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A comprehensive collection of IB Economics resources, featuring fully worked IA examples and Paper 1 responses, all graded 7/7. Includes detailed diagrams, real-world applications, and step-by-step explanations across core topics such as fiscal policy, taxes, market structures, and more.

An all-in-one resource pack for Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, featuring high-quality essay examples, textual analyses, character breakdowns, and thematic explorations. This pack provides students with structured guidance and model responses, helping to deepen understanding of the novel’s cultural, social, and historical contexts.

A comprehensive collection of high-quality IB Environmental Systems & Societies (ESS) resources designed to support top-level performance. This pack includes full-mark essays, detailed case studies, and past exams across key ESS topics. Perfect for students seeking guidance and practical examples to prep for exams.

This IB Film HL analysis examines the “Mirando Parade” scene in Okja (2017), exploring how cinematography, mise-en-scène, costume, and color reveal corporate greed and animal exploitation. Using detailed scene breakdowns and real-world parallels, it demonstrates how Bong critiques the meat industry. This Level 7/7 essay is a useful resource for students learning film analysis and IB Film techniques.

This essay explores the devastating impact of the Yemen Civil War on vulnerable groups, specifically women and children. It examines how prolonged conflict has caused food insecurity, malnutrition, destruction of health and education systems, displacement, and increased exposure to violence. With detailed analysis and real-world examples, this IA provides a comprehensive assessment of the human cost of war. It has been awarded full marks (7), making it a valuable reference for students studying ...

This document contains a curated list of 10-mark IB Economics HL Paper 1 questions covering topics such as fiscal policy to close an inflationary gap, how the incidence of a tax is influenced by the price elasticity of demand, and why firms in perfect competition can only earn normal economic profit. Each question is accompanied by clear, detailed diagrams, real-world examples, and full, level 7 responses, making it a valuable study resource for exam preparation.

This IB Economics IA analyzes Australia’s tobacco tax as a tool to reduce negative externalities and improve market efficiency. It uses supply and demand models to evaluate effectiveness and considers limitations like inelastic demand and equity concerns. The essay received full marks (7/7) for its clear analysis and real-world application.

This article brief summarizes and analyzes Japan’s recent shift from negative interest rates to a near-zero benchmark rate. It explains how the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) intervention aims to stabilize inflation at its 2% target after years of using negative rates to boost aggregate demand during deflationary pressures. The brief clearly links the policy to AD/AS analysis, showing how prolonged low rates increased consumption and investment (shifting AD rightward), contributed to demand-pull i...

This essay provides a clear and detailed analysis of Biosphere 2, the world’s largest enclosed research facility designed to study self-sustaining ecosystems. It examines the five ecosystems inside the structure—coastal fog desert, tropical rainforest, savanna grassland, mangrove wetland, and ocean with a coral reef—and how they function together to support life. The essay also covers the two-year experiment in which eight researchers lived entirely within Biosphere 2, highlighting chal...

To what extent can plate tectonics cause speciation? This essay gives a detailed analysis of how the movement and interaction of Earth’s lithospheric plates create geographical barriers and new habitats. It explains the mechanisms of speciation through geographic isolation, using examples such as the Himalayan mountain formation and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The essay highlights how tectonic activity fosters the evolution and diversification of species by producing isolated environments that enc...