
International Baccalaureate Group 3: Individuals & Societies
Reach a deeper understanding of human environments, society and history.

Written by expert IB teachers, examiners and curriculum specialists, our resources for IB Diploma Group 3 cover all of the core themes, with clearly differentiated content for Standard and Higher Level students. Our textbooks help students learn to analyse and evaluate information with comprehensive coverage matched to the latest Subject Guides in Global Politics, History, Environmental Systems and Societies, Economics, Psychology and Business Management.

Written and reviewed by experienced IB teachers for the 2022 Subject Guide, this new textbook and eBook provide comprehensive coverage of the five course units and a clear introduction to the business management toolkit, which is signposted throughout.
Specifically developed for international learners, and using our tried-and-tested approach to the Diploma Programme in this subject for the first time, helps transform your learners into active thinkers, using sustainable and ethical case studies to build awareness of real-world contexts and to bring Business Management to life with:
- an emphasis on conceptual understanding
- inquiry questions to help focus learners
- guidance on internal and external assessment, including practice exam questions
- integrated references to TOK and the IB Learner Profile throughout
- clearly differentiated Higher Level content
- links to engaging online resources to consolidate knowledge and explore topics further
- auto-marked quizzes for revision
- a full glossary of subject-specific terms.
Check out Brad Opfer (co-author) on this blog
7 takeaways from the new IB DP Business Mgmt Subject Guide

Developed for the first examinations in 2019, these resources fully support the latest Psychology Subject Guide, offering an integrative approach for your students to gain genuine understanding, enjoy enduring intellectual benefit, and aim at high grades.
- Integrative approach that helps learners gain genuine understanding.
- Well-structured and signposted materials based around clear learning objectives.
- Expert selection of relevant theories and studies.
- Guidance on the Internal Assessment and Extended Essay.

Written for the latest History IB Subject Guide, with support for new curriculum features and full of links to Theory of Knowledge (ToK), each textbook offers a clear overview and analysis of key events, equipping students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed.
- Enhanced eBooks feature worksheets, quizzes and source material - perfect for extended studying.
- Comprehensive coverage of the most popular history topics for the 2015 Group 3 curriculum
- A clear overview and analysis of key events.
- Practice in analysing source material, including photographs, cartoons and letters.
- Focus on the examination requirements, with ‘hints for success’ throughout.
- Theory of Knowledge section and questions to fuel research and discussion.

A comprehensive textbook and eBook written specifically for the 2020 Economics curriculum. Designed to aid students’ understanding of real-world economics, it features clearly differentiated content for your Standard and Higher Level learners, and uses clear, accessible English for English as a Second Language (ESL) students.
- Clearly differentiated content for both Standard and Higher Level learners.
- Includes highly visual graphs and topical examples to aid learners’ understanding of real-world economics.
- Contains answers to quantitative exercises found throughout the book.
- Essentials: Economics provides condensed support that’s perfect for EAL learners and ideal for revision.
Try out our free mini Economics lessons with your class!
We have put together this interactive lesson plan with Jason Welker, creator of The Economics Classroom and co-author of our new IB Diploma Economics Student Book. Watch these videos with your class using the discussion points for each.

Written by experienced IB teachers and examiners, this comprehensive 2nd Edition textbook and eBook cover all eight topics from the 2015 ESS course. It includes advice on Internal Assessment, the Extended Essay, and links to Theory of Knowledge to help students to prepare thoroughly and methodically for their exams.
- Detailed diagrams and photographs help to explain key concepts.
- Practice questions from past examination papers to help with exam preparation.
- Clear links to Theory of Knowledge throughout.
- Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills are addressed in Challenge Yourself boxes and online worksheets.
- Significant ideas, big questions, and key concepts signposted throughout.

This best-selling condensed course textbook and eBook focus on the overarching concepts of the latest Global Politics subject guide, such as power, sovereignty and peace. It supports learners with key terminology and language, providing the necessary theoretical underpinnings, and help with exam skills, like essay writing and presentations.
- Comprehensive concept-based coverage written by expert author Robert Murphy.
- Only contains the essential information, written in clear accessible language, with vocabulary and audio support, making it perfect for EAL learners and great for revision.
- Up-to-date and relevant case studies and examples to develop an understanding of local, national, international and global dimensions of political activity.
- Focused on preparing learners for their Internal and external assessments.
- Engagement activities, global political challenges and Extended Essay sections offer helpful input and guidance.
International Baccalaureate
Discipline: International Baccalaureate
Copyright: 2023
Program Type: Core
Delivery Method: Blended (Print & Digital)
Imprint: Pearson Learning Group
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