IB student #1337 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Hi everyone! Right now I'm about to produce some nice IA-essay in history and I'm still trying to come up with a good research question. I was just wondering about what is tolerated? The answer shouldn't be too obvious, it should be a ''historical problem'' and historically relevant, yes I got that. But really, where goes the line? I have looked for official rules but haven't really found any. Are there any precise guidelines? I think it's a bit vague. And also, is popular culture completely forbidden to research or can you do an essay on for instance a musician/band's career or impact on whatever? Can you study the the history of the camera or the history of table tennis? (If you wonder these are not my own areas of interest, just examples.) I hope the question is clear. What are the rules? Thanks! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbTrojan Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I'm still a little unclear. Do you mean limitations in topics and time periods? Or rules on how to formulate a research question? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB student #1337 Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I'm wondering about how you are allowed to formulate a question and what ''historical relevance'' really means. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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