IB Diploma Programme: DP 1
Age Group: 16 to 17 years
Subjects: ESS + History + TOK
Type: Academic Field Investigation (IA and EE skill development aligned)
Duration: Full-Day Experiential Academic Immersion
Venue: Belur • Talakadu • Shivanasamudra
Learning Approach: Inquiry-driven • Comparative analysis • Field-based evidence collection
TOK: Role of interpretation in shaping historical and environmental knowledge
EE Support: Research question refinement • Primary observation skills • Evidence selection and justification
Sacred Landscapes and Environmental Power is a DP 1 academic field investigation exploring how architecture, river systems, and environmental change interact to shape political authority and cultural memory.
Students analyse temple symbolism, geomorphological transformation at Talakadu, and hydropower systems at Shivanasamudra to evaluate how human intention and natural forces interact over time.
The program directly supports IB Internal Assessment competencies and Extended Essay skills through structured field documentation, comparative reasoning, and evidence-based argumentation.
Power • Sustainability • Cultural Memory • Environmental Change • Representation
Students strengthen:
· Thinking Skills: analysis, comparison, evaluation, synthesis
· Research Skills: primary data collection, field annotation, source triangulation
· Communication Skills: structured argumentation, disciplinary vocabulary use
· Self-Management Skills: independent inquiry, academic discipline
· Social Skills: collaborative reasoning, critical dialogue
Students will:
· evaluate monuments as instruments of political authority
· analyse environmental change as a historical force
· compare sacred and natural systems of power
· apply IA-style evidence selection and justification
· formulate researchable questions suitable for EE exploration
Students will be able to:
· construct comparative arguments using primary field observations
· analyse river systems through ESS frameworks
· evaluate sustainability trade-offs across time
· develop TOK-style knowledge questions
· produce structured claim–evidence–analysis writing
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