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Students cite connections among Franklin's Albany Plan of 1754, his Plan of Confederation of 1775 and the U.S. Constitution and/or the Declaration of Independence. In an essay, they give examples of the philosophical and political contributions of Franklin and Jefferson. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students discuss different quotes from three different philosophies and see if they can pick out key elements to determine which philosopher made the statement. Full Review »
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- 1st - 12th
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Students create a platform in which they share quotations of well known philosophers. They discuss their own views and ideas about the different quotations. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students answer the critical challenge: Of all the philosophers we have studied which man's contributions do you think were the most worthwhile to our modern society? In groups, they discuss the various contributions and the different philosophers. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine and analyze various philosopher beliefs on human nature and role of government, place philosophers in their correct position on government spectrum, and explain why. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine lives, philosophies, and political beliefs of four Enlightenment Thinkers: Baron de Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke. Students then work with partner to write short speech from perspective of one of the philosophers. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students explore how to follow themes throughout a book and to compare broad social and philosophical themes to more intimate themes of family and friendship. They review the concept of themes. Students are introduced to the The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963. They are provided background information on the civil rights movement and the events in Birmingham in 1963. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students trace the sequential process of the developing theories of atomic structure in the early 20th century, show, in historical development, how scientists "know" things, how experiments are set up and how interpretations are drawn from them, and show, by the debate between particulate and continuous matter, the active process of scientific disagreement and the search for a better examineing of universal laws. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students develop a chart that compares the ideas of Blackstone, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau. They prepare a class presentation about one of the philosophers including charts and a comparison to one other philosopher. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the time period known as the Enlightenment and the intellectual thinkers behind it. They identify the leading thinkers of the Enlightenment period and discuss the intellectual contributions of the philosophers. Full Review »