Paper 3 Party !!!
Download the Specimen Paper 3 from the IB and complete for homework! We’ll discuss next class !!
What We Have Been Discussing
Math Can Mess Us Up: Statistics in the age of CaronaVirus
Mark Twain famously remarked, “There are three types of lies: lies damn lies and statistics.” We’ve all heard statistics thrown around relative to the Caronavirus: infection rate, death rate, probability. The problem is that we don’t have accurate intuition in regard to what these numbers …
Independent research into Imperialism
In order to better understand imperialism and its effects globally, engage in the learning helper linked HERE in which you’ll be required to research an example of imperialism and present the case to the class. In the process, you’ll also answer one of our four …
What I have learned
Make a copy of the learning helper, WHAT I’VE LEARNED and work with your group to reflect on the past two years!
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Understanding the French Revolution via Allegory
An allegory is an extended analogy designed to articulate information. There have been many famous allegories throughout history such as George Orwell’s Animal Farm, a cautionary allegory about the rise of soviet style communism. The Greek philosopher Plato used an allegory to explain his meta-physics via his …
Understanding How to write knowledge questions
Understanding how to recognize and write knowledge claims and knowledge questions are key skills in TOK! This skill however is novel to most students and thus takes some getting used to! In order to facilitate your understanding of how to do this, work through the …
Application of Knowledge: What makes a Terror?
After reading and learning about the Terror during the French Revolution, it is important that you understand the etiology (cause) of the phenomena. Move through this learning activity in order to better understand the origin of oppression.
Technology and fake news: A psychological analysis of digital truth making
Move through the learning helper linked HERE in order to learn research, content and concepts related to the effects of technology on a cognitive process, specifically — Memory
Is Killing for a greater good moral? Putting utilitarianism to the test in the French Rev
As you learned during our unit on the enlightenment, utilitarianism is a school of moral thought that holds that an action is moral if it brings the greatest good to the greatest number of people. Consider this philosophy as you read Robespierre’s speech to the …