1. Knowledge Claims and Knowledge Questions
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2. Agenda Introduce Knowledge Claims Introduce Knowledge Questions
PRACTICE
END GOAL: Be able to identify

3. This is just an intro…
So relax!

4. Knowledge Claims Statement
Something you believe to be true, yet also open to discussion and debate
Something that we believe we know and that we want to assess the validity of

5. Claims about knowledge
Knowledge Claims
Claims about the world
Claims about knowledge
Hydrogen is the lightest chemical element.
The knowledge that hydrogen is the lightest chemical element is secure because the methods of chemistry give us a good model of what chemical elements look like.

6. Second Order/Knowledge
Knowledge Claims
First Order/World
Second Order/Knowledge
For any right-angled triangle the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Mathematical knowledge is certain.

7. Pause: Open-ended questions
No right or wrong answer.
Creates discussion.
Answer not found in text.
What is your most important class? Explain.
Do you think the government is accurately addressing immigration? Explain

8. Knowledge Questions Open question about knowledge
Number of plausible answers to it
Question is contestable
About knowledge
Focus on methods and mechanisms that produce knowledge (AOKs and WOKs)

9. Knowledge Questions First Order Second Order
Vocab is specific to the subject
In economics, how do supply and demand determine the price of a commodity?
Framed in general TOK vocabulary
What do we mean by elegance in mathematical proof?

10. Knowledge Questions 2nd Order
What is the role of intention in making ethical decisions?
To what extent do we need art technique or art history training in order to appreciate artwork.

11. Example History and Memory
How important are eyewitness accounts to the study of history?

12. Example
Based on the article, USING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE, answer the knowledge question:
How important are eyewitness accounts to the study of history?
power-of-memory-in-the-civil-rights-movement/373890/