Young Bonobo—a very smart ape!
AI image created by the author in the style of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes


What on earth will TOK look like in the age of AI?

Is Knowledge itself in Crisis?


Let’s have a think, have a go… and try to find out.
These are juicy—deliciously human—questions!

 AI generated image @stockgiu using FREEP¡K


360 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE class activities
SHARED in a spirit of collegiality

Welcome to TOKresource.org

Beginning and experienced IB Theory of Knowledge teachers are invited to appropriate, borrow directly, or adapt freely any of this tried and trusted TOK content.

TOKresource.org is a non-commercial resource for TOK teachers around the world. There is no paywall, ads, or clickbait. Nor does the site provide any quick-fix assessment help for students. Instead, the focus is on the essential recurring challenge for every TOK teacher—when it’s time for class, what are my students actually going to do?*

Andrew Brown
andrewleabrown@gmail.com


Updated: August 24, 2025

Paul Gauguin (1897-98) D'où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ? (Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?) Oil on canvas. Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

“*Yes, that’s all good... but what are your students actually going to do? ”
— the recurring generative question, always delivered with a wry smile, of my friend and most gifted colleague, Alioune Kone.


Critical limitations of the site

This website does one thing well. It shares lesson plans and ideas from the perspective of an experienced, individual classroom teacher. TOKresource.org aligns with copyrighted IBO materials—but stops short of addressing specific Essay titles. Strategies proposed for both the Exhibition and the TOK Essay serve any prompt.

The official IB Diploma Programme Resource Centre is the one and only foundational reference point for all TOK teachers. The Theory of Knowledge Guide (first assessment 2022) together with teacher support and assessment materials are downloadable after login. IB approved workshops (offered at three levels according to experience) should be the very next priority for both novice and veteran TOK teachers. 

Human infant spoon fed by an AI drone in Plato’s Cave (2024)—Oil painting by the author.