DP Unit Planning

With a TOK focus

Unit Planning for the DP
For each subject offered for the IB DP at ISHCMC

One Unit plan for Grade 11
+
One Unit plan for Grade 12

By May 27th

From Standards and Practices
Also from Standards and Practices

What to expect..
April 2014
TOK integration to 2 DP Unit plans
Include learning objectives, key assessments and
learning experiences
May 2014
Learner Profile/IM integration
2 Completed DP Units
Beyond
August 2015
Development of remaining DP Unit Plans
Clearer curriculum mapping through the Secondary School
Stronger connections between MYP and the DP learning experiences
Ongoing reflective development of learning experiences and curriculum
development
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A TOK Story
What TOK learning experiences could
you have in your classroom?
Duration?

15 minutes at the start or end of the lesson
A 30 minute class learning activity
A TOK integrated project that lasts several
weeks
An idea that you keep returning to
Why use TOK links?
Students question the assumptions that we
make when building knowledge
Students consider how knowledge affects
social beliefs and practices and vice versa
Students consider the validity of knowledge
Students consider their personal knowledge in
relation to shared knowledge
Students consider other perspectives
*Use knowledge question for class debate
*Students can develop knowledge questions

* Challenge students to understand the
connections between.

Tell a story!

More about this next week

Your learning activity:
Think of a TOK learning experience for a
particular DP unit.

Discuss it with people on your table

Use available cards/paper to write down a
summary and take it away with you