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High school resources for SMART Notebook and for International Baccalaureate
IB Theory of Knowledge - What Knowledge is important?
This exercise ask ToK students to work in groups to design their own IB curriculum. What subjects should be mandatory? What subjects should be optional? Why? All of these prompts are used to help guide students to produce a "new" IBDP curriculum. Groups share their conclusions with the class. The teacher can then discuss with the class the various choices. Why did you choose to make that subject compulsory? Which knowledge is important? What if we disagree about which knowledge is important? The
Grades:
11th - 12th
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IB Theory of Knowledge - Prohibit, Tolerate, Respect Game
A fun way to start teaching Ethics in ToK. Students are given index cards that have the names of various ethically controversial behaviour on them, for example arranged marriages, cloning, homosexuality etc. Students work in groups to place the cards in one of 3 categories - behaviour that is so offensive, it should be prohibited, behaviour that they feel is perhaps is unethical but should be tolerated, and behaviour that is acceptable and should be respected. When the groups are done with their
Grades:
11th - 12th
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IB Theory of Knowledge - Justifying Knowledge Claims
A series of SmartBoard Notebook slides that are discussion prompts that could be done as small group discussions or as a whole class. The slides take students through the process of justifying knowledge claims. What makes a claim believable? Why do we believe some claims and not others? How do we discover if a claim is false? Easily convertible to PDF format if you choose to use this as a handout.
Grades:
11th - 12th
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IB Theory of Knowledge - The Strengths and Weaknesses of Induction
A 3 page SmartBoard Notebook file that contains discussion prompts about induction as a tool of logic and reasoning. The first page asks students to work in groups to identify generalizations that they routinely use in their IB subject classes and to assign some importance to them. Then the second and third slides move to a discussion of why we use inductive thinking (generalizations) and what makes a good (or not so good) generalization. All slides are easily convertible to PDF format if you pr
Grades:
11th - 12th
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 individu
Grades:
11th - 12th
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IB Theory of Knowledge - History and Inventions
A single-page SmartBoard Notebook file that contains 3 separate discussion prompts asking students to think about, identify and justify their "most historically significant" invention. This could be done as a whole class or in small groups. Students are then asked to discuss the predictability of history vs. the predictability in other natural and human sciences. The file is easily convertible to PDF format if you choose to use it as a hard-copy handout.
Grades:
11th - 12th
IB Theory of Knowledge - Perception and Culture
A series of SmartBoard Notebook slides with discussion prompts that ask students to consider whether or not their life experience affects the way they view and perceive the world. This discussion can be preceded or followed by an explanation of the role of sensation and interpretation. The prompts could also be used as a ToK in-class writing assignment. The file is easily convertible to PDF format if you choose to use it as a handout.
Grades:
11th - 12th
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IB Theory of Knowledge - The Historical Method
A three-page SmartBoard Notebook file that contains discussion prompts asking students to discuss why certain events are considered historically significant and others are not. What makes history? This exercise could be done in small groups or as a whole class. Any of the prompts could be used as a writing assignment as well. The file is easily convertible to a PDF if you choose to use it as a hard-copy handout.
Grades:
11th - 12th
IB Theory of Knowledge - The Importance of Reasoning
A two page SmartBoard Notebook file that contains discussion prompts for students wherein they are asked to talk about why logic and reasoning are important tools. This can lead to a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of reasoning as a Way of Knowing. Files are easily convertible to PDF format if you choose to use them as handouts instead. Discussion prompts can also be used as writing assignments or as group work if you wish.
Grades:
11th - 12th
IB Theory of Knowledge - Where does your conscience come from?
A simple two-page SmartBoard Notebook file that contains discussion prompts for students as part of their unit on ethics. The discussion can be done in groups or as a whole class. It could even be given as a written assignment. Easily convertible to PDF for photocopying, if you choose to use it as a handout.
Grades:
11th - 12th
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IB Theory of Knowledge - Knowing the Past
A SmartBoard Notebook file that contains a series of quotes about the study of history as well as two photos from the Russian Revolution, one with Trotsky next to Lenin, the other with Trotsky airbrushed out after Stalin's rise to power. These are then used to introduce the concept of ambiguity of knowledge gained from the past. How can we be sure we know the past? Students can then be lead to the concepts of repetition and reliability of historical evidence to produce certainty. The file is eas
Grades:
11th - 12th
IB Theory of Knowledge - The Benefits and Drawbacks of Hindsight
A SmartBoard Notebook file that contains quotes from Adolf Hitler and Louis XVI of France to introduce the concept of how historians cannot directly observe their data and thus must rely on memory and logic, mainly of other people. The quotes can be used as discussion prompts or as writing assignments. The file is easily convertible to a PDF format if you choose to use it as a handout.
Grades:
11th - 12th
IB Theory of Knowledge - I See What You Mean
A one-page SmartBoard Notebook file with a few discussion prompts on the importance of the 5 senses in learning, knowing and believing. It starts by asking students to discuss why we use the phrase, "I see what you mean" as opposed to "I smell what you mean". The prompt could also be used as a writing assignment if you choose. The file is easily convertible to PDF format. The lesson objective is to raise awareness of why and how our 5 senses lead to a high degree of certainty as we personally ex
Grades:
11th - 12th
IB Theory of Knowledge - Misunderstandings
A two-page SmartBoard Notebook file that starts with some questions/discussion prompts about misunderstandings. The second page contains a hyperlink to a YouTube clip that shows a blind homeless man with a sign that simply says "I'm blind, please help". He receives very little money. A passer-by changes his sign to "It's a beautiful day and I can't see it" whereupon he begins to receive money from nearly everyone who passes by. This allows students to discuss why the change of language affects
Grades:
11th - 12th
IB Theory of Knowledge - Self-Interest Theory
A simple one-page SmartBoard Notebook file that contains questions that could be used as a written assignment or as discussion prompts. It is best if they are used with a reading from any of the published ToK textbooks on Self-Interest Theory. The file is easily convertible to PDF format if you choose to print it and use it as a handout.
Grades:
11th - 12th
IB Theory of Knowledge - The Relation Between Reason and Emotion
A good starter lesson for teaching Emotion and Intuition as a Way of Knowing. The single SmartBoard Notebook file contains questions that can be used as a writing assignment or preferably as discussion prompts that could be discussed in small groups or with a whole class. Easily convertable to PDF format for easy photocopying if you prefer to use this as a handout.
Grades:
11th - 12th
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IB Theory of Knowledge - Political Correctness and Language
A single-page SmartBoard Notebook file that contains a list of politically correct terms along with a discussion prompt that asks students to evaluate the effect of political correctness on language and meaning. This could be used as a prompt for a written assignment as well, if desired. The file is easily convertible to PDF format if you choose to use it as a handout.
Grades:
11th - 12th
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