Actual essay from May 2017 Paper 2 History exam.
Marked with comments by the examiner, this essay received 7/15 from the IBO:
From the May 2017 Paper 2 IBDP History Exam.
An actual example of a student's essay with IBO examiner's comments.
This received 5/15.
“The conditions in which authoritarian states emerged were mainly determined by economic factors.” Discuss with reference to two authoritarian states.