This is a full lesson examining the ideology of Castro, applying it in the context of pre-revolutionary Cuba, and culminating in a comparison with pre revolution China. The PPT guides the lesson and all tasks and material are integrated in. There is some TOK linkage as well.

This is a lesson on Cuba before Castro. It follows on from a lesson on Batista which I have included as well (no PPT with that one). It focuses on inequality and corruption in Batista’s Cuba and how it led to growing anti-government feeling. There is also a TOK linkage with one of the sources being a clip from The Godfather Part 2. The PPT is easily editable with no unnecessary gimmicks or over elaborate designs. The lesson basically teaches itself.

This is an early lesson for the Core Theme: Knowledge and the Knower unit. It focuses on QAnon and Trump, so the students should be able to access it easily. Full set of tasks, videos integrated in along with discussion points. It leads into a wider invesitigation on Conspiracy Theories.

This is a full lesson, probably 2 depending on your timetable, about the nature and validity of conspiracy theories. It first discusses Flat Earthers, and then students conduct their own research into one of six conspiracy theories. This is a good start of topic lesson, and could be expanded into a presentation or debate. Links to videos in the notes.

This is a series of four lessons designed to prepare students for writing the TOK Essay. They focus on: Introducing The TOK Essay Reasoning Developing Claims and Counterclaims Incorporating Evidence Each lesson consists of multiple activities for students to engage in, as well as several opportunities to develop essay planning and writing skills. Each lesson has a word document to work through and a PPT to guide the lesson. It is fully scaffolded and differentiated with extension activities embedded into every task. Other documents for group work are included as well. This is based on the May 2024 Essays, but is futureproofed as you just need to change the questions in every cycle.

Here is a lesson which is about TOK and the Universe. It ends with Poppers falsification theory. It’s all about the scientific method and how do we gather scientific knowledge. Watch this before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7NzjCmUf0&t=325s