IB History SL Internal Assessment Example

You state a focused and workable research question with a clear actor, process, and historical scope.

You choose appropriate academic sources and explain clearly why each one is relevant to your line of inquiry.

You evaluate the origins, purpose, content, value, and limitations of both sources in a way that stays tied to your question.

Your wording occasionally implies a stronger causal claim than the evidence can fully support.

Some of your evaluative comments could weigh bias and perspective more systematically.

A slightly tighter geographical and chronological framing would make the question even more precise.

Your investigation is generally clear and logically structured, with a recognisable argument that develops from economic decline to ethnic violence and wider regional instability.

You use evidence from a range of source types and make genuine attempts to explain mechanisms rather than simply narrate events.

You acknowledge alternative perspectives and bring the discussion back to your central question in a reasoned conclusion.

Some of your causal claims are stated too absolutely and would be stronger if you separated contribution from primary cause.

At points, the argument relies on assertion more than fully unpacked evidence, especially when moving from policy failures to violence.

The investigation would be stronger if you weighed competing explanations more consistently across the essay and used more reliable academic or primary evidence throughout.