?
_____ Is your conclusion nuanced rather than a simple yes or no answer?
_____ Have you made sure not to include any new evidence in this section?
_____ Did you restate your original research question somewhere near the beginning of this section and
boldface it?
_____ Do you acknowledge the limitations of your conclusion or suggest routes of further inquiry on the
topic?
Sources
_____ Does the Bibliography include all sources used?
_____ Does the Bibliography specify author, title, date of publication, and publisher for every reference?
_____ Did you use at least 2 primary sources, 2 books, and 2 journal articles?
_____ Have you consistently used MLA in the works cited list?
_____ Have you consistently used MLA for in-text citations?
_____ Did you alphabetize all the sources in the Bibliography?
_____ Did you all italicize book and journal titles?
_____ Did you put into quotation marks all journal article titles and essay titles?
_____ Did you indent all lines after the first line of each bibliographic entry?
_____ Did you provide the accessed date for all online sources in parentheses?
_____ Does every bibliographic entry have a period at the end?
_____ If you included an Appendix, did you place it after the Works Cited list?
General Formatting
_____ Is the essay within the word limit of 2000? (This does not include the Cover Page, Table of
Contents, footnotes or works cited list)
_____ Are all sections of the paper titled, with clear headings?
_____ Is the essay double spaced?
_____ Does the paper use standard margins and font?
_____ Did you insert a header that includes your name, candidate num