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BIG IDEA: Monuments, memory, and monarchy shape how power is constructed and remembered.

IB Diploma Programme: DP 1
Age Group: 16 to 17 years
Subjects: History + ESS + TOK
Type: Academic Field Investigation (IA skill development aligned)
Duration: Full-Day Experiential Academic Immersion
Venue: Srirangapatna • Mysuru
Learning Approach: Historical inquiry • Political analysis • Environmental interpretation • Evidence-based reasoning

CORE

TOK: The role of perspective and evidence in constructing historical knowledge

EE Support: Development of focused research questions • Primary site-based evidence collection • Source evaluation

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Power, Resistance, and Royal Authority is a DP 1 field investigation examining how political legitimacy is constructed, challenged, and memorialized through architecture and landscape.

Students explore Mughal-influenced funerary architecture at Srirangapatna, royal symbolism at Mysore Palace, and environmental aesthetics at Brindavan Gardens to analyse competing models of authority and cultural memory.

The program supports IB Internal Assessment competencies through structured field documentation, comparative evaluation, and disciplined argumentation.

KEY CONCEPTS

Power • Authority • Memory • Legitimacy • Representation

ATL SKILLS FOCUS

Students strengthen:

· Thinking Skills: critical analysis, comparison, evaluation
· Research Skills: primary observation, architectural documentation, contextual interpretation
· Communication Skills: structured historical argumentation, disciplinary vocabulary
· Self-Management Skills: academic focus, reflection
· Social Skills: collaborative reasoning, respectful dialogue

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will:

· analyse how rulers construct political legitimacy through architecture
· evaluate funerary monuments as tools of memory-making
· compare pre-colonial and princely state expressions of authority
· examine landscape design as symbolic power
· construct IA-style historical claims supported by field evidence

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will be able to:

· interpret architectural symbolism using historical terminology
· compare models of kingship and authority
· evaluate the relationship between political power and aesthetic display
· develop structured claim–evidence–analysis paragraphs
· formulate TOK-style knowledge questions

 

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