1. WORLD STUDIES EXTENDED ESSAY
WHAT IS A WSEE?

2. THE AIMS OF THE IBDP WSEE IS TO:
GLOBAL
SELF
SIGNIFICANT
SENSITIVITY

3. THE WSEE GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY…
To investigate a topic that is personally meaningful connected to your interests or future plans.
To be interdisciplinary – to work in work with the terminology and concepts from 2 or more subjects – to borrow from areas of knowing
To explore topics of global and local significance
To nurture your international mindedness/global citizenship by exploring the complex problems of today:
Poverty
Digital divide
Religious upheaval
Artistic revolutions
Sustainability
Conflict

4. Focus through one of 6 Global Contexts:
Conflict, peace and security
Economic and environmental sustainability
Equality and inequality
Health and development
Language, culture and identity
Science, technology and society

5. Examples: Bio. & Geo. History & music History & economics
Film & history
Language A & psychology
Visual art & history
Geo. & Econ.

6. EXAMPLES FROM NIS:
ANALYZING TABLET USE ON YOUNG CHILDREN – PSYCHOLOGY & BIOLOGY
MEAT CONSUMPTION IN CHINA AND THE IMPACT ON GLOBAL GREEN HOUSE EMISSIONS – BIOLOGY & GEOGRAPHY
POETRY AS A PERSONAL EXPRESSION OF LIVING THROUGH GENOCIDE - HISTORY & LITERATURE