May 2023 TOK essay prescribed title #3 specific example – Indigenous people of northern Japan

Article: “Japan’s forgotten indigenous people” http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200519-japans-forgotten-indigenous-people In the Japanese school curriculum (set by the central government in Tokyo) there is very little time and space spent on the Ainu, an indigenous group that has almost been completely assimilated and there are maybe less than 100 Ainu language speakers left. What Read more…

May 2023 TOK essay prescribed title #6 specific example – WWII Graphic Novel (Maus)

Article: Why ‘Maus’ remains ‘the greatest graphic novel ever written,’ 30 years later https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/08/11/why-maus-remains-the-greatest-graphic-novel-ever-written-30-years-later/ Academic history texts are only one way to gain knowledge of history. Consider the style of Maus and the background of the author. What methodologies do the graphic novel and reader rely on to produce knowledge? Read more…