IB Global Politics · SL and HL
One-to-one support for political concepts, current cases, source analysis, sustained essays, the engagement project, and the HL extension—aligned to first assessment in 2026.
Current examples need analytical control
Students learn to connect a relevant case to course concepts, prescribed content, diverse perspectives, and the exact demand of the question.
Direct answer
The current IB Global Politics course, first assessed in 2026, combines core topics with three thematic studies: rights and justice, development and sustainability, and peace and conflict. All students complete an engagement project; HL students also study global political challenges through researched case studies.
Tutoring helps students apply political concepts and prescribed content to sources and real cases, compare perspectives, build and evaluate arguments, and reflect on research and engagement. Current events provide evidence, but they only become useful when the student can contextualize and analyze them accurately.
One need, a clear next step
Use regular tutoring to build course understanding, exam preparation for timed performance, or written feedback for an eligible complete draft.
For course understanding
Connect concepts, content, cases, and perspectives through one-to-one explanation and guided practice.
Book the free sessionFor Papers 1, 2 or 3
Practise source work, sustained essays, synthesis, and case-study use under the timings and demands of the current papers.
Explore exam preparationFor a complete draft
Get criteria-referenced comments on eligible written work without research, editing, or rewritten content.
See essay feedbackCourse-aware support
Older resources describe the pre-2026 model. Our page and lessons use the new guide and confirm whether the student is at SL or HL.
Political concepts and prescribed content developed through relevant cases and diverse local, national, international, and global contexts.
Source-based analysis in Paper 1 and extended responses across thematic studies and core topics in Paper 2.
Independent inquiry into a local or community political issue, plus the HL extension and Paper 3 for Higher Level students.
Use political concepts to interpret evidence rather than merely define terms.
Contextualize a specific example and make its relevance to the claim explicit.
Compare how position, power, interests, and assumptions shape political judgments.
Assess claims, evidence, trade-offs, implications, and possible unintended consequences.
Our approach
The exact lesson changes by student. The underlying process stays clear, practical, and accountable.
We confirm the programme, subject, level, cohort, school deadlines, current work, and the student’s own priorities before suggesting a plan.
The educator models a method, guides focused practice, and asks the student to explain or apply it independently so progress is visible.
Every session closes with a practical priority: a short practice task, revision focus, draft decision, or plan for the next lesson.
Learn before you book
Begin with the current first-assessment-2026 course, then place preparation against the student’s actual exam session.
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Contact Bespoke LearningYes. The current course is first assessed in May 2026. It uses core topics, three thematic studies, an engagement project for SL and HL, and an HL extension assessed through Paper 3. Older guides may describe a different structure.
The current guide names rights and justice, development and sustainability, and peace and conflict. Students integrate these with the course’s core topics, political concepts, and relevant contexts.
For first assessment in 2026, the official guide gives Paper 1 a 30% weighting, Paper 2 a 40% weighting, and the engagement project a 30% weighting at SL.
For first assessment in 2026, Paper 1 is 20%, Paper 2 is 30%, Paper 3 is 30%, and the engagement project is 20% at HL.
A tutor can teach inquiry, course connections, ethical planning, analysis, and reflection, and can ask questions about the student’s process. The student must choose, conduct, research, and write the project in line with school guidance.
Tutors can discuss relevant current cases and help students evaluate sources. Students also learn to research and verify examples independently, because relevance and accuracy matter more than memorizing a fixed case bank.
Continue exploring
We will use the free session to confirm SL or HL, the assessment component, the student’s current evidence, and the most useful next step.
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