Who am I? What are some aspects of identity? What are the
things that make you different from everybody else?
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ToK - Identity You Mind-map some of the different aspects of
your identity
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ToK - Identity Circle 3 that are strong in you today Is
identity fixed? Are you two different people: When you are at home?
When you are here? How does your identity change when you change
languages?
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ToK - Identity How do you feel your friends or classmates would
describe you differently than you describe yourself? Working in
pairs: Describe yourself - Adjectives 1 2 3 4 5 Describe partner -
Adjectives 1 2 3 4 5
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ToK - Identity What aspects of your identity are
problematic/confusing? Write for 5 minutes Share with partner for 2
minutes (one person speaks, the other listens without comment)
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ToK - Identity The role of Culture in shaping Identity:
Culture: the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices
that characterizes a group. In culture A the emphasis seems to be
on what makes you different from everybody else. In culture B the
emphasis seems to be on what makes you similar to everybody else.
How many of you are from culture A?
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Why do we talk about Identity in ToK? ToK - Identity
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Knower(s) Natural Sciences Language Sense Perception Emotion
Reason (Faith) Mathematics Human Sciences History Arts Ethics Ways
of Knowing Areas of Knowledge Theory of Knowledge Diagram Knower(s)
Identity
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ToK - Identity How we perceive and experience the world is
affected by aspects of Identity Our identities also affect how
others experience us
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History is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know
your history, if you don't know your family, who are you? Mary
Pipher I am a part of all that I have seen. Tennyson ToK -
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We do not think of the ordinary person as preoccupied with such
difficult and profound questions as: What is truth? What is
authority? To whom should I listen? What counts for me as evidence?
How do I know what I know? Yet to ask ourselves these questions and
to reflect on our answers is more than an intellectual exercise,
for our basic assumptions about the nature of truth and reality and
the origins of knowledge shape the way we see the world and
ourselves as participants in it. They affect our definitions of
ourselves, the way we interact with others, our public and private
personae, our sense of control over life events, our views of
teaching and learning, and our conceptions of morality.