TOK 2 SyllabusWE ARE BACKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!

Expectations

• Follow all Amundsen rules and expectations• Cell Phones• Dress Code• Communication

Grading

• Formative- 35%• Summative – 50 %• Work Habits – 15%

Academic Honesty

• Turn in your own work.• No credit from me. Alternate project MAY be

given. Failing grade from IB.

Current Events - Why are these important?

• In IB/MYP training there was a HUGE push on current events

• These are the following topics that students could talk about fluently from the summer…. Can you measure up?

Event 1

• North Korea vs. South Korea

• What happened?• Why should we care?

Event 2

• China and Yuan

• What is yuan?• Why is this important?

Event 3

• Greece and Alexis Tsipras

• Who is he?• Why is this important?

Current Events

• You have to know them. You just do.

• I am busy too. I get all of my current events from the same email every morning. It takes me 90 seconds to read it. Most of what I hold you accountable for will be from there.

Three Parts

• Extended Essay• Current Events• TOK Curriculum• WOKS, AOKS, TOK Essay

Weekly Reflection

• Paragraph 1 – Recap of the Week• Paragraph 2 – Commentary on Current

Events• What are your

thoughts/opinions/solutions/concerns?

• Paragraph 3 – Commentary on all class events and class related material…including EE

TOK Weekly Breakdown

• USUALLY• 2 Days – EE• 2 Days – TOK• 1 Day – Current Events MEETS TOK