IB Theory of Knowledge - Degrees of Certainty

An easy, accessible way to start your ToK course. Students view the SmartBoard Notebook file and place the various statements, all of which begin with "I know..." on a "Certainty Graph" ranging from 100% certain to highly doubtful. Students share their choices and must defend them to the class. Students are then asked to discuss what criteria they apply to a knowledge claim to decide its certainty. This could be done as a writing assignment too.Students can do this activity in groups or individually. The file is easily convertible to PDF format should you choose to use this as a handout.