August 19, 2024

Agenda

• Starter: 8/19/24 - What is TOK?

  • If someone asked you, “What is theory of knowledge?”, how would you explain it?

  • What questions do you still have about it?

• Assignment: Mind Map

• Using the TOK 12 Key Concepts and Teacher Additions as your word bank, create a mind map that shows the relationships between these concepts. How do they relate to one another?

• Graphic Organizer

• Journal Entry: Pairs

  • Can you think of any examples of how our ‘personal and societal affiliations’ (an optional theme) might shape the way we make sense of the world?

  • Can you think of any additional areas of knowledge (AOKs) that could be added?

• Journal Entry: The 12 Key Concepts

  • Choose any of the key concepts. 

  • What role does it play in the way of your school subjects?

  • How might being aware of the 12 key concepts help us to think objectively about the world?

• Assignment: Course Concepts Gallery Walk

  • With your group, make a poster for your assigned course concept.

  • Include the concept, a simple definition in your own words, and an image.

  • We will do a gallery walk when we are done.