Students listen to Plato's Allegory of the Cave and work in groups to analyze the allegory. They identify situations where they have needed to make changes, and determine why we choose to change or not to change.

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Higher Ed

Students familiarize themselves with some of the competing philosophies underlying architecture. They explore structures as a form of artistic expression as well as a practical undertaking.

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6th - 11th

Students build the five regular Platonic solids with Zome System and discover the solids' history and their occurrence in nature, the man-made world, and philosophy. Students need to have completed Plato's Solids-I prior to this lesson.

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7th - 8th

Students examine their own political party affiliations and political beliefs. After reading an article, they discuss how students at Duke define their political philosophies. They brainstorm events, people and experiences that have shaped their own political philosophies and write an essay outlining their philosophy.

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6th - 12th

Students examine the goals and rationale of nonviolence. As a class, they identify the concept of the Beloved Country and how they wanted to use nonviolence to achieve it. They discuss how the philosophy of nonviolence can relate to injustices of today.

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9th - 12th