“A statue of a slave trader which was torn down during an anti-racism protest in Bristol was “an affront”, the city’s mayor has said. Marvin Rees said he felt no “sense of loss” after the bronze statue of Edward Colston was pulled down using ropes and thrown into the harbour Read more
“James Bushe had previously wanted to remain anonymous, using the pseudonym “Pilot Anthony” on Twitter to write about his battle to become a pilot. The 31-year-old said he had decided to go public to challenge the stigma which surrounds people living with HIV.” https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-51066420 One key to unlocking November 2020 Read more
Knowledge questions should be placed near the start of body paragraphs. However, it is too abrupt to just start the body paragraph with the KQ – there needs to be a bit of a lead in. Read through sample TOK essays to get an idea of the number of effective Read more
If you look at enough sample TOK essays you will see there are two ways to state knowledge questions: explicitly and implicitly. Explicit knowledge questions Explicit knowledge question are stated directly. Look at the following examples: To what extent knowledge gained from ancient art as relevant as knowledge gained from Read more
“Ousted former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has said the future of the Japanese car giant is in doubt. Mr Ghosn told the BBC that the struggling firm’s results and the drop in its share price worried him. ” https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51064599 This news article and the whole incident with Carlos Ghosn (his Read more
“More than 150 elders from five northern Alberta First Nations have contributed to a new tool designed to preserve Cree words and phrases. The free app, KTCEA Elders Speak, is a product of the Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council Education Authority, which oversees six schools within five northern Alberta Read more
The Japanese creation myth told in an ancient myth called the Kojiki. There are parts of this myth that seem quite sexist by modern standards. Ancient myths can provide reliable knowledge in some respects. The extract above, for example, does highlight view of gender in the last sentence of the Read more
“Maxwell Johnson and his 12-year-old granddaughter were handcuffed in front of a Bank of Montreal in Vancouver while trying to open up an account on Dec. 20. He believes the employee might have been suspicious because he had $30,000 in his account — an amount he and every other member of the Heiltsuk nation received Read more
Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50740324 The “ourselves” in November 2020 TOK Essay Prescribed Title #3 could be look at from an environmental angle with this RLE. Greta Thunberg and other environmental campaigners are trying to get people to see the damage caused by selfish / short-sighted decisions and to look at things in Read more
“A Grade 4 lesson that included material critical of Alberta’s oil industry prompted a Facebook debate among parents that devolved into threats and prompted the school to call in the RCMP and cancel a holiday dance.” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-rcmp-intervene-after-school-lesson-on-albertas-oil-industry-prompts/ There certainly is “disagreement” in this RLE that needs to be resolved. One Read more