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Survey: your political affiliation?
Democrat
Republican
Other/Undecided
Politics & Emotion
Are our political affiliations determined by how our brain is hardwired?
To what extent does emotion foster or hinder our acquisition of knowledge?
What role does emotion play on the dissemination of knowledge?
What is CRT?
CRT is not being taught in school. So why do parents want schools to stop teaching it?
CRT debunked
International mindedness
What is implicit bias?
What does racism look like?
What is systemic racism?
“13th” -- a documentary by Netflix
In google classroom, there is an assignment that goes with this video. Keep the prompt in mind & take notes to help you answer it
Why political polls are often inaccurate
What value do political polls bring?
To what extent are quantitative data & qualitative data useful?
Should the U.S. get rid of the electoral college?
If swing states are the ones political candidates focus their campaigns on, does that mean non-swing states, like California & Texas, have less voice?
If a candidate wins by the EC votes but loses the popular votes, does that mean the people’s votes do not matter?
To what extent do mathematics reveal or
obscure the truth?
Politics & ethics: Are these practices ethical?
ONE Medical, a private healthcare provider, was under fire for vaccinating rich people first, such as executives, their families & friends, who were not yet eligible for the vaccine. The government stopped sending vaccines to ONE Medical because they didn’t follow the rules
One vaccination site in San Diego was told to only vaccinate people on standby who are eligible, & to turn away ineligible people, even if it meant throwing away unused vaccines. Instead of throwing away 10 doses & turning away people on standby, vaccinators disobeyed their boss & vaccinated 10 more people, even though they were ineligible
Is it right? Is it wrong? Does it matter?
Are people’s identity influenced by their politics or their morals?
To what extent does ethics hinder the development of knowledge?
TOK IA Rubric: in google classroom
Use the rubric to grade your IA; give yourself a score (keep this to yourself)
Find a partner. Both of you use the rubric to grade each other’s IAs. Tell each other the score. Explain why you gave that score using evidence in the text to support it.
Compare your partner’s score with the one you gave yourself. Who do you agree with? Fix your IA to score higher
Create a google slide
1 slide only
How does emotion influence knowledge?
Theme: Knowledge & the Knower
Mango sticky rice
The Purple Experience: a Prince tribute band
Find examples in real life for reality, equality, equity or justice
Equality vs Equity: Politics & Education
Some parents argue that equity is not “fair”, since some students end up getting more attention & resources than others. Do you agree? Why or why not?
President Trump is removing DEI
requirement in business practices
and public education. Are there
advantages & disadvantages for
removing this requirement?
unfair?
Politics & ethics: an oxymoron?
“Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.” -- Karl Wilhelm
Friedrich Schlegel
“Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.” -- Adam Michnik
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” --
Mao Zedong
“There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honor.” -- Benjamin Disraeli
“Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.” -- Mark Twain
Expert knowledge of politics
“The faith religious believers have in God is small compared to the faith people put in politicians, knowing how many times they have been disappointed in the past but still insisting that this time it will be different.”
“Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.” -- Winston Churchill
“The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual’s own reason and critical analysis.” -- Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama)
Equality vs Fairness
Do political leaders have additional ethical responsibilities compared to ‘ordinary’ people?
Standards help establish consistency & equality. But are they fair?
Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell & Pedophile Island
Prince Andrews at Pedophile Island
President Clinton at Pedophile Island
To what extent does faith in authority figures hinder or foster knowledge?
Almost everyone agrees society needs law & order. So we have elected officials to run our government. Many people also agree that local government knows what’s best for the local community so local control is preferred over federal government control. Yet, during this pandemic, president Trump left control in the hands of individual states to get PPEs & ventilators, conduct COVID testing & roll out vaccinations, it was mad chaos & he was criticized for not having federal oversight to give states guidance & help.
Then when he announced schools must reopen or lose funding, states went in uproar telling the federal government to not dictate how states should run their education. President Trump was criticized again.
Do political leaders need to be knowledgeable?
What defines a leader?
What does it mean to be knowledgeable?
Evaluate Donald Trump as a leader
Why he’s a good leader
Why he’s a bad leader
Research both
Rules of engagement
Rapid
Debate
Ways of Knowing
Faith
Emotion
Intuition
Imagination
Reasoning
Memory
Language
Sense perception
Knowledge Concepts
evidence certainty perspective
interpretation power truth
justification culture objectivity
explanation values responsibility
Evaluate Donald Trump as a leader
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Maili
Chloe
Kaitlyn
Kaylani
Lian
Armando
Jacob
Rodrigo
Anthony
JP
Stephanie
Jazmin
Perla
Amber
Aiden
Marcos
Rafa
Sean
Why he’s a good leader
Why he’s a bad leader
Teams: plan out your strategy
Bring 1 object or an image of your object
Prompt: How does emotion influence knowledge?
Objects can be:
Personal
Technology
Politics
School related
Work related
Talking points:
How does emotion influence knowledge?
Psychology students created brochures on various eating disorders to help bring awareness to this mental illness. They held a booth at Stakeholders day to disseminate this information to parents & students
Community of knowers
Students interested in this unit
Students who opted out of this unit
Knowledge concept: objectivity
Student’s emotions affected their knowledge
because it clouded their objectivity,
Affecting them gaining or not having
knowledge
Politics & Communication
“Words matter, especially words defining complicated political arrangements, because they shape perceptions of the events of the past, attitudes toward policies being carried out in the present, and expectations about desirable directions for the future.” -- Michael Mandelbaum
An emerging style of conveying political beliefs is impactful & efficient. What does the new style in political graphics indicate about the way society processes information?
To what extent is emotive language
used to influence knowledge?
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Can an individual knower ever know what is right for others?
Whenever we vote, on the drinking age or on voting rights of former convicts or on abortion laws, are we saying we know what is right for others? Or are we voting on what is right for us?
Politics vs Science
When following the 6 ft social distancing rule set by the CDC, many school could not open due to lack of space. CDC then said social distancing of 3 feet apart is allowed in schools, so now more schools are able to reopen
RFK is an anti-vaccine believer. But with the recent measles outbreak, he then said getting the measles vaccine is ok
How do you know if this new guideline is driven by politics or by science?
To what extent can authorities be trusted?
Politics & Perception
“Perceptions are essential in politics.” -- Antonio Guterres
“Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.” -- Marshall McLuhan
“With the Internet era and social media and politics being so out there with the lies, now you’ve got people denying things they’re on camera doing, and then you’ve got people not really caring about the truth. You’ve got people supporting people who’ve done horrific things, but just don’t want the other side to get any satisfaction.” -- Ricky Gervais
What is fascism?
Are pro-Trump Americans fascists?
Which way(s) of knowing do you think guide people who support president Trump?
Reason Faith
Memory Intuition
Perception Emotion
Language Imagination
How do we counteract our own biases in our pursuit of knowledge?
Th. of Knowledge
Today’s Agenda
1) Politics
2) Go to pantry now, not during class
bias
perspectives
truth
ethics
politics
8 people killed in Atlanta, GA shooting
massage parlors because he had to eliminate them from
being a temptation for his sex addiction; he denied it being an
Asian hate crime
Does language influence knowledge?
Domestic terrorism vs international terrorism
knowledge?
U.S. Tik Tok ban
Why does the U.S. government want to ban
Tik Tok?
Why are young people against the ban?
Do you think this is a security issue, nationalism or racism?
With the Tik Tok ban, what are some implications?
Politics & Technology & Disinformation
How are lies propagated throughout history?
Is this use of AI dangerous?
How can a knower discern lies from truths?