World War I Centenary: 100 Legacies of the Great War. The Secret Door - Step Through To The Unknown… Bismarck. Otto von Bismarck,Memoirs J.
H. Robinson, ed.Readings in European History (Boston: Ginn, 1906), 2: 583-586, 588-590 Hanover Historical Texts Project Scanned by Brooke Harris, October 1996. Proofread by Angela Rubenstein, February 1997.Proofread and pages added by Jonathan Perry, March 2001. Robinson's Note: Bismarcks fears that the king and his advisors would be intoxicated by the brilliant victory over Austria and would wish to press on, and perhaps lose much in the end, were justified. What the ancient past can teach us about the chaos of 2016. Dom McKenzie 2016 has been a bruising year.
We’ve had the highly contentious election in the US, the divisive Brexit vote in the UK, continuing destabilization and conflict across the Middle East, the panic of the refugee crisis, and the frightening spread of the Zika virus. Many of us are wondering: Where are we headed? It turns out, humanity has seen similar inflection points before.
The past has valuable lessons to teach us — all we need to do is take the time to listen to them. 2200 BC: Climate change can drive more than just shifts in the landscape. Justice in the age of Big Data. iStock.
International Baccalaureate Visual Arts ideas. Log In - New York Times. Log In Don't have an account?
Sign up here » Facebook Google or Forgot password? The Learning Network - The New York Times. Eileen’s advice for new TOK teachers. (Originally posted on Activating TOK) – “I’ve never even taken a course like IB Theory of Knowledge, and I’m not sure at all how to teach it.” – “I’m just planning the course for the first time, and have some ideas…” Voices and faces linger with me as I return from a gathering of teachers (a flocking of my own kind!).
Among them were many teachers new to TOK — still taking it in, connecting it with their own backgrounds, and beginning to plan. It’s to these new teachers – with their ideas, energy, and uncertainties — that I’d like to speak in today’s blog post. From the five pieces of basic advice I offer here, please take whatever is useful to you — and accept my good wishes that you may love the course as much as I do. The Best Movies For IB Theory Of Knowledge Classes – What Are Your Suggestions? Generally, the only times students in my classes watch full movies are the few times I’m absent (though we’ll often watch short clips), and when I’m not there it usually relates to a school-related meeting.
All of the English teachers at our school spend four days each year — two near the beginning and two near the end — to review writing assessments all students in our school do twice a year (you can read all about that process at a previous post). Two of those days are coming-up and, since substitute teachers aren’t allowed to supervise computer use, I’m going to have my IB Theory of Knowledge class students watch a movie. They’ll be watching “Inception” (you can download the hand-out they need to complete while watching it). It also got me wondering about other movies that might be useful for TOK classes, too.
Two poems evoking TOK. You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books, You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self… Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.
It is not far, it is within reach, Perhaps you have been on it since you were born and did not know… Walt Whitman: From Song of Myself (1855) The man bent over his guitar, A shearsman of sorts. The day was green. Beginning a TOK course. There are as many ways to teach Theory of Knowledge as there are TOK teachers.
Nobody has expertise and ease in every domain outlined in the Subject Guide. In-depth syllabus coverage is not practical within a 100 hour allocation. Indeed, the 2015 Subject Guide recommends teaching only four, of the official eight, Ways of Knowing in depth, and only six, of eight, Areas of Knowledge. Accordingly, teachers make selections and teach to their strengths. How America Manipulated Language in the ‘War on Terror’ The language of ‘war on terror’ has become the predominant paradigm in U.S. foreign policy in 9/11.
Our attitude towards terrorism as an existential threat is the product of more than a decade of language manipulation and distortion by the U.S. government. In an article published in the Atlantic this month, political commentator Jeffrey Goldberg described the Obama Doctrine as one of collaboration rather than unilateral confrontation. Power Lessons: "This I Believe" Essays.