IB History HL Internal Assessment Example

You chose a sharply focused research question with a clear topic, group, place, and time frame.

You selected two relevant sources that give both contemporary and retrospective perspectives.

You explained why each source was relevant to the investigation and showed awareness of their different viewpoints.

Your source evaluation includes origin, purpose, content, and some discussion of value and limitation.

Some limitations are stated too generally and could be tied more directly to the specific wording or evidence in the source.

A few critical points would be stronger if you used more precise source-based evidence rather than broader claims about historians or academic writing.

The evaluation is strong overall, but it is not always equally rigorous for both sources in terms of specificity.

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

You use a range of evidence and often connect that evidence to a judgement about the limits of the New Deal for African Americans.

You show real awareness of different perspectives and do not treat relief measures as automatically equal to racial justice.

Your conclusion clearly answers the question and is consistent with the evidence you present.

At times the writing becomes repetitive, especially when returning to the same overall claim about limited equality.

Some claims are developed more assertively than demonstratively, so the causal links could be argued with more precision.

A few pieces of evidence, especially individual testimony, need a clearer explanation of how far they can support broader conclusions.

Some comparisons between programmes and political effects would be stronger with more explicit step-by-step explanation rather than summary statements.