IB Global Politics HL Internal Assessment Example

The student identifies a focused and politically meaningful issue clearly from the outset.

The student's personal motivation is explained well without becoming purely anecdotal.

The student makes a strong and explicit connection to relevant Global Politics concepts and theories.

The student could explain more directly why each theory was chosen for this issue.

The justification would be even stronger if the student linked the theoretical lenses to specific parts of the investigation more explicitly.

The student describes three relevant engagements that fit the question well and bring in different perspectives.

The student shows good awareness of methodological limits such as self-selection bias and virtual-interview constraints.

The student explains the purpose of the engagements clearly and shows why the selected participants were useful.

The student's reflection on how their own understanding changed could be more sustained and explicit.

The student could explain more concretely how the methodological limitations affected the evidence from each interview.

The student could say more about how the evidence from the different engagements developed into a deeper understanding rather than simply being reported.