tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21512071910562947082024-02-21T02:10:57.934-05:00TOK I (Class of 2023)CHS IB Theory of Knowledge, Year 1Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-91205971341490228732022-03-14T13:40:00.000-04:002022-03-14T13:40:05.809-04:00Day 66 (3/14): Artifacts, Memory, and a Sense of the Past<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/fpc/msc/MSC1096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="800" height="505" src="https://www.floridamemory.com/fpc/msc/MSC1096.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> <b>Key Questions:</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Is all knowledge in some sense historical knowledge?</li><li>Is empathy more important in history than in other areas of knowledge?</li><li>What challenges does archive-based history emphasize about how knowledge is shared and preserved?</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Agenda</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Reading Time: Alan Radley, "Artifacts, Memory, and a Sense of the Past"</li></ul><div><b>Upcoming:</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Wednesday: At The History Museum</li><li>Thursday: TOK Exhibition Draft Submitted</li><li>Sunday: Blog (Details on Friday)</li></ul></div><p></p>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-79936782759877508892022-02-07T13:45:00.002-05:002022-02-07T13:45:19.784-05:00Day 56 (2/7): Mindful Monday<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.everydayhealth.com/images/what-is-mindfulness-and-how-can-it-help-your-health-and-wellness-722x406.jpg?sfvrsn=a5f361cf_1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="722" height="360" src="https://images.everydayhealth.com/images/what-is-mindfulness-and-how-can-it-help-your-health-and-wellness-722x406.jpg?sfvrsn=a5f361cf_1" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>Central Knowledge Questions:</b></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>What relationship exists between our sense of the past and the object world which surrounds us?</li><li>How do we use objects to organize our understanding of the past?</li></ol><p></p><p><b>Agenda:</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Check in: TOK Exhibition</li><li>Highs & Lows</li><li>Intro to standing blog assignment: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hzE_Fjk2yDoJ0rT6r6AD-19wcX0cSt61FcNaRhDJiu4/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">"TOKIRL"</a></li><li>Shared Reading: Radley, "Artifacts, Memory, and a Sense of the Past"</li></ul><div><b>Ongoing Concerns:</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>First TOKIRL Blog Due 2/20</li><li>CAS Day on Wednesday</li><li>TOK Exhibition 1-on-1 conferences start Wednesday:</li><ul><li>Chosen Question</li><li>3 objects and tentative claims</li><li>brainstorming/expanded thinking on your objects</li></ul></ul></div><div><br /></div><p></p>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-64499011409327355752022-02-01T13:32:00.012-05:002022-02-01T13:32:00.212-05:00Day 54 (2/1): Revising the Curriculum<p> <a href="https://pencilsqueezer.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/screen-shot-2016-06-14-at-11-57-21.png?w=1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="800" height="314" src="https://pencilsqueezer.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/screen-shot-2016-06-14-at-11-57-21.png?w=1024" width="640" /></a></p><b><u><br /></u></b><b><u>Aims & Objectives</u></b><br /><ol><li>develop an awareness of how individuals and communities construct knowledge and how this is critically examined</li><li>develop an interest in the diversity and richness of cultural perspectives and an awareness of personal and ideological assumptions</li><li>examine how academic disciplines/areas of knowledge generate and shape knowledge</li></ol><b><u>Essential Questions:</u></b><br /><ol><li>How do historians construct knowledge? </li><li>How do we decide what counts as history?</li></ol><b><u>Agenda (<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YVvaPNoEsbGZej78p56bxbE4vTKIQzFomr44fkP912U/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Google Slides</a>):</u></b><br /><ul><li>Opening Inquiry: <a href="https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/96029/Acquaint-yourself-with-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-multi-layered-sarcophagi" target="_blank">King Tut's Sarcophagus</a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgclKiQ0AG7T6VEJg1TZwunc8yOuZqULe630wcBzr0YD0T8v6qnKUTCeM4uWnPHwcwFSD2Uxl45MEpqquAR066tlw34_uzhRNW_mr0RC_Jx6PXswEE_iLqd9XvM2Emdyt5w6Vr6sdR_Q-VXi-MnoX_9WAIRwFfyS4JOYWHkdUB0m50YAz079lwsbIcv=s1192" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="1192" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgclKiQ0AG7T6VEJg1TZwunc8yOuZqULe630wcBzr0YD0T8v6qnKUTCeM4uWnPHwcwFSD2Uxl45MEpqquAR066tlw34_uzhRNW_mr0RC_Jx6PXswEE_iLqd9XvM2Emdyt5w6Vr6sdR_Q-VXi-MnoX_9WAIRwFfyS4JOYWHkdUB0m50YAz079lwsbIcv=w640-h374" width="640" /></a></div><br /><ul><li>Definitions and Conceptions of History</li><li>Revising the Curriculum Activity & Discussion</li></ul><div><b><u>Homework:</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>CAS Reflection due Sunday</li></ul></div>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-8809676758316451432022-01-28T12:50:00.001-05:002022-02-01T12:52:18.453-05:00Day 53 (1/28): Brain Break<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.yesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/imports/58e55eecae2c42bbb6c34f2ff7ed9310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="650" height="384" src="https://www.yesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/imports/58e55eecae2c42bbb6c34f2ff7ed9310.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Because we had so many missing today, we decided to have a brain break.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Remember that your EE Workshop 3 is due on Sunday!</p>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-35433540845576695782022-01-26T14:09:00.000-05:002022-01-26T14:09:00.047-05:00Day 52 (1/26): One Man's Trash<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/5339/9090732482_ab00c29b50_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5339/9090732482_ab00c29b50_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/9090732482" target="_blank">King of the Trash Hill</a>," by Alan Levine (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" target="_blank">CC BY 2.0</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><u>Aims & Objectives</u></b></p><ol><li>develop an awareness of how individuals and communities construct knowledge and how this is critically examined</li><li>develop an interest in the diversity and richness of cultural perspectives and an awareness of personal and ideological assumptions</li><li>examine how academic disciplines/areas of knowledge generate and shape knowledge</li></ol><b><u>Essential Questions:</u></b><br /><ol><li>How do historians construct knowledge? </li><li>How do we decide what counts as history?</li></ol><div><b><u>Agenda:</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Warmup Question: History & Memory</li><li>History Defined</li><li><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/lara_maiklem_trash_or_historical_artifact" target="_blank">TEDTalk: Laura Maiklem, Trash or Historical Artifact</a></li></ul><div><b><u>Ongoing Concerns:</u></b></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Keep Gathering and Reading for EE. We will have a workday Friday--Workshop 3 Due SUNDAY NIGHT.</li></ul></div>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-79628860505228861232022-01-24T12:45:00.001-05:002022-01-24T13:23:19.059-05:00Day 51 (1/24): History, Memory, Time<p> <a href="https://blogs.bgsu.edu/history/files/2018/03/history.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="800" height="440" src="https://blogs.bgsu.edu/history/files/2018/03/history.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><b><u>Aims & Objectives</u></b><br /><ul><li>make connections between a critical approach to the construction of knowledge, the academic disciplines and the wider world</li><li>examine how academic disciplines/areas of knowledge generate and shape knowledge</li><li>understand the roles played by ways of knowing in the construction of shared and personal knowledge</li></ul><b><u>Central Knowledge Questions</u></b><ol><li>How do historians construct knowledge of the past?</li><li>What role do culturally consecrated icons, images, and symbols play in our thinking about history?</li></ol><b><u>Agenda</u></b><br /><ul><li>Intro to History as an AOK</li><li>Draw History</li></ul><div><b><u>Homework & Upcoming</u></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>EE Workshop 3: by 1/28 (See assignment in GClassroom)</b></div>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-7657218341415860022022-01-18T11:53:00.001-05:002022-01-20T11:58:31.114-05:00Day 49 (1/18): Extended Essay - Finding research<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://philpot.education/pluginfile.php/1652/mod_page/content/5/EE-Poster_PhilpotEducation.png?time=1589883634863" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="566" height="640" src="https://philpot.education/pluginfile.php/1652/mod_page/content/5/EE-Poster_PhilpotEducation.png?time=1589883634863" width="453" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>Extended Essay</b></p><ul><li><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1esO_oyFQdP7IWQLas2IJwpMZ6H3LzTLWJl7O_g6Ry24" target="_blank">An Introduction to the Research Process</a></li><li><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HuJ1nQUR5E6N30nmY0HFGjn5duFgww4A?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Brewer's Research Process: A Case Study</a></li><li>The "So What?": Creating statements of purpose (adapted from <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RZdXkpZ8t1fG5JSxPoTI46W5pwni0u_H" target="_blank">Booth et. al., </a><i><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RZdXkpZ8t1fG5JSxPoTI46W5pwni0u_H" target="_blank">The Craft of Research</a>, </i>Chapter 3)</li><ul><li>Step one: Name your topic</li><ul><li>I am studying _______</li></ul><ul><li>I am looking into _____</li><li>I am focusing on _______</li></ul><li>Step 2: Add an indirect question</li><ul><li>because I want to find out who/what/when/where/whether/how/why ______</li></ul><li>Step 3: Answer "So What?" by motivating your question</li><ul><li>in order to help my readers understand how/why/whether ______.</li></ul></ul></ul><div><b>Homework:</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>EE Workshop 3: by 1/28</b><br /><ul><li>Begin reading for your EE. Use the Resources on the EE Guide website to take your research BEYOND Google.</li><ul><li>Take good notes (including bibliographic information)</li><li>Have at least 5 sources that you feel are valuable (You may have already read them, or be in the process of working through them).</li></ul><li>Work toward a Statement of Purpose (See above) that you are proud of. Be ready to share these also in class.</li><li>Submit on Google Classroom. </li></ul></div>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-58880667800995404932022-01-13T11:36:00.005-05:002022-01-13T11:36:37.020-05:00Day 48 (1/13): CAS<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.wcpss.net/cms/lib/NC01911451/Centricity/Domain/15600/CAS_Experiences_figure01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="283" height="640" src="https://www.wcpss.net/cms/lib/NC01911451/Centricity/Domain/15600/CAS_Experiences_figure01.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meet in the Media Center today!</div><p></p>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-43493453656989361922022-01-11T13:25:00.002-05:002022-01-11T15:05:36.078-05:00Day 47 (1/11): Artifactual Knowledge & the TOK Exhibition<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhckK4JakPJShbYlLted2dR8D1LaaqiRzD8YuSn2n5NPTZ4DLG8Ef_DefQYBeD13X2WcBW67Zl-l2qjSdyv530O0nZZDV3wP72vrRy7ocIq2llixVnjk8nzTqE_eAalXe1mReBqABToAlI-MZ0h2493laXFGt40X4Bx2z5MDOykPzZUYdNrFZFWjiZS=s1139" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="1139" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhckK4JakPJShbYlLted2dR8D1LaaqiRzD8YuSn2n5NPTZ4DLG8Ef_DefQYBeD13X2WcBW67Zl-l2qjSdyv530O0nZZDV3wP72vrRy7ocIq2llixVnjk8nzTqE_eAalXe1mReBqABToAlI-MZ0h2493laXFGt40X4Bx2z5MDOykPzZUYdNrFZFWjiZS=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><u>Aims & Objectives</u></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>to encourage students to reflect on the central question, “How do we know that?”, and to recognize the value of asking that question</li><li>to encourage students to make connections between academic disciplines by exploring underlying concepts and by identifying similarities and differences in the methods of inquiry used in different areas of knowledge</li><li>demonstrate TOK thinking through the critical examination of knowledge questions</li><li>identify and explore links between knowledge questions and the world around us</li></ul><p></p><p><b><u>Central Knowledge Question:</u></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>How do we use objects & artifacts to construct our understanding of the world?</li></ul><p></p><p><b><u>Agenda:</u></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Artifactual Investigations Share-out</li><li>TOK Exhibition </li><ul><li>Overview & Exemplars</li><li>Scavenger Hunt Activity</li></ul></ul><div><b><u>Upcoming:</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>CAS Day Thursday (meet in Media Center)</li><li>TOK Exhibition (by Tuesday)</li><ul><li>Choose 3 questions that you might want to explore</li><li>Write 3 claims for each question that answer the question in different ways or from different perspectives.</li><li>Submit to Google Classroom.</li></ul></ul></div><p></p><p><br /></p>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-7969477172669836372022-01-07T08:00:00.032-05:002022-01-07T09:53:32.510-05:00Day 46 (1/7): What is Artifactual Knowledge?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4hHqMLNBMOCTpWm0DsYyyyk25AbuollTtTXb_IJI_Hkh_-50_B5j_-PESCTBhsiREu_xCjt3QU6hnSF2LRusAtX1Hx4aahxnPu93oiA12ZZmSUEZwTCVHXFNKqr-kBHlxh0JQJx4--iDsOleE-lDvK_oBdO08cMAjt1YOGEZyI4ye3q5sZ0XCUBoy=s1133" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="1133" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4hHqMLNBMOCTpWm0DsYyyyk25AbuollTtTXb_IJI_Hkh_-50_B5j_-PESCTBhsiREu_xCjt3QU6hnSF2LRusAtX1Hx4aahxnPu93oiA12ZZmSUEZwTCVHXFNKqr-kBHlxh0JQJx4--iDsOleE-lDvK_oBdO08cMAjt1YOGEZyI4ye3q5sZ0XCUBoy=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>Aims & Objectives:</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>to encourage students to reflect on the central question, “How do we know that?”, and to recognize the value of asking that question</li><li>to encourage students to make connections between academic disciplines by exploring underlying concepts and by identifying similarities and differences in the methods of inquiry used in different areas of knowledge</li><li>to prompt students to consider the importance of values, responsibilities and ethical concerns relating to the production, acquisition, application and communication of knowledge.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Key Knowledge Questions:</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Is knowledge about the past different from other kinds of knowledge?</li><li>What challenges does archive-based history emphasize about how knowledge is shared and preserved?</li><li>What is unique about the methodology of history compared to other areas of knowledge?</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Agenda:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Unit Intro: Matter & Memory Pt. 1: Artifactual Knowledge</li><ul><li>What are artifacts?</li><li>Artifactual Investigation Activity</li><ul><li>Collect your artifacts (20 minutes)</li><li>Share out your findings (20 minutes)</li></ul></ul><li>TWYN: How does organizing knowledge around artifacts differ from other methods of knowledge construction (e.g., conceptual, theoretical, logical)?</li></ul><div><b>Reminders: </b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Finish/Revise EE workshop #2 before TUESDAY.</li><li>CAS Blog Due Sunday</li></ul></div>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-21973176538241611502022-01-05T13:53:00.005-05:002022-01-07T09:15:54.462-05:00Day 45 (1/5): Matter & Memory Pt. 1, Artifactual Knowledge<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4ALm-Z_NpMW_Read6-yKSpekr4iPxlKMXbx01u70oMBSeLtxruW1qvK-mudaoSG2ZYAHzFywdBjHtXW7z-p2UkXMaCcRlLV_L4xuHat3zBAAzml-0BdRoBiMFCKRLVXj2nJ_trb-MuvwOeSDSdj4zv3T-YL6gGUC4faiTqCaUedqzSoxXHxvnTgym=s1136" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="1136" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4ALm-Z_NpMW_Read6-yKSpekr4iPxlKMXbx01u70oMBSeLtxruW1qvK-mudaoSG2ZYAHzFywdBjHtXW7z-p2UkXMaCcRlLV_L4xuHat3zBAAzml-0BdRoBiMFCKRLVXj2nJ_trb-MuvwOeSDSdj4zv3T-YL6gGUC4faiTqCaUedqzSoxXHxvnTgym=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Agenda:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Patterns and Practices</li><ul><li>Opening Inquiry (see above)</li><li>A Thought and a Thanks</li><li>Writing at the end...</li></ul><li>Reminders and Plans:</li><ul><li>Sign up for OI & T&T</li><li>Extended Essay</li><ul><li>Please be sure you have completed and submitted Workshop 1 & 2 by Tuesday.</li><li>On Tuesday I will ask you to share your research question and a bit about where you see your project headed.</li></ul><li><a href="https://sites.google.com/carrolltoncityschools.net/tok/assessment/tok-exhibition-ia?authuser=0" target="_blank">TOK Exhibition</a></li><ul><li>We will begin developing these over the next few weeks</li><li>The first step here is to choose one or two questions that you are interested in exploring for your exhibition.</li></ul><li>CAS: Reflection Due Sunday</li></ul></ul><p></p>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-90037838183762254512021-09-08T11:08:00.002-04:002021-09-08T13:57:37.000-04:00Day 14 (9/8): Plato's Allegory of the Cave<p><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Hoehlengleichnis.svg/500px-Hoehlengleichnis.svg.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="500" height="308" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Hoehlengleichnis.svg/500px-Hoehlengleichnis.svg.png" width="640" /></a> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><u>Agenda:</u></b><div><br /></div><div><u>Blog Assignment: This I Believe</u><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Intro to "This I Believe" Response</li><ul><li>Listen to examples</li><ul><li><a href="http://thisibelieve.org/essay/39318/">Wissemann</a></li><li><a href="http://thisibelieve.org/essay/4205/">Rittenberg</a></li><li><a href="http://thisibelieve.org/essay/33/">Patel</a></li></ul><li>Discuss <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/carrolltoncityschools.net/document/d/1yUoxI5ivx5EJEfJglfdD6xmx6H3SPWytZ67psRGL1F8/edit?usp=sharing">Assignment</a></li></ul></ul><div><u>Plato's Allegory of the Cave</u></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Read and Discuss <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JWey6QoJFrCXvycUBm4sSwGTX1EcHzChLhZhGnCeySw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Plato's Allegory</a> - Illustrate/annotate the Allegory for understanding</li><li>Watch Some Video Adaptations of the Allegory</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_jmJGBJRlUQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="_jmJGBJRlUQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jmJGBJRlUQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jmJGBJRlUQ</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/69F7GhASOdM" width="320" youtube-src-id="69F7GhASOdM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69F7GhASOdM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69F7GhASOdM</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SWlUKJIMge4" width="320" youtube-src-id="SWlUKJIMge4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWlUKJIMge4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWlUKJIMge4</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1RWOpQXTltA" width="320" youtube-src-id="1RWOpQXTltA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RWOpQXTltA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RWOpQXTltA</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>Homework:</div><div><ul><li>"This I Believe": We will read these aloud to each other on our next Mindful Monday (9/20)</li><li>CAS Blog due Sunday - Our next CAS day is Friday!</li></ul></div></div>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-16460629559846683422021-09-03T10:16:00.001-04:002021-09-08T10:20:00.443-04:00Day 13 (9/3): The Cogito<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.complex.com/complex/images/fl_lossy,pg_1/ac3hllbcnr3ro9rdpjbl/the-matrix-01" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="800" height="269" src="https://images.complex.com/complex/images/fl_lossy,pg_1/ac3hllbcnr3ro9rdpjbl/the-matrix-01" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Aims and Objectives:</u></b></p><div><ul><li>to encourage students to reflect on the central question, “How do we know that?”, and to recognize the value of asking that question</li><li>to expose students to ambiguity, uncertainty and questions with multiple plausible answers</li><li>to encourage students to be more aware of their own perspectives and to reflect critically on their own beliefs and assumptions</li></ul></div><div><b><u>Essential Questions:</u></b></div><div><ol><li>What is the role of skepticism in our approach to knowledge construction?</li><li>How weird is it that we can actually, really, know anything at all?</li></ol></div><div><b><u>Agenda:</u></b><br /><ul><li>The Cogito</li><ul><li>Descartes: cogito ergo sum</li><li>An Introduction to Radical Skepticism</li><li>Putnam: The Brain in a Vat</li><li>"The Matrix"</li><li><a href="https://drive.google.com/a/carrolltoncityschools.net/file/d/0B8jFhPGxyAO2ckJsVGVpRUVGYkk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Nick Bostrom on why you are probably living in a computer simulation</a></li></ul></ul></div><ul></ul><div><b><u>Homework:</u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>CAS Blog due Sunday - our next CAS day is Friday</li></ul></div>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-3053475168185344072021-08-30T13:04:00.001-04:002021-09-01T13:09:49.109-04:00Day 11 (8/30): Mindful Monday<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.theeverymom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11155303/editor-highs-and-lows-the-everymom-social.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="650" height="385" src="https://media.theeverymom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/11155303/editor-highs-and-lows-the-everymom-social.jpg" width="650" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Aims & Objectives</p><p><br /></p><p>Key Questions</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>How does the history of knowledge continue to affect us?</li><li>How is it possible to know things about a past that is mostly lost to us?</li></ul><p></p><p>Agenda:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Mindful Monday</li><ul><li>Calendar Time</li><li>Highs & Lows</li></ul><li>History of Western Thought Extension Sharetime</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-19124996638735327242021-08-26T13:00:00.002-04:002022-09-07T08:08:01.585-04:00TRASH Day 10 (8/26): The Roots of Western Knowledge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.raphaelpaintings.org/images/paintings/the-school-of-athens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://www.raphaelpaintings.org/images/paintings/the-school-of-athens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Aims & Objectives</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>to encourage students to reflect on the central question, “How do we know that?”, and to recognize the value of asking that question</li><li>to encourage students to be more aware of their own perspectives and to reflect critically on their own beliefs and assumptions</li><li>identify and explore links between knowledge questions and the world around us</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Key Questions</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Where does knowledge come from? (Scope)</li><li>How do we acquire knowledge? (Methods & Tools)</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Agenda</b></p><ul><li>The Roots of Western Knowledge: <i>The School of Athens</i></li><li>School of Athens Extension Activity</li></ul><div><b>Ongoing Concerns</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>CAS blog due Sunday</li><li>IB TShirt Orders by Friday</li><li>Homecoming Kickoff: Sunday, 9/26, 5:30-7:30pm</li></ul></div><div><br /></div>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-47921340924893506442021-08-24T13:39:00.008-04:002022-09-07T08:04:26.672-04:00TRASH Day 9 (8/24): Knowledge vs. Belief<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/school-of-athens-raphael-thumbnail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="800" height="335" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/school-of-athens-raphael-thumbnail.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>Aims & Objectives</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>to encourage students to reflect on the central question, “How do we know that?”, and to recognize the value of asking that question</li><li>to encourage students to be more aware of their own perspectives and to reflect critically on their own beliefs and assumptions</li><li>identify and explore links between knowledge questions and the world around us</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Key Questions</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>What criteria can we use to distinguish between knowledge, belief and opinion? (Scope)</li><li>Are there situations where “knowing how” is more important than “knowing that”? (Scope)</li><li>What constitutes a “good reason” for us to accept a claim? (Methods & Tools)</li><li>Are intuition, evidence, reasoning, consensus and authority all equally convincing methods of justification? (Methods & Tools)</li></ul><b>Agenda</b><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Personal Hermeneutics discussion</li><li>Activity: Know vs. Believe</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Ongoing Concerns</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>CAS Blog due Sunday</li><li>Order T-Shirts THIS WEEK</li><li>Homecoming Kickoff: Sunday, 9/26, 5:30-7:30pm</li></ul><p></p>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-88811424072615877062021-08-20T13:00:00.002-04:002022-09-07T08:02:20.529-04:00TRASH Day 8 (8/20): Workshop<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDusCWOuxL2xrXzsOry2FYRXseaCg62vpg4Uh0oFEsIepQrBwb5gTU-p9YHykhxooduk90I3W0xn5_58eZ1LWxB8OFE577x-iqzBluIU82F47O2gEsYrNZZ7C3vXMmAnY3_3UmsCSKjA/s734/circles+of+context.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="734" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDusCWOuxL2xrXzsOry2FYRXseaCg62vpg4Uh0oFEsIepQrBwb5gTU-p9YHykhxooduk90I3W0xn5_58eZ1LWxB8OFE577x-iqzBluIU82F47O2gEsYrNZZ7C3vXMmAnY3_3UmsCSKjA/w400-h388/circles+of+context.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>Agenda:</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Personal Hermeneutics</li><li>Workshop</li><ul><li>Complete your Circles of context map</li><li>Compose your Learner Philosophy</li></ul></ul><p></p>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151207191056294708.post-78828318431325338882021-08-18T13:23:00.003-04:002022-09-07T08:01:51.005-04:00TRASH Day 7 (8/18): Circles of Context<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWb91asYn1rBaG6IcxlT_6Zx5P6pxcM3h6EOl1aBrZQ8_TzXbQHFY5RLxKPTeTemn9BWgIPIz8pQYJJhFNu9o0O1bUTxeuD7op4g5qWefkliGdaxKh1Ztr9_L_8PYQL1WLrwz2irbeqA/s734/circles+of+context.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="734" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWb91asYn1rBaG6IcxlT_6Zx5P6pxcM3h6EOl1aBrZQ8_TzXbQHFY5RLxKPTeTemn9BWgIPIz8pQYJJhFNu9o0O1bUTxeuD7op4g5qWefkliGdaxKh1Ztr9_L_8PYQL1WLrwz2irbeqA/w400-h388/circles+of+context.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p></div><b><u><br /></u></b><b><u>Standards:</u></b><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-15a45af2-1d28-3c03-a4ab-78e62a0421ab"><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A2:</span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> develop an awareness of how individuals and communities construct knowledge and how this is critically examined</span></span><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-15a45af2-1d28-bece-ed71-edb02482f217"><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">O4:</span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> understand the roles played by ways of knowing in the construction of shared and personal knowledge</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond";"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>Essential Questions:</u></b></span></span><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family: "garamond";"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Where does knowledge come from?</span></span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family: "garamond";"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>Agenda:</u></b></span></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: "garamond";">Learning: the Values Continuum</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "garamond";">Circles of Context</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: "garamond";"><b><u>Homework:</u></b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: "garamond";">Continue work on Learning Philosophy (Due Sunday: just submit your URL on Classroom when you have set up your blog).</span></li></ul></div>Noah Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562984445621695192noreply@blogger.com0