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1.5 Escaping The Madness (Class Presentation)

This document provides guidance for students on writing TOK journals. It explains that journal entries should be based on real-life situations that prompt questions about knowledge. Entries should [1] describe the situation, [2] link it to Areas of Knowledge, [3] identify a knowledge question, [4] discuss why the question is important, and [5] consider different perspectives. The document uses exemplar entries to illustrate these elements and encourages students to choose engaging situations for their entries. It also links the lesson to TOK assessment criteria and exhibition prompts.

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234 views12 pages

1.5 Escaping The Madness (Class Presentation)

This document provides guidance for students on writing TOK journals. It explains that journal entries should be based on real-life situations that prompt questions about knowledge. Entries should [1] describe the situation, [2] link it to Areas of Knowledge, [3] identify a knowledge question, [4] discuss why the question is important, and [5] consider different perspectives. The document uses exemplar entries to illustrate these elements and encourages students to choose engaging situations for their entries. It also links the lesson to TOK assessment criteria and exhibition prompts.

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BQ1 Foundations Lesson 5

ESCAPING THE
MADNESS
I can explain how and why we write a TOK journal
Starter
Why do you think people
write journals?
Why do we ask you to write a TOK
journal? (standard reasons)

● To help you practise reflection


● To get you watching the news
● To encourage you to read, watch films, etc.
● To build up a bank of ideas and real-life
situations for your essay
● To develop an understanding of
KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS
...but also
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I
wonder how all those, who do not write,
compose, or paint can manage to escape the
madness, the melancholia, the panic fear,
which is inherent in a human condition”

Graham Greene
What are TOK • TOK journal entries are based on personal, local, or global real-life situations (RLSs)

• RLSs can be things you have encountered inside or outside school, news stories, academic
journals? research, ethical controversies, artistic or cultural experiences, etc.

• Any RLS can be suitable if it makes you think, and ask meaningful questions about how we
know about the world.

• Your first two journal entries will represent your first TOK assessment, which you’ll hand
in in week XX. For the rubric for this, follow this link
Exemplar TOK
journal entries

Pairs - read through the


exemplar journals.

Try to work out how the


entries are structured. Aim
to identify 4 or 5 different
elements.
Exemplar TOK
journal entries
Pairs - go back to the journal entries.
Colour-code these different elements of the
entries:

● A description of the RLS.


● A link to one or more AOKs.
● An identification of a KQ.
● An evaluation of the importance. of
the question and the RLS.
● Discussion of how different
perspectives might affect the way
we answer the KQ.
Writing your journal entries?
Choose an interesting RLS that prompts us to ask questions
about knowledge. Then...

1. Concisely and clearly describe it.

2. Link it to the areas of knowledge.

3. Identify at least one second-order KQ.

4. Explain why the KQ and RLS is important and


significant.

5. Discuss how different perspectives might change the


way we answer this question.
Links to the Related exhibition prompt What is the relationship
between experience and knowledge (IAP-20)?
TOK exhibition ● Refer to the ideas from this lesson to answer this
question.
● For example, what role do our personal
experiences play in the way we understand the
world? What are the strengths and weaknesses of
relying on personal experiences to produce
knowledge about the world?
● Which objects could help to illustrate your
answer?
Write down one
question that you have
about how to write your
journal.
● During this lesson, we consider the highlighted aspects of the TOK course

● The images used in the presentation slides can also give students ideas about
selecting exhibition objects; see also our link below to a specific IA prompt
Linking this lesson to the

CORE THEME OPTIONAL THEMES AREAS OF TOK ASSESSMENT


KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge & the Indigenous societies The arts The TOK essay
knower

Language History

Politics The human sciences The TOK exhibition

Could be linked to IAP-


course

Religion Mathematics 20 (experience)

Technology The natural sciences


Explore the TOK themes and areas of knowledge in more depth via a
range of thinkers, media sources, and other resources, in our
EXPLORATION POINTS DOCUMENTS.

Access the documents via the links below. You’ll also find the EP icons
on all of the TOK course pages of the site to help you unpack the
quotes, KQs, and real-life situations that you find there.

CORE THEME OPTIONAL THEMES AREAS OF


KNOWLEDGE
● Knowledge & the know ● Indigenous societies
er ● Language ● The arts
● Politics ● History
● Religion ● Human sciences
● Technology ● Mathematics
● Natural sciences

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