Choosing a Personal Project
You may consider the following questions as you choose a global context exploration to provide a focus for your project.
What do I want to achieve through a personal project?
What do I want others to understand through my work?
What impact do I want my project to have?
How can a specific exploration give a greater purpose to my project?
A template for students to work through with their supervising teacher to help choose a global context exploration and topic for investigation
What do I submit?
1. Report: including appendices (maximum of 10 - one page extracts from your Process Journal) The Process Journal is indirectly assessed through the extracts.
2. Bibliography for your entire process and Works cited for anything directly referenced in your report
3. Product or outcome include the product or up to 5 still images or 30 seconds of video of the product
4. Academic Honesty form
5. Process Journal for Presentation Evening (not assessed)
Academic Honesty ( must be completed and turned in)
Acknowledgements
The materials enclosed in the D.M. Therrell High School MYP Personal Project Guide has been sourced from the OCC (Online Curriculum Centre IBO), MYP Projects Guide 2016, Yokohama International School Personal Project guide, Gem Chiicago LibGuide and the American International School of Lusaka.