TOK Areas of Knowledge

Areas of Knowledge

Areas of knowledge are specific branches of knowledge, each of which can be seen to have a distinct nature and different methods of gaining knowledge. TOK distinguishes between eight areas of knowledge. They are mathematics, the natural sciences, the human sciences, the arts, history, ethics, religious knowledge systems, and indigenous knowledge systems.

The knowledge framework is a device for exploring the areas of knowledge. It identifies the key characteristics of each area of knowledge by depicting each area as a complex system of five interacting components. This enables students to effectively compare and contrast different areas of knowledge and allows the possibility of a deeper exploration of the relationship between areas of knowledge and ways of knowing.

https://www.wcpss.net/Page/7359

Historiography Stuff

This is a great cold war site in general.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14682745.2014.950249




https://www.scribd.com/document/294290216/Historiography-of-German-Unification

extended essay English

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Extended Essay Guidlines

Note:

3. Required Introduction

The introduction should tell the reader what to expect in the essay. The introduction should make clear to the reader the focus of the essay, the scope of the research, in particular an indication of the sources to be used, and an insight into the line of argument to be taken. 

While students should have a sense of the direction and key focus of their essay, it is sometimes advisable to finalize the introduction once the body of the essay is complete.

5. Required Conclusion

The conclusion says what has been achieved, including notes of any limitations and any questions that have not been resolved. While students might draw conclusions throughout the essay based on their findings, it is important that there is a final, summative conclusion at the end. This conclusion(s) must relate to the research question posed.

Tragedy

The Characteristics of an "Archetypal" Tragic Hero

Noble Stature: since tragedy involves the "fall" of a tragic hero, one theory is that one must have a lofty position to fall from, or else there is no tragedy (just pathos). Another explanation of this characteristic is that tragedies involving people of stature affect the lives of others. In the case of a king, the tragedy would not only involve the individual and his family, it would also involve the whole society.

Tragic Flaw (Hamartia): the tragic hero must "fall" due to some flaw in his own personality. The most common tragic flaw is hubris (excessive pride). One who tries to attain too much possesses hubris.

Free Choice: while there is often a discussion of the role of fate in the downfall of a tragic hero, there must be an element of choice in order for there to be a true tragedy. The tragic hero falls because he chooses one course of action over another.

The Punishment Exceeds the Crime: the audience must not be left feeling that the tragic hero got what he deserved. Part of what makes the action "tragic" is to witness the injustice of what has occurred to the tragic hero.

Hero has Increased Awareness: it is crucial that the tragic hero come to some sort of an understanding of what went wrong or of what was really going on before he comes to his end.

Produces Catharsis in Audience: catharsis is a feeling of "emotional purgation" that an audience feels after witnessing the plight of a tragic hero: we feel emotionally drained, but exultant.

http://dt.pepperdine.edu/courses/greatbooks_i/old%20gbi%20files/The%20Characteristics%20of%20an%20Archetypal%20Tragic%20Hero.htm

The Great Gatsby

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TOK Essay 2020

Essay of the Week

Both classes...

Using the last three chapters of the book

Discuss one of the following three prompts in a three page essay

• Steinbeck and the Common Man
• Steinbeck and Empathy for the Weak (pick two characters, one of whom is not George or Lenny)
• Foreshadowing and its Fulfillment
• Motifs in the Novel
• Use of Imagery

be sure to link your paper to elements from the earlier chapters of the novel

• start by generating 30 (juicy) quotes, minimum
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• then outline your essay on paper or digitally using your refined and reorganised quotes, grouped into ideas

submit a 3 page (minimum) paper, printed, helvetica or times new roman, with a space between each paragraph.

plus your list of quotes and your outline on accompanying pages