Age Group: 16–17 years
Type: Academic Field Investigation (Coursework and Essay Skill Development Aligned)
Duration: Full Academic Day
Venue: Belur • Talakadu • Shivanasamudra
Learning Approach: Inquiry-driven • Comparative Analysis • Field-Based Evidence Collection
Historical Interpretation:
Role of perspective and evidence in shaping understanding of political authority and environmental change
Coursework Skill Development:
Research question refinement • Primary observation methodology • Evidence selection and justification • Structured evaluative writing
Landscapes & Power is an AS Level field investigation exploring how sacred architecture, river systems and environmental transformation compete to define permanence, legitimacy and sustainability.
Students analyse temple symbolism at Belur, geomorphological transformation at Talakadu and hydropower systems at Shivanasamudra. The investigation evaluates how human intention and natural forces interact across time to shape political authority and cultural memory.
The programme directly supports coursework-style research, extended analytical writing and structured argument development through disciplined field documentation and comparative reasoning.
Power • Sustainability • Environmental Change • Cultural Memory • Representation • Impermanence
Students strengthen:
• Analytical reasoning and comparative evaluation
• Primary field documentation and annotation
• Structured academic writing using claim–evidence–analysis
• Research question formulation suitable for extended investigation
• Critical interpretation of competing explanations
Students will:
• Evaluate monuments as instruments of political authority
• Analyse environmental change as a historical force
• Compare sacred and natural systems of power
• Apply structured evidence selection and justification
• Formulate researchable questions grounded in field observation
Students will:
• Construct one sustained comparative argument using primary field observations
• Analyse river systems using systems and change-over-time frameworks
• Evaluate sustainability trade-offs across historical and modern contexts
• Develop one refined research question with justified variables
• Produce structured analytical writing demonstrating evaluative judgement
Knowledge and Understanding:
Accurate application of historical and environmental concepts.
Analysis:
Interpretation of monuments, river systems and landscape transformation using disciplinary vocabulary.
Evaluation:
Judgement of sustainability, authority and competing explanations.
Communication:
Structured, coherent academic argument supported by field evidence.
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