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TOK Sem 1

DATE	Daily Plan
Jan 27	FINAL EXAM Prescribed Titles Final Exam Essay Assessment Rubric TOK Essay Writing Tips
Jan 23	Bell Work:  None Prepare for the Final Exam Homework:  none Prescribed Titles Final Exam Essay Assessment Rubric TOK Essay Writing Tips
Jan 21	Bell Work:  Read essay on Utilitarianism / Deontology Ethics Discussion Intro to the TOK Paper (Prescribed Titles) Homework:  none Essay Assessment Rubric TOK Essay Writing Tips
Jan 16	Bell Work:  Read "Slippery Slopes" Read "Foundation of Morals and respond to chapter questions Homework:  none
Jan 14	Bell Work:  None Frontline "Growing Up Online" (Watch chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6) Homework:  none
Jan 8 - 12	Bell Work: What things do you utilize to make ethical decisions?   Intro to ethics ( Ethics Discussion Questions ) Pillow Angel Ethics Nation of Cheaters Everybody Does It Walmart Wrestling Steriods   Homework:  none
Jan 6	Bell Work: none Wrap up science Homework:  none
Dec 8 - 10	Bell Work: What is Science? and is it created or discovered? Nature of science Cube activity Homework:  Read Science Essays 34, 35
Dec 1 - Dec 5	Bell Work: none Paradigm Presentations Homework:  none
Nov 20 - 24	Bell Work: none notebook check Paradigms presentation prep Homework:  TOK Essay Due: Dec 1
Nov 18	Bell Work: none TOK Essay Prep Homework:  TOK Essay Due: Dec 1
Nov 14	Bell Work: none Fiddler on the Roof TOK Essay Prep Homework:  Choose an essay prompt for to write on next class
Nov 12	Bell Work: none Fiddler on the Roof Homework:  none
Nov 5	Bell Work: How do the various ways of knowing effect elections? Review Multiple Intelligence Start "Fiddler on the Roof" Homework:  none
Nov 3	Bell Work: Respond to questions on emotion and decision making Emotion as a way of Knowing Multiple Intelligence Homework:  none
Oct 30	Bell Work:  What is the difference between emotion and feeling?  What role does language play in our feelings and emotions? Emotion as a way of knowing Homework:  none
Oct 28	Bell Work:  none More on Logic Homework:  none
Oct 23	Bell Work:  none VIDEO: 12 Angry Men Intro to Logic Homework:  none
Oct 21	Bell Work:  none VIDEO: 12 Angry Men Homework:  none
Oct 16	Bell Work:  none VIDEO: 12 Angry Men Homework:  none
Oct 14	Bell Work:  Do we lose anything when a language dies?  Why should we try to preserve languages The ambiguous nature of language Homework:  Find a newspaper article that illustrates the ambiguous nature of language
Oct 9	Bell Work:  Respond to the Language Quotes (see notes) Intro to Language Homework:  Read "The Day a Language Died" and the "Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis" notes for 10/9
Oct 7	Bell Work:  Respond to the Umpire Quote (see today's notes) Intro Sense Perception Homework:  Finish This I believe essay Optical Illusions notes for 10/7
Oct 3	Bell Work: none This I believe esaay Homework: This I believe essay due on Thursday Oct 9
Oct 1	Bell Work: Respond to quotes on belief Readings on Belief Notes on Belief This I believe esaay prep Homework: Listen to 2 "This I believe" essays and respond with 1/2 page per essay
Sep 29	Bell Work: Eastern / Western views of Knowledge Review 2 Readings on knowledge Types of Knowledge Knowledge Justification Homework: none
Sep 25	Bell Work: 1/2 page response to a knowledge quote Review Truth Test HW Strong vs Weak Knowledge 2 Readings on knowledge Homework: Finish Readings
Sep 23	Bell Work: none READ - "Rationalism / Empiricism" then activity Truth Tests Homework: Truth Tests Truth Reading
Sep 19	Bell Work: none Work on Truth paper Homework: Work on Truth paper
Sep 17	Bell Work: none VIDEO - "The day the universe changed" Homework: none
Sep 15	Bell Work: Respond to one of two quotes about truth Discuss "On Truth and Lies..." Intro the writing Assignment Homework: none
Sep 11	Bell Work: Define the Following:  Truth, Belief, Knowledge Discuss Plato's Allegory of the Cave Homework: Read "On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense"
Sep 9	Bell Work: What evidence do you have for and against the idea that you are a "brain in a vat"? Review "Brain in a Vat" reading Finish Activity - How do we come to know? Plato's Allegory of the Cave Homework: Read Plato's Allegory of the Cave and respond to the questions. Plato's Allegory of the Cave Allegory of the Cave Questions
Sep 5	Bell Work: What do you know and how do you know it? Review Bell work Go over profile of a knower Activity - How do we come to know? Homework: Read "Brain in a Vat"
Sep 3	Bell Work: none Intro Map Activity  Did you know 2.0 Homework: Profile of a Knower  click here to download file: Profile of a Knower
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FINAL	Final Exam Essay Assessment Rubric Prescribed Titles 07-08 TOK Essay Writing Tips
Jan 23 - 24	Bell Work:  None Approaches to Ethics (powerpoint) Notebook Check Reading day Homework:  Read "Foundation of Morals" and respond to Q's 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9 Revised Essays Due by Jan 25 Essay Assessment Rubric Approaches to Ethics Notebook Check for Jan 23 - 24 Final Exam Prescribed Titles 07-08 TOK Essay Writing Tips
Jan 18 - 22	Bell Work:    Take 15 minutes to respond • "If you travel with fraud you reach your destination, but are unable to return" (Ghanaian proverb).What are the assumptions underlying this quote? How possible is it to undo the bad we do? • "He who wears his morality but as his best garment were better naked" (Kahlil Gibran). What are the assumptions underlying this quote? Is it necessary to be sincere, if your actions are to be moral? • When confronted by an unjust situation, is a person obliged to act? If the unjust situation is in the context of friendship or family, does this make a difference? Should this make a difference? Are there ethical constraints on the actions that a person should take to "right a wrong"? Ethics Discussion Homework:  Notebook check next class Revised Essays Due by Jan 25 Notebook Check for Jan 23 - 24
Jan 16 - 17	Bell Work:    see notes for today   Ethics Discussion Homework:  Revised Essays Due by Jan 25 Notes Jan 16 - 17
Jan 14 - 15	Bell Work:    none   Ethics roundtable part 2 Homework:  Revised Essays Due by Jan 25
Jan 10 - 11	Bell Work:    none   Wrap up section on science Hand back TOK essays Homework:  Revised Essays Due by Jan 25
Jan 8 - 9	Bell Work:    Write a half page journal reflection on the day's activity.  Here are a few prompts:  What did you learn?  What questions do you still have?  Where there any issues that remained unresolved?  Were there any issues that the group agreed on completely?  What were some of the responses to your original ideas?  What were some of the other ideas that you responded to?... Intro to ethics ( Ethics Discussion Questions ) Homework:  none Pillow Angel Ethics Nation of Cheaters Everybody Does It Walmart Wrestling Steriods Assisted Suicide
Dec 21 - Jan 7	Bell Work:  none Changing Faces Checks Lab Homework:  none
Dec 19 - 20	Bell Work:  See notes (below) Testin our Science Cubes Vocab Quiz Readings on science Homework:  none notes 12/19 - 12/20 Taking Science on Faith - NYT Article Surfing the Folds of Spacetime
Dec 17 - 18	Bell Work:  Reflection on the cube activity (1/2 page) Notes on the Nature of Science (see 12/13 - 12/14 notes) Search for solutions Video Part 2 Science Cubes Homework:  Science Cubes Blank Cube Handout
Dec 13 - 14	Bell Work:  Read "Science and Pseudoscience" and respond to the questions (see notes) What is science Search for solutions Video Nature of Science T/F test Homework:  Nature of science T/F article notes 12/13 - 12/14
Dec 11 - 12	Bell Work: none Paradigm Presentations Part II Class time to work on Essays Homework:  Essay prep notes 12/4 - 12/5
Dec 6 - 10	Bell Work: none Paradigm presentations Homework:  Essay prep notes 12/4 - 12/5
Dec 4 - 5	Bell Work: Read and respond to the essay "Loss of the creature" Vocab Pt III Unpacking the essay prompts Homework:  Essay prep notes 12/4 - 12/5
Nov 30 - Dec 3	Bell Work:  see notes Paradigms Research & PPT presentations prep Homework:  none notes 11/30/07
Nov 28 - 29	Bell Work:  Which Way of Knowing (language, reason, perception, emotion) was most persuasive in the jury room? Movie Debrief Intro to Paradigms Inside or outside Homework:  The Grand Paradigm reading
Nov 26 - 27	Bell Work: none Finish "12 Angry Men" Homework:  Read Paradigms Packet
Nov 22 - 23	No School Happy Thanksgiving Break
Nov 20 - 21	Bell Work: none Movie - 12 Angry Men Homework:  none
Nov 16 - 19	Bell Work: none Vocab Quiz TOK Midterm Homework:  notebook check next time Notebook check sheet
Nov 14 - 15	Bell Work:  see notes Finish Emotion as a source of knowledge Midterm review TOK Essay Assessment (read and assess essay 1 & 6 and read accompanying examiners remarks) Homework:  study for the exam Notes for 11/14 to 11/15 Essay Assessment Rubric TOK Sample Essays
Nov 9 - 13	Bell Work:  none  Graphing Emotion  Emotion as a source of knowledge Intuition Homework:  none Notes 11/9 - 11/13
Nov 7 - 8	Bell Work:  Quick Write (see reading response) Multiple Intelligences Poster Session National Geographic short video on the emotion of "Love" National Geographic atricle "The Thing Called Love" Notes on Emotion Homework:  none Notes 11/7 - 11/8 National Geographic Article "That thing called love" "That thing called love" article questions
Nov 5 - 6	Bell Work:  Quick Write (see notes) New Vocab (See notes) Multiple Intelligences Poster Homework:  Look over the two essay prompts (see notes) notes 11/5 - 11/6
Nov 1 - 2	Bell Work:  Quick write on Logic and Culture Reading Reason / Logic (homefun review) Vocab Quiz Multiple Intelligences Homework:  prepare ideas for postser session next class
Oct 30 - 31	Bell Work:  Quick write (see notes) 1.  Reason / Logic  (Part II) More on Syllogisms and Enthememes Homework:  Logic in the Real World Part A: 1, 2, 5, 6 Part B: 7 - 10 and 11 - 14 Notes 10/30/07
Oct 25 - 29	Bell Work:  Copy the rest of the Vocab Terms Discussion - TOK BIG PICTURE Reason / Logic Syllogisms and Ven Diagrams Enthememes Homework:  none notes 10/25/07
Oct 23 - 24	Bell Work:  Respond to the reading "The Day a Language Died" Discussion Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Homework:  ID five vocab terms that are new or unfamiliar and write down their definitions (see notes) Notes 10/23 - 10/24
Oct 18 - 22	Bell Work:  none Watch "The day the Universe Changed" Episode 2 Homework:  none
Oct 16 - 17	Bell Work:  none Notebook check Hand back "This I Believe" Essays Homework:  Read the essay "There was once" and respond to the 6 questions Read both sides of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and be ready to discuss next time
Oct 11 - 15	Bell Work:  Respond to the questions about language and authority (see today's notes) Review two stories / one incident Define language Looking at "loaded" language in the media Homework:  Read the story about the recent "airstrike" in Syria and identify the biased terms in the story Notes 10/11 - 10/15 CNN article
Oct 9 - 10	Bell Work:  Respond to the "Sensory Breakdown" story (see today's notes) Finish Sense Perception Homework:  Two stories about one incident (see notes) Notes 10/9 - 10/10
Oct 5 - 8	Bell Work:  Respond to the Umpire Quote (see today's notes) Review Knowledge Test Review "Brecht's Gallileo" Intro Sense Perception Homework:  None Notes 10/5 - 10/8 Optical Illusions
Oct 3 - 4	Bell Work:  Respond to the handout (see attached notes from today) Review Knowledge Knowledge Test Piltdown Man 3 S's for analyzing knowledge claims Ven Diagram on Eastern and Western views of knowledge Homework:  Finish Ven Diagram Read "Brecht's Gallileo" see notes for text questions Notes from 10/3 and 10/4
Oct 1 - 2	Bell Work:  Respond to a "Knowledge" Quote (see attached notes from today) Review Knowledge Justification HW Discussion on the Allegory of the Cave Knowledge by Description vs Knowledge by Acquaintance Homework:  Knowledge Test WS Notes for 10/1 - 10/2
Sep 27 - 28	Bell Work:  Respond to a "Knowledge" Quote (see attached notes from today) Truth Tests Defining Knowledge and assessing Knowledge Justification Hand in "This I Believe" Essays and Notebooks Homework:  Knowledge Justification WS Notes 9/27 - 9/28 "This I Belive" Parent Consent Form
Sep 25 - 26	Bell Work:  Respond to a "Truth" Quote Defining Truth Correspondence Coherence Pragmatic Monte Python Sketch Allegory of the Cave Homework:  "This I Believe" Essay and Release due next class period Finish the Allegory of the Cave Questions Notebook check next time Plato's Allegory of the Cave Allegory of the Cave Questions Notebook Check Sheet
Sep 21 - 24	Bell Work: None VIDEO:  The Day the Universe Changed ("The Way We Are") As you watch, consider the following: a.       According to James Burke, what is the real purpose of our military?  Do you agree or disagree?  Explain b.      According to Burke, what is the main distinction between Western Culture and all other cultures on the planet?  Do you think that this is a fair assessment?  Explain. c.       What role does ritual play in our current understanding of the world?  Are there other reasons for ritual beyond what Burke proposes?  Explain. d.      How does this video demonstrate how knowledge changes?  How does this video demonstrate how knowledge remains unchanged?   Homework:  "This I Believe" Essay and Release due in 2 class periods
Sep 19 - 20	Bell Work: Respond to another question on the page of Belief "Linking Questions" Types of personal essays Tips for writing "This I Believe Essays" Examining Essay Hooks Begin writing the essay Homework:  "This I Believe" Essay and Release due in 3 class periods
Sep 19 - 20	Bell Work: Respond to another question on the page of Belief "Linking Questions" Types of personal essays Tips for writing "This I Believe Essays" Examining Essay Hooks Begin writing the essay Homework:  "This I Believe" Essay and Release due in 3 class periods
Sep 17 - 18	Bell Work: Read "A Doubting Questioning Mind" and respond to "Is religion a universal human experience Present Beliefs Poster Homework:  5 - 8 prompts for the "This I Believe Essay" A Doubting Questioning Mind
Sep 13 - 14	Bell Work: Choose one a quote from the handouts and then write a written response for 10 minutes Claraifying vs Probing Questions Syllabus Beliefs Poster Homework: none TOK Syllabus
Sep 11 - 12	Bell Work: Define the term "Belief" and "Believe" / What does it mean to "Believe"? TOK Words  Defining Belief This I believe Beliefs Poster Homework: Listen / Read to 2 this I believe Essays and respond to each one Link to This I Believe Website
Sep 7 - 10	Bell Work: Respond to one of the 3 quotes on belief Review Profile of a Knower WS TOK Overview Beliefs Poster Homework: none
Sep 5 - 6	Bell Work: What is TOK? Define: Theory / Knowledge Intro Map Activity  Did you know 2.0 Homework: Profile of a Knower