Essay and paper technique
Practise the essay structures each subject rewards: interpreting the question, planning under time pressure, and supporting an argument with precise evidence and terminology.
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Online IB Humanities Tutoring in the USA and Canada
Yes—students in IB Economics, History, Psychology, Geography, or Global Politics, SL or HL, can get expert help with essay technique, source and data analysis, exam preparation, and the Internal Assessment. The student remains the author: tutors never write, rewrite, or generate assessed work.
No guaranteed grades or outcomes. Tutor matching and availability are confirmed after you contact the team.
Focused humanities support
What an IB humanities tutor can help you do
Sessions build analytical writing, source skills, and exam technique across Economics, History, Psychology, Geography, and Global Politics—not assessed work written for the student.
Source and data analysis
Build the skills History Paper 1 and Economics data questions test: evaluating sources, reading data, and connecting evidence to the question actually asked.
Internal Assessment guidance
Refine the IA topic and question, plan the research, and receive comments on clarity and criteria alignment on student-written drafts, from Economics commentaries to the historical investigation.
Exam preparation and review
Review the syllabus systematically, drill past-paper questions under timed conditions, and target the command terms and mark bands examiners apply.
Clear boundary
Coaching is allowed; authorship stays with the student
The IB expects genuine, authentic student work in every essay and Internal Assessment. Our tutoring boundary supports learning while protecting authorship.
Tutors can
- Explain course requirements, assessment criteria, and command terms.
- Teach essay, source-analysis, and data-response technique on practice material.
- Ask planning questions that sharpen IA topics and research questions.
- Run timed past-paper practice and discuss what a stronger answer would include.
- Comment on a student-written draft without editing or rewriting it.
Tutors do not
- Choose the student's IA topic, sources, or argument for them.
- Write, rewrite, paraphrase, or line-edit assessed work.
- Generate any essay, commentary, or investigation for submission.
- Guarantee a mark, grade, predicted grade, or admission outcome.
Students should also follow their school's rules for external support and disclosure. Read the IB's academic-integrity guidance.
How IB humanities tutoring sessions work
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Share the student's subject and level, current task, school deadlines, and questions.
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Work through content, technique, and assessment criteria in a live one-to-one session.
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Leave with student-owned next steps; all assessed work remains the student's work.
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Economics and language families, on the record
Argument, analysis, and exam technique are what our Economics and language families review us for. Real Google reviews, quoted as written, with the names and photos the reviewers made public on Google.
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Official IB facts used here
Individuals and societies facts were reviewed August 20, 2026 against current International Baccalaureate sources and our fact-checked guides.
IB humanities tutoring questions
What can an IB humanities tutor help with?
A tutor can teach the subject content, unpack assessment criteria and command terms, train essay and source-analysis technique on past-paper material, help the student plan their Internal Assessment, and comment on clarity, structure, and criteria alignment in student-written drafts. The student remains responsible for every idea, source choice, and final sentence.
Learn more: Official IB individuals and societies overview
Which IB humanities subjects do you cover?
We tutor the individuals and societies subjects our IB families most often take: Economics, History, Psychology, Geography, and Global Politics, at both SL and HL. Tell us the student's subject and level and we will match a tutor with the right background.
Learn more: Official IB individuals and societies overview
Can a tutor write or edit my essays or Internal Assessment?
No. Hack Your Course tutors do not write, rewrite, paraphrase, or line-edit assessed work in any subject. They teach technique, run practice, and give comments that the student evaluates and acts on independently, in line with IB academic-integrity expectations.
Learn more: IB academic-integrity guidance
How does the IB Economics IA work?
The Economics IA is a portfolio of three commentaries, each capped at 800 words including citations, written on published news articles and analyzed through different areas of the syllabus. A tutor can help the student choose workable articles, apply the right diagrams and theory, and stay inside the word limit, while the writing remains the student's own.
Learn more: Our IB Economics IA guide
Can tutoring help with History source questions and essays?
Yes. History sessions train the skills the papers actually test: evaluating sources for origin, purpose, and content, planning essays that argue rather than narrate, and using precise evidence under time pressure. HL students also prepare for the additional regional-depth paper, and IA support follows the same guidance-only boundary.
Learn more: Official IB individuals and societies overview
My child is in the updated Psychology or Global Politics course. Does that matter?
It matters for materials and exam practice, because the IB has updated several individuals and societies syllabuses in recent years and past papers from older syllabuses do not always match the current assessment. Confirm the student's assessment session with the school's IB coordinator, and we will match a tutor who teaches to the current guide for that session.
Learn more: Official IB individuals and societies overview
Can a humanities tutor also support the Extended Essay?
Yes. Economics, History, Psychology, and Global Politics are popular Extended Essay subjects, and our EE support follows the same rules: topic refinement, research planning, and feedback on student-written drafts, never writing. See our dedicated Extended Essay tutoring page for how that works.
Learn more: IB Extended Essay tutoring
Are IB humanities subjects easier than the sciences?
No subject group is inherently easier; the demands are different. These courses reward sustained analytical writing, evaluation, and applying theory to real cases, which many students find harder to improve alone than content-heavy revision. The skills are very coachable with structured practice on real assessment material.
Learn more: IB exam strategies
Is IB humanities tutoring available online in the United States and Canada?
Yes. This service is offered online across the United States and Canada: $70 USD per hour for American clients and $90 CAD per hour for Canadian clients, one flat rate for every tutor, with in-person sessions available in Vancouver and Toronto at $120 CAD per hour. Contact Hack Your Course with the student's subject and level, time zone, current task, and preferred schedule so the team can confirm a suitable match and availability.
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