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The search for "real, specific and detailed examples"
[|MANKATO MINNESOTA] - exercise to evaluate this website See below the extracts from ToK documents from IBO which clarify what you are expected to do with examples. To summarise, your examples should be:

**real, specific, detailed, individual, accurate, referenced, analysed, relevant**
There are also things to avoid. See THINGS TO AVOID. These include:

meaningless statements, generalisations, pseudo-examples, stereotypes, dictionary definitions, cliches, ToK textbooks, extreme statements, relativism
PRESCRIBED TITLES MAY 2010 (IBO 2009) **ACTIVITY** For one of the three questions (above) (from May 2010 prescribed titles), think of two examples you would use to illustrate different sides of the title. Find a reference online for each of the examples you have chosen. Write the title, 2 examples and their reference links in an email and send to your partner.
 * PART 1 **

Read your partner's email. Analyse the examples you have received. Go through the features as follows: REAL? You know what that means. SPECIFIC AND DETAILED? Are there enough details to understand the example? INDIVIDUAL? Is it an original idea and not a well-worn cliche? ACCURATE? Check the source. Does it back up what your partner wrote? REFERENCED? Could you easily find the source? RELEVANT? Did it fit in with the title?
 * PART 2 **


 * EXTRACTS FROM IB DOCUMENTS:**

Essay Criterion B (IBO, 2006)

Essay Criterion B (IBO, 2006)

Essay Criterion D (IBO, 2006)

CHIEF EXAMINER'S REPORT (IBO, 2010)

CHIEF EXAMINER'S REPORT (IBO, 2008)

CHIEF EXAMINER'S REPORT (IBO, 2008)

CHIEF EXAMINER'S REPORT (IBO, 2008)

CHIEF EXAMINER'S REPORT (IBO, 2008)