A step-by-step practice frame for the IB World Religions investigative study. Investigate a focused belief, practice or issue from a tradition not studied in your course, summarise your significant findings, and critically reflect on and evaluate your sources sensitively — with the five assessment criteria and the 1,500–1,800-word investigative method built in.
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The IB World Religions internal assessment is an investigative study: a focused, evidence-based investigation of a specific religious belief, practice, experience or contemporary issue within a religion, written in roughly 1,800 words and structured in clear parts. This examiner-written practice frame walks you through the method step by step — choose a genuinely focused topic within a single tradition, turn it into one answerable research question with a clear rationale, plan which primary and secondary sources will answer it, carry out the investigation, then analyse and interpret the evidence and reach a measured conclusion. Each step is paired with the assessment criteria, worked good-and-bad examples and the traps that cost marks, and your study exports to DOCX or PDF. It is free to start: the planning sections are free, and the later sections are a one-time unlock per tool. Sign in to save your work and sync it across devices.
The investigative study is marked on its focus and rationale, the quality and use of primary and secondary evidence, the analysis and interpretation of that evidence, and the clarity, balance, sensitivity and referencing of the writing. Top studies investigate a clearly focused question, draw on a real range of sources rather than describing them, weigh more than one perspective fairly, and reach a measured, well-supported conclusion — all expressed in clear prose that treats a living faith with empathy and references every source accurately.
The whole study is built around one focused research question — usually a "how" or "why" question about a specific belief, practice or issue within a religion. Treat it as a genuine investigation: gather relevant primary evidence (scripture, ritual texts, interviews, observation) and secondary scholarship, reference every source, and interpret what the evidence reveals rather than simply describing it. Keep the study balanced across perspectives and sensitive to the tradition throughout, and let the conclusion answer the exact question the evidence supports.
The World Religions investigative-study tool is free to start: the planning sections are free, and the later sections are a one-time unlock per tool. You sign in to save your work to your own account and sync it across devices. The frame and its guidance are written by experienced IB educators.