Presentation Tips:

Before (preparing) presentation:

- It is advised that you do your presentation with a partner, please choose the right
partner, someone who will put the same amount of effort as you would.

During presentation:
- Do NOT use your script, use minimal notes.
- Use some audience interaction i.e. ask questions, social experiments, polls etc.

After presentation:
- Make sure your PPD is consistent with your presentation. If you’ve not mentioned
something in your presentation, you ​cannot w
​ rite that in your PPD.

Content of the presentation:

- You start off with a real life situation (RLS) from which you dissect a ​KNOWLEDGE
QUESTION.
- Explore the knowledge question - define key terms etc.
- Always link to the knowledge question and the original RLS.
- DO NOT explain your RLS for 3 minutes. A TOK presentation should be ​analytical
rather than descriptive.
- Make claims and counterclaims
- USE THE ​TOK KNOWLEDGE FRAMEWORK ​FOR YOUR ANALYSIS!!! ​(Type “tok
knowledge framework” on Google, you’ll know what I’m talking about)
- Formulate secondary knowledge questions.
- Link your analysis to the WAYS OF KNOWING
- Use the assessment criteria.
- INCLUDE IMPLICATIONS
- Implications: How does your conclusion affect knowledge production/construction
in other Areas of knowledge?
- Include DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
- How would other social groups react to this claim/counterclaim/conclusion.

Class of 2020 examples of RLS & Extracted Knowledge Questions:

RLS: The Simpsons predicting global events.

KQ: How can we measure the accuracy of prediction?

RLS: ​https://youtu.be/-7iN0V-GbM0​ [Social conformity in the waiting room]

KQ: To what extent does the lack of knowledge influence the construction of knowledge?
RLS: The Higgs Boson
KQ: To what extent does the acceptance of unproven knowledge contribute to the production
and construction of knowledge

RLS: A student who moved from HL Literature to SL Literature in Y13 and their remarked
written task. His written task was marked 2 points lower by the Standard Level Criteria than it
was with the Higher Level Criteria.
KQ: How does subjectivity affect the evaluation of knowledge?

Essay Tips:

- The IB releases 6 essay prompts every year. Before you pick one, brainstorm ideas on
each prompt to see which one you like the most.
- The prompt is the KNOWLEDGE QUESTION.
- PLAN​. Pick your real life examples and areas of knowledge. (link to 2 AOKS)
- Make sure you are answering the prompt. Link back to it at all times.
- Similar to the presentation, a TOK essay should be ​analytical ​rather than descriptive.
Do not use too many RLEs. 4-5 is normally the ideal amount.
- Make claims and counterclaims.
- Generate Knowledge questions
- USE THE ​TOK KNOWLEDGE FRAMEWORK ​FOR YOUR ANALYSIS!!!
- Use the assessment criteria.
- INCLUDE IMPLICATIONS
- Implications: How does your conclusion affect knowledge production/construction
in other Areas of knowledge?
- Include DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
- How would other social groups react to this claim/counterclaim/conclusion.

2020 IB TOK Prompts:

1. "Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not"
(Pablo Picasso). Explore this distinction with reference to two areas of knowledge.

2. "There is a sharp line between describing something and offering an explanation of it." To
what extent do you agree with this claim?

3. Does it matter that your personal circumstances influence how seriously your knowledge is
taken?

4. "The role of analogy is to aid understanding rather than to provide justification." To what
extent do you agree with this statement?
5. "Given that every theory has its limitations, we need to retain a multiplicity of theories to
understand the world." Discuss this claim with reference to two areas of knowledge.

6. "Present knowledge is wholly dependent on past knowledge." Discuss this claim with
reference to two areas of knowledge.