Lincoln High School – IB Theory of Knowledge For Juniors

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Note: This is a REQUIRED class for IB Diploma Juniors. This is the first year of a required two year sequence. Students will advance to IB TOK for Seniors to complete the Diploma requirements. Theory of knowledge (TOK) is a course about critical thinking and inquiring into the process of knowing, rather than about learning a specific body of knowledge. As such, it is intended as a space for students to reflect on the nature of knowledge, to make connections between areas of knowledge, and to become aware of their own perspectives and those of the various groups whose knowledge they share. The overall aim of TOK is to encourage students to formulate answers to the question “how do you know?” in a variety of contexts, and to see the value of that question. Students explore three of the following themes in the junior year of the course: Knowledge and the Knower, Knowledge and Technology, Knowledge and Politics, Knowledge and Language, Knowledge and Indigenous Societies, and Knowledge and Religion. In the junior year of the course, students build and practice the skills necessary to complete the IB internally and externally assessed components of the course: The TOK Exhibition, and the TOK Prescribed Title.