01History + one other
Is the advice to "study the historian before you begin to study their work" (adapted from E.H. Carr) good advice? Explore with reference to history and one other area of knowledge.
Theory of knowledge
All six prescribed titles for the November 2026 session, each with eight full essays annotated by an examiner. Open the one you are writing; you do not need the other five.
6/6
Is the advice to "study the historian before you begin to study their work" (adapted from E.H. Carr) good advice? Explore with reference to history and one other area of knowledge.
To what extent do you agree that failure is an essential part of the production of knowledge? Answer with reference to two areas of knowledge.
In the production of knowledge, why is it that ideas are so often more alluring than facts? Discuss with reference to the human sciences and one other area of knowledge.
To what extent do you agree that the artist and the natural scientist should be equally concerned with ethical questions? Discuss with reference to the arts and the natural sciences.
Does the need to share knowledge pose challenges in the production of knowledge? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge.
Given that it lacks evidence, how is it that intuition is so valuable in the production of knowledge? Discuss with reference to mathematics and one other area of knowledge.
Upload your own draft and get it marked against the assessment instrument, point by point, the same lens the annotations were written through.
A private Discord with experienced TOK mentors in it, for the question an annotation does not answer. Ask at the point you are stuck.
Every prescribed title and all forty-eight annotated essays are free to open. The annotations show you what the examiner rewarded, and where; the review tells you where your own draft is not doing it yet. Two under your title is enough: you do not need the other forty-six.