IB skill practice

Analyse a global political challenge using a case study (HL)

Global Politics HL extension: case-study analysis of contemporary global political challenges (environment, poverty, health, identity, borders, security), linking real cases to key concepts (power, sovereignty, legitimacy, interdependence, human rights, development) and the four core units.

Paper 3 4 marks Difficulty 3

Analyse a challenge case study: Inequality and the Sustainable Development Goals (Poverty)

Global Politics HL global political challenges practice. This source pack about Inequality and the Sustainable Development Goals (Poverty challenge), at national and global development-target scale, is being used for this task focus: using a focused case study to analyse the challenge through course concepts. A student is writing a case-study response that links the challenge to course concepts. What should the next sentence do so source claims, actors, origin, purpose, perspective, visual evidence, concept link, and judgement are used accurately? Select the issue focus, source evidence, concept link, and evaluation judgement. Then answer in your own words: what should the student write next to strengthen this Global Politics HL response for the exact source or task? AI will analyse your source use, actor and stakeholder analysis, political concept link, evaluation, scale, and expression.

Worked practice: build the response

Construct the political analysis in order: issue focus, source evidence, concept link, then a balanced evaluation.