WEEK 15WEEK 15 TOK AGENDA - ONLINE LEARNING WEEK 5: *Please copy this page into your TOK notebook as you would normally do at the beginning of each week.*This week’s work will be due by next Friday. It will be a formative grade (15%) *ZOOM video-phone conferences will occur on Friday @ 10:00 AM.

TOK AIM #1 Make connections between a critical approach to the construction of knowledge, the academic disciplines and the wider worldTOK AIM #4 Critically reflect on their own beliefs and assumptions, leading to more thoughtful, responsible and purposeful lives.

1. Human Needs and Desires - See the attached PPT slides and copy the lecture notes. Simply follow the directions and answer the included questions using your own critical and creative thinking.

2. Global Perspectives on Happiness - See the attached PPT slides and copy the lecture notes and watch the included videos. Simply follow the directions and answer the included questions using your own critical and creative thinking.

3. Final Weeks of the Semester At-A-Glance

WEEK 15

1. Human Needs and Desires - See the attached PPT slides and copy the lecture notes. Simply follow the directions and answer the included questions using your own critical and creative thinking.

Abraham Maslow was a 20th century American psychologist.

WEEK 15

1. Human Needs and Desires - See the attached PPT slides and copy the lecture notes. Simply follow the directions and answer the included questions using your own critical and creative thinking.

Click Here and read this article about Abraham Maslow

The more we learn about man's natural tendencies, the easier it will be to tell him how to be good, how to be happy, how to be fruitful, how to respect himself, how to love, how to fulfill his highest potentialities … The thing to do seems to be to find out what one is really like inside; deep down, as a member of the human species and as a particular individual (Maslow, 1987, p. 6).

To what extent do you think all

humans pursue happiness? Is this

pursuit emotional or can it also be

rational?

WEEK 15

1. Human Needs and Desires - See the attached PPT slides and copy the lecture notes. Simply follow the directions and answer the included questions using your own critical and creative thinking.

TRUE OR FALSE - Write the statements and put ‘T’ or ‘F’ next to each. Elaborate as needed.

1. Some human needs are rational. 2. Some human needs are emotional.3. Some human needs can be both.4. Humans can be virtuous.5. Humans can be altruistic.6. Humans can be self-centered.7. Pursuing happiness is noble.8. Pursuing happiness is selfish.

“By virtuously pursuing one’s own rational human needs one can achieve

happiness.”

Read the above claim.

To what extent do you think Abraham Maslow would agree with it?

To what extent do you agree with it?

WEEK 15

2. Global Perspectives on Happiness - See the attached PPT slides and copy the lecture notes and watch the included videos. Simply follow the directions and answer the included questions using your own critical and creative thinking.

Define happiness in your own terms. What does this concept mean to you? How and to what extent do you think happiness is related to virtuous behaviour and decisions?

Weekly Vocabulary:1. Human Nature2. Self-actualization3. Positive psychology

*Define the above terms. Be prepared to discuss your definitions at our next Zoom conference call.

WEEK 15

2. Global Perspectives on Happiness - See the attached PPT slides and copy the lecture notes and watch the included videos. Simply follow the directions and answer the included questions using your own critical and creative thinking.

Helen Russell is the author of a fabulous new-ish book (see right). Watch her Ted Talk: “What Happiness Looks Like Around the World”

I think you will really love this Ted Talk!It is based on her researcH (in human sciences) that she conducted in order to write and publish this book →

WEEK 15

2. Global Perspectives on Happiness - See the attached PPT slides and copy the lecture notes and watch the included videos. Simply follow the directions and answer the included questions using your own critical and creative thinking.

Answer the seven questions about the Ted Talk and be ready to share your thoughts and opinions next week! 1. What is 1 thing you liked about this video?2. What is 1 thing you disliked about this video? 3. List the “10 Lessons for living miserably” that helen defines. 4. What do you think about her prescriptions for misery? What about their antidotes?5. How did helen conduct most of her (Human sci.) research for Her book?6. How valid do you think helen russell’s claims are? 7. How Universally TRUE do you think Helen Russell’s claims are?

WEEK 15

2. Global Perspectives on Happiness - See the attached PPT slides and copy the lecture notes and watch the included videos. Simply follow the directions and answer the included questions using your own critical and creative thinking.

The United Nations issues an annual

World Happiness Report in conjunction with GALLUP

and several other independent experts and

agencies.

Click here to visit the official WHR website.

WEEK 15

2. Global Perspectives on Happiness - See the attached PPT slides and copy the lecture notes and watch the included videos. Simply follow the directions and answer the included questions using your own critical and creative thinking.

1. What do you think about the World Happiness Report? 2. What are the indicators that are evaluated for the report? 3. To what extent do you agree with these recent reports? 4. Do you think it is fair to rank nations in this way? 5. How valid/true do you think these findings are? 6. Are there other variables or factors that are important to

happiness in each country? 7. Look up the population sizes of some of the leading nations.

In what ways and for what reasons do you think population/density is a determinant?

8. Do you have any other opinions on the WHR?

Watch this 2 minute video on the 2017 World Happiness Report.

Watch this 10 minute video on the 2018 World HAPPINESS REPORT.

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3. Final Weeks of the Semester At-A-Glance

Week of Friday April 24:-Defining prudence, virtuosity, and emotional intelligence -Examining leadership and decision-making-Case Study: Chinese Social Credit System*There will be one submitted assignment this week for Infinite Campus + our Friday 10:00 Zoom call.

Week of Friday May 1:-Explore online resources for Real Life Situations (RLS) for TOK Presentation-Provide examples and information on RLS & TOK Presentation -Open exploration of Kognity textbook*There will be no submitted/graded assignments this week for Infinite Campus. *We will still have our Friday 10:00 Zoom call.

Week of Friday May 8: -Practice exercises in generating knowledge questions-Practice exercises developing knowledge questions-Semester Reflection (Open ended response questions)*You will submit at least 1 possible Real LIfe Situation to use for your TOK Presentation (next year). *You will submit at least 1 possible Knowledge Question to use for your TOK Presentation (next year).*This will be submitted to me by 5/15/2020 for 2 separate completion grades in Infinite Campus.

What’s the plan for the remainder of this semester?