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1 The Course
1.1 Core theme: Knowledge and the Knower (compulsory)
1.2 Optional theme: Knowledge and Technology
1.3 Optional theme: Knowledge and Language
1.4 Optional theme: Knowledge and Politics
1.5 Optional theme: Knowledge and Religion
1.6 Optional theme: Knowledge and Indigenous Societies
1.7 Area of knowledge: The Natural Sciences
1.8 Area of knowledge: The Human Sciences
1.9 Area of knowledge: History
1.10 Area of knowledge: Mathematics
1.11 Area of knowledge: The Arts
2 The Exhibition
2.1 The exhibition at a glance
2.2 The instrument: one question, one best-fit judgement out of 10
2.3 Choosing a prompt: narrowing 35 to 1
2.4 Objects that work: specific real-world context
2.5 Linking an object to the prompt
2.6 The commentary: 950 words across three objects
2.7 The Year 1 exhibition calendar
2.8 Coaching within the rules: what guidance is allowed
2.9 The exhibition event and the administrative requirements
2.10 Moderation: what the IB does with your marks
2.11 Exemplars with band reasoning
2.12 The 35 IA prompts
3 The Essay
3.1 The essay at a glance
3.2 The instrument: one question, five bands
3.3 What separates 9-10 from 7-8
3.4 Structure without formula
3.5 Examples are evidence, not decoration
3.6 Introductions, definitions, conclusions
3.7 Counter-pressure that does not cancel: four shapes
3.8 Unpacking any title: the method
3.9 The 1,600 words and the formal requirements
3.10 Exemplars with band reasoning
3.11 Practice titles: using the archive
4. May 2027 TOK Titles
4.1 M27 Title 1
4.2 M27 Title 2
4.3 M27 Title 3
4.4 M27 Title 4
4.5 M27 Title 5
4.6 M27 Title 6
1.6.1 What a knowledge system is
26 minute read
1.6.2 Indigenous knowledge systems: scope
27 minute read
1.6.3 Orality and knowledge without writing
29 minute read
1.6.4 Story, song and ceremony as method
1.6.5 Land and place as knowledge
1.6.6 Ecological and practical knowledge
1.6.7 Kinship and who may know
1.6.8 Transmission across generations
30 minute read
1.6.9 The archive and the elder
28 minute read
1.6.10 Studying from outside: whose lens?
1.6.11 Colonisation and knowledge loss
1.6.12 Language loss and knowledge loss
1.6.13 Ownership and intellectual property
1.6.14 Appropriation and consent
1.6.15 Meeting other knowledge systems
1.6.16 Assessment bridge: indigenous societies in the exhibition
1.6 Optional Theme: Knowledge and Indigenous Societies