What is TOK?

The Arts

• Theory, hypothesis, paradigm, rationalism, falsification

• Securalism, pantheism, polytheism, scriptures, evangelism, monotheism

• Tradition, folklore, culture, nomads, rituals, ancestry, storytelling.

• Beauty, contemporary, catharsis, kitsch, forgery, aesthetics,mimesis.

Indigenous knowledge systems

• Beauty, contemporary, catharsis, kitsch, forgery, aesthetics,mimesis.

• Theory, hypothesis, paradigm, rationalism, falsification.

• Tradition, folklore, culture, nomads, rituals, ancestry, storytelling.

• Securalism, pantheism, polytheism, scriptures, evangelism, monotheism.

Natural Sciences

• Beauty, contemporary, catharsis, kitsch, forgery, aesthetics,mimesis.

• Tradition, folklore, culture, nomads, rituals, ancestry, storytelling.

• Theory, hypothesis, paradigm, rationalism, falsification.

• Securalism, pantheism, polytheism, scriptures, evangelism, monotheism.

Where does ToK fit into the IB Diploma?

• Studies in Language and Literature

• The Core

• Individuals and Societies

• Creativity, Activity and Service

Which of the following terms from ToK refers to you?

• The Thinker

• An IB student

• The Knower

• The Puzzler

Which of these best defines an Area of Knowledge?

• The ways in which we categorize ideas and concepts in order to understand them.

• Subjects we study in the IB Diploma Programme

• The personal and societal affiliations which shape the way we make sense of knowledge.

• The groups into which we place knowledge.

Which Area of Knowledge is this?

• History

• Human Sciences

• Language

• Politics

Which Area of Knowledge is this?

• Theatre

• History

• Literature

• The Arts

Which Optional Theme?

• The Arts

• Human Sciences

• Religion

• Politics

Which Optional Theme is this?

• Human Sciences

• Religion

• The Arts

• Indigenous societies