INTERNAL ASSESSMENT - HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION 

20 hours in total / max. 2200 words excluding references and footnotes

PART 1: "IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF SOURCES"

In the first 'IA' section state the research question, please. Describe reasons why the chosen sources are appropriate for the investigation. Present all of the sources that are relevant for the investigation. Think about rearranging O.P.V.L. system for TWO sources only in a juxtaposition that limits and values are going to correspond with origins and limitations. Try to choose both that are dealing with the same matter, whereas a reader will find different perspectives. Use also formal English in order to gain maximum number of points, so 5 or even 6. You can even address all of the historical concepts. Word count: up to 500 words.

PART 2: "INVESTIGATION"

In the second part, decide how the investigation should be organized. You can shorten a little bit previous section up to 500 words in order to write around 1,300 words in Investigation. Remember to correlate investigation with the research question. Please use as many sources as you can proving your thesis. Come up with evaluation of different perspectives. The conclusion of the investigation should go together with the evidences and arguments presented here. Word count: up to 1300 words.

PART 3: "REFLECTION"

Please use the given paragraph as the EE's conclusion. Reflection is clearly focused on what the investigation highlighted to you about the methods used by the historian. The reflection demonstrates clear awareness of challenges facing the Historian and/or limitations of the methods used by the historian. There is a clear and explicit connection between the reflection and the rest of the investigation. – It must be consistent. Word count: up to 400 words.

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'Examples of discussion questions that may help to encourage reflection include the following. 
- What methods used by historians did you use in your investigation? 
- What did your investigation highlight to you about the limitations of those methods? 
- What are the challenges facing the historian? How do they differ from the challenges facing a scientist or a mathematician? 
- What challenges in particular does archive-based history present? 
- How can the reliability of sources be evaluated? 
- What is the difference between bias and selection? 
- What constitutes a historical event? 
- Who decides which events are historically significant? 
- Is it possible to describe historical events in an unbiased way? 
- What is the role of the historian? 
- Should terms such as “atrocity” be used when writing about history, or should value judgments be 
avoided? 
- If it is difficult to establish proof in history, does that mean that all versions are equally acceptable?' (taken from Subject Guide, p. 87.)