Week 9 Overview and Assignments

Week 9 was an overview of historical revisionism, Socratic questioning, methodology of research, and clarifications of the Extended Essay from a TOK perspective.  We spent time in the computer lab getting acquainted with Ebscohost.  It is important that you begin saving articles to an Extended Essay folder.  Consider what types of evidence are appropriate for your topic.

Week 10 is about assessment.  On Wednesday, you will have an exam from the ideas presented the last 8 weeks.  You need to review your notes.  This exam will be an online, timed test.

 Also on Wednesday, you will be required to have a rough draft of your paper, as well as your outline finished.  We will be sharing our topics, as well as the beginning of our ideas, together in discussion. 

The goal of this TOK paper is to help students:

1.       Prepare for their extended essay 4/17 deadline by requiring a furthering of thought on this important assessment.

2.       Teach research methods and become familiar to the routines and effecient workflow (invaluable to college readiness).

3.       Review TOK terminology and concepts while applying them to a student-generated topic.

4.       Developing prior knowledge and a foundation towards the future TOK assessments, including essay and presentation.

Make sure you are using the dissertation outline to develop your research question (more specific than your Extended Essay “Topic”:  see week 9 video lecture and ppt for further information).  Complete the page requirements, the MLA citations, and the TOK crossover to receive full points.

PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.  I know not all of you can be in class due to sports. I am very accommodating.