Ms. Main
TOK Concepts
Famous IB graduates
Types of Knowledge
The Knower
100

Ms. Main went to high school at this FCPS high school. 

What is Robinson?

100

This is the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. 

What is power?

100

The Prime Minister of Canada. 

Who is Justin Trudeau?

100

Knowledge that focuses on what you or I know. 

What is personal knowledge?
100

A person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.

What are values?

200

This is Ms. Main's favorite color. 

What is orange?

200

This could be defined as "the learned patterns of behaviour (i.e. traditions and customs) characteristic of a society" or as "the fabric of meaning in terms of which human beings interpret their experience and guide their action."

What is culture?

200

This singer is known for her songs TikTok and We R Who We R

Who is Kesha?

200

Knowledge that focuses on what a group knows.

What is shared knowledge?

200

You have this, it is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is.

What is identity?

300

This is where Ms. Main taught before coming to Robinson. 

What is Lake Braddock?

300

This is a lack of bias, judgment, or prejudice. 

What is objectivity?

300

This singer is known for her song Solar Power. 

Who is Lorde?
300

Knowledge that comes through living. 

What is experiential knowledge?

300

TOK attempts to be open to alternative __________ and to be able to assess them critically.

What are perspectives?

400

This is where Ms. Main went to undergrad/college. 

What is Penn State?

400

This is an acceptable reason for doing something. 

What is justification?

400

He is a rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls. He rose to fame in June 2017 when he became the first person to free solo a route on El Capitan. 

Who is Alex Honnold?

400
Knowledge that comes through tying a shoelace or replacing a tire. 

What is procedural knowledge?

400

This is important to understand/take into account when discussing: 

  • Interpreting historical events

  • Sharing about historical events

  • Reporting current events

  • Pursuing scientific questions / inquiry

  • Reporting scientific evidence / findings

  • Seeking explanations of human behavior

  • Reporting explanations of human behavior

  • Determining the value of art or artistic expression.

  • Interpreting statistics. 


THIS IS EVERYTHING!


What is context?

500

Ms. Main was born in this southern state. 

What is Kentucky?

500

Needed in every TOK response. 

What is evidence?

500

He is the current host of Jeopardy! 

Who is Ken Jennings?

500

Knowledge that comes through playing games like this one. 

What are knowledge claims?

500

The difference between one idea being universal and unconditional and another only holds that moral rules only apply to a specific group of people.  

What is Moral Absolutism vs Moral Relativism?