The BQ framework is a complete classroom-ready course of TOK lessons, structured around 5 ‘Big Questions’ that invite learners to reflect on the way knowledge is produced and used, across different themes and areas of knowledge.
The BQ framework not only provides a brilliant and impactful way of delivering the TOK course, it also strengthens their university application profiles, and thoroughly prepares them for their undergraduate course.
The Big Question framework 2025-26
Find our classroom-ready BQ lessons below. Each BQ is presented on a padlet, with support material to help you deliver each one, such as the Unit outlines, Crafting your course docs, and Assessment trackers.
We recommend that you augment the course with our mini-lessons, to keep TOK completely relevant to what’s going on in the real-world, and integrated meaningfully with the rest of the Diploma Programme.
Download the sample BQ lessons
The BQ framework is a complete TOK course offering a genuinely life-changing cognitive experience via the exploration of 5 ‘Big Questions’ that will engage, challenge, and inspire both learners and educators. It comprises 75 classroom-ready lesson presentations in total.
The framework has been completely updated for 2025-26, with new learning experiences, more links to the assessments, and extensive suggestions for AI activities. Download some sample BQ lessons via the padlet below. Access the rest by joining us here.
Help your learners to exit their echo chambers!
Our online and in-person workshops offer the usual support for students writing the essay and exhibition, and TOK departments designing great courses.
But our training sessions go much further than this: by focusing on authentic critical thinking, they demonstrate how to help learners confront, rather than confirm, their biases and assumptions, and exit their echo chambers. This makes them accessible and relevant for all teachers, whatever their subject or programme. Read more here.