Theory of Knowledge
Syllabus—2nd 9 Weeks
Date
Day 1
Tue/Wed
10/14-15
Day 2
Thu/Fri
10/16-17
Day 3
Mon/Tue
10/20-21
Day 4
Wed/Thu
10/22-23
Day 5
Fri/Mon
10/24-27
Day 6
Tue/Wed
10/28-29
Day 7
Thu/Fri
10/30-31
Day 8
Mon/Tue
11/3-4
Day 9
Wed
11/5
Day 10
Thu/Fri
11/6-7
Day 11
Mon/Tue
11/10-11
Day 12
Wed/Thu
11/12-13
Day 13
Fri/Mon
11/14-17
Day 14
Tue/Wed
11/18-19
Day 15
Fri 11/20-21
Due Today
Embracing our
Differences
Unit BEGINS
Choose 1
political cartoon
and answer
questions
Original
Political
Cartoon
In-Class
Review ToK Aims
Intro EoD partnership with non-profit
Explore how to use The Arts (AOK) as a communication
method for complex ideas
EoD small group activity from archived Picasso PT essay.
Use art as a means to communicate:
PT/KQ/Argument/Counter
EoD PPT-Dr. Suess
Cartoon question review
Small group: Create original political cartoon using
provided standards
Assigned Today
Choose 1 political
cartoon and
answer questions
Original Political
Cartoon
Discuss EoD project
Connect PT Essay and requirements
Work on EE
EE Due 10/31
Midnight
Halloween Origins-History Channel
Discussion: Which AoK and WoK do we use as a society?
Love Letters lesson from DMA
Explore the power of Art as a form of defiance and
understanding
DMA Field Trip
Choose 1 piece
and describe its
message via
standards
PT Essay Due
11/7 Midnight
Work on PT Essay
Work on EoD project
EoD Project
Due
“Hey I
remember
that!” Unit
BEGINS
Read handout
and bring
questions.
Answer
questions on
worksheet
Present EoD projects
WoK: Language lesson
What is your KP?
WoK: Language lesson 2
What is your KP?
ToK Journal Compilation
Review and Evaluate 3 entries for growth and
understanding
Review Common PT Essay Errors
Give Back PT Essays
Read handout and
bring questions.
Day 16
Mon/Tue
12/1-2
Day 17
Wed/Thu
12/3-4
Day 18
Fri/Mon
12/5-8
Thanksgiving Break
PT Essay Peer editing-Group students in 1-6 choices
Focus on KQ and KP
Provide 3 potential
amended KQ
and/or KP
PT Essay Peer Editing
Focus on Argument/Counter-Argument
DEAD WEEK
Day 19
Tue/Wed
12/9-10
DEAD WEEK
Day 20
Thu/Fri
12/11-12
Semester
Exam
12/15-18
DEAD WEEK
Major Grades:
 Final EE
 First Draft PT Essay
 EoD Project
Movie-TBD Dead Poet’s Society/Final Cut/A Beautiful
Mind
Small group discussion: WoK-memory, sense perception,
intuition, reason, imagination AoK- Ethics, IKS, Math, Arts
Movie-TBD Dead Poet’s Society/Final Cut/A Beautiful
Mind
Small group discussion: WoK-memory, sense perception,
intuition, reason, imagination AoK- Ethics, IKS, Math, Arts
Break out discussion on movie questions
Answer questions
from worksheet