Human beings share a common ancestor with apes

If A is bigger than B and B is bigger than C, then A is bigger than C

Murder is wrong

All metals expand when heated

Picasso was a better painter than Van Gogh

Scientific fact and religious belief are entirely separate.

The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of a country can be calculated precisely

We learn a lot about human behavior from reading novels

Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ the American continent in 1492

Globalization represents progress.

If a person’s behavior affects no-one else it cannot be considered immoral

The rise of European Nationalism in the 19th century was the prime cause of the First

World War

The sum of two even numbers is another even number

People in groups are more aggressive than people alone

It is possible to know God.

Folklore or ritual can provide important information about the world in which we live.

What similarities or differences were

there in the previous

examples?

Human beings share a common ancestor with apes

If A is bigger than B and B is bigger than C, then A is bigger than C

Murder is wrongGlobalization represents progress.

All metals expand when heated

Picasso was a better painter than Van Gogh Scientific fact and religious belief are entirely separate.

The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of a country can be calculated precisely

We learn a lot about human behavior from reading novels

Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ the American continent in 1492

If a person’s behavior affects no-one else it cannot be considered immoral

The rise of European Nationalism in the 19th century was the prime cause of the First World War

Folklore or ritual can provide important information about the world in which we live. The sum of two even numbers is another even number

People in groups are more aggressive than people aloneIt is possible to know God.

In groups, refer to previous slide and try to divide the color coded

claims into distinct disciplines.

Areas of Knowledge in TOK• Arts

• Ethics

• Mathematics

• Natural Sciences (Bio, Chem, Physics….)

• Human Sciences (Econ, Psychology, etc…)

• History (distinct from Human Sciences)

• Religious Knowledge Systems

• Indigenous Knowledge Systems