IB Global Politics HL Internal Assessment Example

The student's research question is explicit, focused, and clearly political.

The student makes a strong and relevant connection to Global Politics through sovereignty, soft power, interdependence, and legitimacy.

The student frames the engagement as a genuine evaluative inquiry rather than a descriptive topic.

The student's personal motivation is only lightly developed.

The justification leans more on academic framing than on explaining why this issue mattered to the student specifically.

The student could explain more clearly why the particular people they engaged with were the right choices for this investigation.

The student describes the engagement clearly and keeps it closely tied to the research question.

The student shows a real shift in understanding, moving from an initial assumption toward a more nuanced view.

The student explains how the experience deepened their understanding of sovereignty and contested influence.

The student uses the interviews to develop their thinking rather than simply recounting what happened.

The student could make the change in their thinking more explicit after each interview.

The comparison between the different perspectives could be sharper and more direct.

At times the reflection would be stronger if the student identified the specific turning point in their understanding.