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International Baccalaureate
You can do it. Put your bacc into it.
Here are a few ways you can use Shmoop if you're an IB\u00ae teacher:
Online Courses
Shmoop's Online Courses interact with students every step of the way\u2014all you have to do is grade their work and give 'em a nudge when they get cranky\u2026which they won't because it's Shmoop. We've got hundreds of courses to choose from, from Beowulf to Calculus. Just drop them into your IB course, however it works for you.
- Our life skills courses support the IB Core, with specific courses on logic and rhetoric, media literacy, critical reading and writing, research, and more.
- Our many English and literature courses connect to specific authors (from the prescribed lists) and literary criticism for Group 1.
- For Group 3 teachers, we have a bunch of history courses, plus psychology and geography.
- \tOur science courses can be integrated into Group 4 subjects, especially biology.
- And we've got all your Group 5 math needs covered in our math courses\u2014Algebra, Geometry, Calculus\u2026it's all right here.
- Don't forget to check out our humanities courses for film studies, art history, music, religion, and more.
Teaching Guides
There are lots of different ways to structure an IB class, and who's got the time to pull all that stuff together? Luckily, Shmoop's got you covered with our Teaching Guides for literature, math, history, economics, and digital literacy. Each guide is loaded with activity ideas, discussion and essay questions, current events, pop culture, and a whole lot more to help you rocket your IB class straight into the real world.
To get access to all of our Online Courses, Test Prep, and Teaching Guides, you and your students can become Shmoopscribers.
Learning Guides
Hello, free lunch. Our Learning Guides are full of in-depth analysis, which will inspire your teaching and help your students review to their hearts' content. We have thousands of 'em, covering tons of subjects for IB teachers and students: literature, literary criticism, poetry, Shakespeare, algebra, geometry, calculus, biology, chemistry, U.S. history, economics, and more.
Study Tools
No matter how you put your IB course together, we've got study tools to help. Send your students off to Math Shack to really master their skills. Head on over to ShmoopTube and check it out\u2014we've got stuff on Macbeth, molecular biology, and lots in between.
Scroll down for all the details on these resources.
Courses
We've got you covered when it comes to fleshing out your IB course specifics. Our English and Literature courses target authors from IB's prescribed lists, plus lots of extras on literary criticism and critical reading and writing. You can buy these courses for yourself and your students, allowing them to interface with Shmoop and allowing you to track the progress; or you can buy the material just for yourself and use it however you'd like.
The Core—TOK, Extended Essay, CAS
Analyzing Primary Sources
Citing Sources
Digital Literacy
Internet Research
Introduction to Critical Reading and Writing
Introduction to Logic and Rhetoric
Media Literacy
Politics and the Media
The Research Paper
Group 1—Language and literature
English (too many to list)
Humanities (too many to list)
Literature (too many to list)
Group 3—Individuals and societies
'60s History Through Music
African History
Psychology of Influence
Psychology—Semester A
Social Contract Theory
The Torah
US History—Semester A
US History—Semester B
World Geography—Semester A
World Geography—Semester B
Group 4—Sciences
Biology—Semester A
Biology—Semester B
Group 5—Mathematics
Algebra II—Semester A
Algebra II—Semester B
AP Calculus AB/BC Review Course
Geometry—Semester A
Geometry—Semester B
History of Technology
Pre-Calculus—Semester A
Pre-Calculus—Semester B
Group 6—The Arts
Film Studies
Introduction to Art History
Introduction to Photography
Masters of Renaissance Art
Teaching Guides
We know there are many ways to build an IB course, and our teaching guides are full of ideas to make your IB classroom exactly what you want.
The Core—TOK, Extended Essay, CAS
Group 1—Language and literature
Group 3—Individuals and societies
Group 5—Mathematics
Learning Guides
Whether you need to brush up on your Hemingway or you want your students to think more deeply about Economics, Shmoop's on it. Our learning guides are all ready to parachute into your IB course, and best of all—they're free!
Group 1—Language and Literature
Literary Criticism
Literature
Poetry
Shakespeare
Bestsellers
Group 3—Individuals and Societies
Group 4—Sciences
Group 5—Mathematics
Algebra II
Geometry
Pre-Calculus
Calculus
Group 6—The arts
Study Tools
It can be a challenge for IB students to pull it all together when an IA is due or an exam is lurking. Luckily, our study tools are available to make everything as painless as possible. Essay Lab will help your students craft any type of essay, including the extended essay; flashcards will keep your students razor sharp on their details and facts; and Math Shack offers infinite math drills at all levels to keep them right on top of the core concepts.
Videos
ShmoopTube has lots of great videos to jump-start your students and break things down to get them thinking about what it all really means.
The Core—TOK, Extended Essay, CAS
Essay Writing
Analyzing Primary Sources
Group 1—Language and literature
American Literature
British Literature
Dystopian Literature
Literary Devices
Literary Forms
Literary Topics
World Literature
Group 3—Individuals and societies
Group 4—Sciences
Group 5—Mathematics
Algebra
Algebra II
Calculus
Computer Science
Probability and Statistics
Geometry
Pre-calculus
College and Career Planning
We hate to break it to you, but your students won't be doing IB forever. Help your students get ready for the real world with our College and Career Planning resources.
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