May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #2

May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #2 specific example – Rohingya Muslim shops destroyed

Text: Dasgupta, Sravasti. “Bangladesh destroys 3,000 shops belonging to Rohingya Muslim refugees.” https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-rohingya-muslim-refugees-shops-b1987162.html Extract: “Authorities in Bangladesh have bulldozed over 3,000 Rohingya shops in the last month calling them “illegal”. In a statement to AFP, the country’s deputy refugee commissioner Shamsud Douza confirmed the figure and said that the “illegal shops” had been cleared as Read more…

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May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #2 specific example – fight against pollution in Kenya

Text: ““Kenya pollution: How air sensors are helping people fight pollution.” BBC.com The article shows the lengths that John Kieti went to get accurate pollution data to help improve air quality: “The results were shocking. The measurement indicator… showed that the air was heavily polluted,” Mr Kieti recalls. The air Read more…

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May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #2 specific example – Peng Shuai’s disappearance

Text: “Peng Shuai: China says tennis star case maliciously hyped up.” BBC.com Extract: “Ms Peng disappeared from the public eye for almost three weeks after making sexual assault allegations against China’s former vice premier, triggering widespread international concern. She has since re-appeared, but questions remain over her wellbeing.” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59385519 Specific Read more…

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May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #2 specific example – comic about a female Russian sniper

The website Rejected Princesses focuses on an underrepresented part of history and uses a comic-style format: The website Rejected Princesses has a page on Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who is the deadliest female sniper of all time. https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/lyudmila-pavlichenko. The website focuses on an underrepresented part of history and uses a comic-style format. This website (and the Read more…

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May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #2 – basic knowledge questions

See the main page for the May 2022 TOK essay basic knowledge questions https://toktips.com/may-2022-tok-essay-prescribed-titles-sample-knowledge-questions/. Also, have a look at the TOK essay process here: https://toktips.com/the-tok-essay-process/ 2. To what extent do you agree with the claim that “there’s a world of difference between truth and facts” (Maya Angelou)? Answer with reference Read more…

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May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #2 specific example – logging protests

Text: “Old growth logging protesters gather outside B.C. premier’s office as legislature resumes“ Extract from the text: “Protesters opposed to old-growth logging gathered outside Premier John Horgan’s office and other entrances to British Columbia’s legislature Monday as politicians returned to Victoria for a six-week fall session. A spokesman for the Read more…

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May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #2 specific example – beauty in mathematics and the arts

Text: “Mathematical beauty activates same brain region as great art or music” https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2014/feb/mathematical-beauty-activates-same-brain-region-great-art-or-music May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #2 is focused on research on how the same part of the brain seems to be responsible for processing both mathematical and artistic beauty. There are of course significant differences between Read more…

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