IB History HL Internal Assessment Example

You posed a clear, focused, and historically appropriate question that set up a genuine causal investigation.

You selected two relevant and contrasting sources that helped you compare insider testimony with later historical interpretation.

Your source evaluation goes beyond description by discussing origin, purpose, content, value, and limitations for both sources.

Your explanation of why these were the most useful sources could be a little more explicit.

Some limitations are phrased too broadly, especially where a source’s background is treated as proof of bias.

You could separate what each source proves directly from what it only suggests indirectly.

Your investigation is generally clear and logically organized, with a line of argument that remains focused on the research question.

You use a range of historians and sources to build and test your argument rather than relying on summary alone.

You do evaluate different historical perspectives and reach a reasoned conclusion that returns to the question.

Some causal claims are asserted more strongly than the evidence shown on the page can fully support.

A few comparisons between motives would be stronger if you made your standard of judgment more explicit and ranked the evidence more carefully.

There is occasional repetition and some wording is imprecise, which reduces clarity in places.