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What are your pupils' life philosophies? Help them explore their beliefs in this lesson, which uses the Switchfoot song "Gone" and Robert Herrick's poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." The lesson includes a graphic organizer and prompts pupils to watch a scene from Dead Poet's Society (not included) to open the activity. A Six-Trait writing process takes them through writing their own poems about life, time, and the meanings of each.
Students explore the philosophical nature of good vs. evil. In this literacy/philosophy lesson, students read and discuss media articles that illustrate human nature as inherently "good" or "evil." Students practice debating skills and write a related essay.
Using children's books is an excellent way to introduce your students to the world of philosophy.
Facilitate your learners' exploration of the concept of community service. They define service and reflect on personal experiences and perspectives on community service, including whether requiring it dilutes the purpose. A philosophy of service document and service reflection mentioned are not attached, however, a rubric is included.
Students create a collage that displays their philosophy of life. For this life philosophy lesson plan, students research artifacts that tell about life, listen to songs, discuss how they can relate to these arts, and then make their own collage about life philosophies.
In this online interactive philosophy instructional activity, students respond to 14 short answer and essay questions about Philosophy of History by Hegel. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive instructional activity.
Students read and discuss Boyle's Mechanical Philosophy and his rejection of Aristotle's theory of "Forms and Qualities." They answer a given set of questions and discuss these with the class.
In this online interactive philosophy worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
For this online interactive philosophy worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Rene Descartes's Discourse on Method. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
In this online interactive philosophy worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer questions about Lysis by Plato. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.