November 6, 2024

Agenda

1. Starter: 11/6

   • When was the last time you visited a museum, and what were your impressions of it?

   • What knowledge can we gain from visiting museums that we can’t gain from reading books - or going online?

   • Specifically, how does it help us to understand the world to see material objects for ourselves?

2. Activity: Objects As Sources of Knowledge

   • Follow this link to the BBC series, A History of the World in 100 Objects.

     • What was the premise of this series?

     • Choose one of the objects, and find out why it was chosen to represent an event or period in history. 

     • What does this show us about the way objects can provide us with knowledge about the world?

3. Paired Activity: Objects As Sources of Knowledge

   • In pairs, think about what you’ve learned today, either inside or outside school. 

     • What object would you choose to represent a new idea, issue, or thinker that you’ve come across?

     • Which aspect of TOK does your object link to most closely? Use the diagram to remind you of the AOKs and themes.

4. Assignment: TOK Exhibition Infographic

   • You’re going to design an infographic helping students to create a great TOK exhibition.

   • You will focus one aspect of the exhibition, indicated by a colour, and find out about it via this padlet.

     • Click here if the padlet isn’t working

   • Possible assigned colors: white, blue, yellow, pink, green, purple.

     • Exhibition basics: white

     • Assessment targets: yellow

     • IA prompts: pink

     • Exhibition objects: blue

     • Exhibition commentary: green

     • Exhibition day: purple

   • Now get researching the TOK exhibition!

     • Read and synthesize the most important information about the TOK exhibition.

     • Use the Padlet to help you create an infographic on Canva.

     • Each infographic must have at a minimum five points (but many will have more)

5. Exit Ticket: 11/6

   • What question/s do you still have about creating an exhibition?