Sunday 19 June 2011

IB Economics resource list



Textbooks
  1. IB Diploma Course Companion: Economics Second Edition: Jocelyn Blink and Author Ian Dorton ISBN: 978-0-19-918499-6 Publication Date: April 2011 (estimated) OUP
  2. Economics from a Global Perspective: Alan Glanville ISBN: 0952474654 Glanville books
  3. Economics in terms of the Good, the Bad and the Economist: Mattt McGheeISBN: 978-1-876659-22-6 IBID press
  4. Economics for the IB Diploma: Ellie Tragakes, ISBN-10: 0521744342 ISBN-13: 978-0521744348 Cambridge University Press

Supplementary books
  1. Banker to the poor: the story of the Grameen bank: M. Yunus ISBN: 0143102915
  2. The end of poverty: J. Sachs ISBN 0141018666
  3. Studies in Economics and Business: Markets and Market Failure: ISBN 9780435330507 Heinemann
  4. Studies in Economics and Business: Supply Side Policies: ISBN 9780435330477 Heinemann
  5. Studies in Economics and Business: Development Economics: ISBN 9780435330484 Heinemann
  6. AP Economics,(answers)John S Morton 3rd edition ISBN1-56183-568-4 Activities, worksheets, quantitative(American curriculum ,be selective, consists of student worksheet)
  7. Economics-John Sloman ISBN978-0273655749 (teacher ref)
  8. Economics student workbook -John Sloman ISBN 978-0273705178 (quantitative exercises)
  9. Everlasting light bulbs: how economics illuminates the world JHN ISBN 978-0954809300 (quick illustrations of economic concepts)
  10. Undercover Economist Oxford University Press ISBN13-978-0195189773
Revision guides
  1. Economics HL Approach your exams the IB way: Blink and Dorton ISBN 9781906345129
  2. Economics SL Approach your exams the IB way: Blink and Dorton ISBN 9781906345136
  3. IB Study Guide: Economics for the IB Diploma: C Ziogas ISBN: 9780199152285


Online resources
  1. www.dineshbakshi.com huge collection of revision notes, interactive quizzes and other resources for teachers and students
  2. http://www.peteranthony.org/
  3. http://vimeo.com/16626088? Site with lots of very short videos, including form the world bank (international and development)
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html Interactive you “fix the budget activity” (macro)
  5. http://www.econtalk.org/archives.html 1 hour podcasts
  6. http://econblog.aplia.com/ News for Economics students with questions
  7. http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=94411890 US national public radio podcasts for Planet Money
  8. http://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/ Jason Welker’s student wiki on the IB Economics course
  9. http://www.cosmolearning.com/economics/videos/ Online economics videos
  10. http://data.worldbank.org/ Data bank of economic and development indicators
  11. http://www.gapminder.org/world/#;example=75; Data site: graphing and videos
  12. http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=EconStories#grid/uploads Fun but informative rap songs about economics!
  13. http://www.bized.co.uk/learn/economics/index.htm Learning material for IB Economics
  14. http://www.ecb.int/ecb/educational/html/index.en.html European Central Bank: Info on monetary policy, short videos plus the Economia interactive game.
  15. Online Tools
  16. http://groups.diigo.com/group/econ-teachersOnline bookmarking group that posts articles relate to Economics
  17. www.Diigo.com You can set up your own groups of bookmarked articles
  18. www.Mindmeister.com Online collaborative mind maps (paying)
  19. http://docs.google.com Allows sharing of, and collaboration on, documents and PowerPoints.
  20. http://www.netvibes.com/ Personalized home pages that collate your RSS feeds from new sites
  21. http://www.aplia.com/
Teacher resource packs
  1. AS/A2 International Economics Teacher Resource Pack: B Ellis ISBN: 9780860033608 Hodder Education
  2. Friday Afternoon Economics A-Level Resource Pack + CD Author: Ruth Tarrant ISBN: 9780340966624 Hodder Education
Magazine
Economics Review (quarterly for 16-18 year olds): http://www.philipallan.co.uk/economicreview/index.htm

Assessment Outline for New IB Economics syllabus


Hi everyone,

IB Economics syllabus is changing and will be effective for students appearing for Examinations in year 2013 and after. But if you have your examinations before 2013 then this post is not for you.

We will just take an a broad overview of the assessement for the new syllabus.

Economics SL

External assessment (3 hours) 80%

Paper 1 (1 hour and 30 minutes) 40%
An extended response paper (50 marks)
Assessment objectives 1, 2, 3, 4
Section A
Syllabus content: section 1—microeconomics
Students answer one question from a choice of two. (25 marks)
Section B
Syllabus content: section 2—macroeconomics
Students answer one question from a choice of two. (25 marks)

Paper 2 (1 hour and 30 minutes) 40%
A data response paper (40 marks)
Assessment objectives 1, 2, 3, 4
Section A
Syllabus content: section 3—international economics
Students answer one question from a choice of two. (20 marks)
Section B
Syllabus content: section 4—development economics
Students answer one question from a choice of two. (20 marks)

Internal assessment (20 teaching hours) 20%
This component is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course.Bold
Students produce a portfolio of three commentaries, based on different sections of the syllabus and on published extracts from the news media.
Maximum 750 words x 3 (45 marks)

Economics HL

External assessment (4 hours) 80%

Paper 1 (1 hour and 30 minutes) 30%
An extended response paper (50 marks)
Assessment objectives 1, 2, 3, 4
Section A
Syllabus content: section 1—microeconomics
Students answer one question from a choice of two. (25 marks)
Section B
Syllabus content: section 2—macroeconomics
Students answer one question from a choice of two. (25 marks)

Paper 2 (1 hour and 30 minutes) 30%
A data response paper (40 marks)
Assessment objectives 1, 2, 3, 4
Section A
Syllabus content: section 3—international economics
Students answer one question from a choice of two. (20 marks)
Section B
Syllabus content: section 4—development economics
Students answer one question from a choice of two. (20 marks)

Paper 3 (1 hour) 20%
HL extension paper (50 marks)
Assessment objectives 1, 2 and 4
Syllabus content, including HL extension material: sections 1 to 4—microeconomics,
macroeconomics, international economics, development economics
Students answer two questions from a choice of three. (25 marks per question)

Internal assessment (20 teaching hours) 20%
This component is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course.Bold
Students produce a portfolio of three commentaries, based on different sections of the syllabus and on published extracts from the news media.
Maximum 750 words x 3 (45 marks)

source: IB Economics Guide 2013 copyright ibo.org

Next post will carry a detailed overview of the External Assessement details for IB Economics HL and SL. So keep in touch