North Hills Preparatory
Theory of Knowledge
Ms. Biela
Theory of Knowledge Presentation Assessment Documentation
The ToK presentation is an exercise in creating and understanding Knowledge Questions and how they relate to and
explain the world around us. For this major assessment, you must outline your presentation; including your thinking
behind the project, your process for creation and intended treatment of the primary Knowledge Question. It should
provide clear evidence of an inquiry in keeping with the aims and objectives of TOK, and meeting the requirements of
the assessment criteria for the presentation. It must not be an essay, but should be in skeleton or bullet point form.
Requirements for the outline: IN THIS ORDER (Due 4/17/15-midnight to turnitin) This is a MAJOR GRADE
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A (working) Title
A copy of your real world event (or in the case of a broader idea, a brief explanation of the real world issue)
Your stated primary KQ
A paragraph explaining your critical analysis questions/ideas
Your 2-4 developed KQs (Question-ettes)
A copy of the supporting real world issues
Requirements for the presentation: Begin 5/05/15-End 5/19/15
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You may present in groups of 1, 2, or 3
The length depends on how many students you have:
o 1 person-9-11 minutes
o 2 people-19-21 minutes
o 3 people-28-30 minutes
Your presentation must NOT go over 30 minutes
Your focus should be on the KQs you create NOT about an event itself
Following are examples of previous presentations and the rubric for the Oral Presentation.
Title:
Real life example:
Knowledge issue:
Building bridges
with language
Arabic to be made mandatory in
all Israeli school
To what extent does language shape thought?
Freedom or
knowledge?
The Wikileaks disclosure about
American involvement in Iraq
What should be our priority: establishing a firm
ethical standpoint or gathering knowledge about
the world?
Sourcing our food
Monsanto and genetically
engineered food
Who should decide on the part played by
natural science in our lives?
Righteous anger
Obama allowing a Muslim
community centre to be built near
Ground Zero
Should there be a limit to multicultural
tolerance?
Art and its
audience
Joshua Bell busking in New York
City
What shapes the way we appreciate and
understand art?
Prime Time news
The Manila tourist bus hijacking
Has the news become entertainment and what
are the implications of this?
North Hills Preparatory
Theory of Knowledge
Ms. Biela
The following diagram shows the question underpinning a global impression judgment of the TOK presentation.
North Hills Preparatory
Theory of Knowledge
Ms. Biela
TOK presentation assessment instrument
Do(es) the presenter(s) succeed in showing how TOK concepts can have practical application?
Level 5
Level 4
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
Excellent
Very good
Satisfactory
Basic
Elementary
Irrelevant
9–10
7–8
5–6
3–4
1–2
0
The presentation is
focused on a wellformulated
The presentation
knowledge
identifies a
The
question that is
The presentation is
presentation
knowledge
clearly connected focused on a
The presentation
question that
describes a
to a specified real- knowledge question
identifies a
has some
real-life
life situation. The that is connected to a
knowledge question
connection to a
situation
knowledge
specified real-life
and a real-life
specified realwithout
question is
situation. The
situation, although
life situation.
reference to The
effectively
knowledge question
the connection
The knowledge
presentation
any
explored in the
is explored in the
between them may
question is
does not
knowledge
context of the real- context of the real-life
not be convincing.
explored in the
question, or reach the
life situation,
situation, using clear
There is some
context of the
treats an
standard
using convincing arguments, with
attempt to explore
real-life
abstract
described by
arguments, with acknowledgment of
the knowledge
situation, using
knowledge
levels 1–5.
investigation of
different
question. There is
some adequate
question
different
perspectives. The
limited awareness of
arguments.
without
perspectives. The outcomes of the
the significance of
There is some
connecting it
the outcomes of the
outcomes of the analysis are shown to
awareness of the
to any specific
analysis are
be significant to the
analysis.
significance of
real-life
shown to be
real-life situation.
the outcomes of
situation.
significant to the
the analysis.
chosen real-life
situation and to
others.
Some possible characteristics
Underdeveloped
Sophisticated
Credible
Relevant
Basic
Discerning
Analytical
Adequate
Unbalanced
Insightful
Organized
Acceptable
Superficial
Compelling
Pertinent
Predictable
Derivative
Lucid
Coherent
Rudimentary