IB Diploma Programme: DP 2
Age Group: 17 to 18 years
Subjects: History HL/SL + ESS + TOK
Type: Advanced Interdisciplinary Field Investigation Supporting IA and Extended Essay Development
Duration: Full-Day Comparative Authority and Environmental Systems Analysis
Venue: Belur • Talakadu • Shivanasamudra
Learning Approach: Historiographical evaluation • Systems modelling • Comparative legitimacy analysis • Evidence-based synthesis
TOK: To what extent do environmental and architectural systems serve as reliable knowledge sources about past societies?
EE Support: Refinement of interdisciplinary research questions • Variable isolation • Source classification • Limitation and bias analysis
Sacred Landscapes, Environmental Change, and Political Authority is a DP 2 analytical field investigation examining the intersection of architecture, geomorphology, hydrology, and political legitimacy.
Students move beyond descriptive comparison toward evaluative synthesis. Monuments are treated as constructed historical sources, river systems as dynamic environmental models, and hydropower infrastructure as modern statecraft.
The immersion mirrors IA and EE criteria by requiring command-term responses, counterclaims, and methodological critique.
Legitimacy • Environmental Determinism • Systems Equilibrium • Resilience • Cultural Memory
· Thinking Skills: evaluation, synthesis, counterclaim development
· Research Skills: source triangulation, systems modelling, variable identification
· Communication Skills: structured analytical writing using command terms
· Self-Management Skills: methodological precision
· Social Skills: structured academic debate
Students must produce:
• Comparative Monument Source Evaluation
• River Systems Impact Model
• Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Table
• 500-word Evaluative Comparative Essay
• IA or EE Research Proposal with methodology and limitations
Reflection-only submissions are not accepted.
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