ConVal High School
Philosophy and Ethics Class

 

Syllabus

 

Survey Results

November 18
December 2


 

 

 

"We are all drugged by our own frenzy."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

 

 



"It is not how much a man has which makes him happy, it is how little he wants."

Seneca

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 7 - 9
 Monday
  Class introduction; class reading of Seneca's "On Virtue and Philosophy"; Reflective writing on reading
Assignment:
 Complete reflective writing
   
 Tuesday
  Homework check; small and large group sharing of writings; Class reading of Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave"; reflective writing time on the reading
Assignment:
 Complete reflective writing
   
 Wednesday
  Homework check; small and large group sharing of writings; Class reading of Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave"; reflective writing time on the reading
Assignment: Complete reflective writing
   
 Thursday
   No School — Teacher Workshop
Assignment:
None
   
 Friday
  No School — Veterans' Day
Assignment: None
   

 
November 14 - 18   
 Monday
  Viewing of video: Ideas ; writing time for reflections on the video
Assignment:
 Complete the writing for tomorrow
   
 Tuesday
  Homework check; small group sharing of writings; Finish reading "Allegory of the Cave" and fill out form on connections to education of the soul; writing time for activities
Assignment:
 Complete the writing for tomorrow
   
 Wednesday
  Homework check; small group sharings of writings; Small group creation of Allegory Applications; Application sharings; writing time for reflection on activities
Assignment: Complete the writing for tomorrow
   
 Thursday
   Homework check; small group sharings of writings; Class reading of "Plato on the Wisdom of Socrates"; writing time for reflection on activities
Assignment
:Complete the writing for tomorrow
   
 Friday
  First DLP Narrative and Survey Review
Assignment: Complete the DLP Narrative
   

November 21 - 22
 Monday
  Viewing of The Matrix; writing time for connections to the Allegory of the Cave
Assignment:
 Complete the writing
   
 Tuesday
  Finish the video: time for taking the online survey; writing time on connections of video to the allegory
Assignment:
 Complete the writing
   
 Wednesday
 
   
 Thursday
   
   
 Friday
 
   

November 28 - December 2
 Monday
  Sharing of Matrix/allegory connections; Allegory of the Cave connections to the education of the soul; Writing time for reflection on day's activity
Assignment:
 Complete reflection writing
   
 Tuesday
  Sharing of reflections; Allegory Application activity; Writing time for reflection on day's activity
Assignment:
 Complete reflection writing
   
 Wednesday
  Sharing of reflections; Application sharings; Writing time for reflection on day's activity
Assignment: Complete reflection writing
   
 Thursday
   Sharing of reflections; Class reading of "Plato on the Wisdom of Socrates"; writing time for reflection on activities
Assignment:
Complete reflection writing
   
 Friday
  Wrting time for DLP 2; time for completion of on-line survey
Assignment:
   

December 5 - 9
 Monday
  Video: Tuesdays with Morrie; writing time on prompt
Assignment:
 Complete writing on prompt
   
 Tuesday
  Sharing of praise paragraphs; Finish video: writing time on prompt; sharing of yesterday's writings
Assignment:
 Complete writing on prompt
   
 Wednesday
  Sharing on writings; class reading of Seneca's "On One's Reading"; writing time on the reading
Assignment: Complete writing on prompt
   
 Thursday
   Sharing on writings; class reading of Seneca's "On Reason"; writing time on the reading
Assignment:
Complete writing on prompt
   
 Friday
  Writing time for dlp narrative; Maclab time to complete survey
Assignment: No Homework
   

December 12 - 16
 Monday
  Video: The Gladiator; writing time for video; (No DLP or survey for last week)
Assignment:
 Complete writings
   
 Tuesday
  Sharing of writings; Finish Video: writing time for video;
Assignment:
 Complete writings
   
 Wednesday
  Sharing of video writings; class reading of "On Good as Attained by Reason"; writing time on reading
Assignment: Complete writings
   
 Thursday
   Sharing of writings; class reading of "Of Studies"; writing time on reading
Assignment:
Complete writings
   
 Friday
  Writing time for DLP Narrative; MacLab time for  survey
Assignment: Complete DLP narrative and booklet for Monday
   

December 19 - 22
 Monday
  Video: The Last Samuri ; writing time for video
Assignment:
 Complete writings
   
 Tuesday
  Sharing of writings; Finish Video: Writing time for video
Assignment:
 Complete writings
   
 Wednesday
  Sharing of writings; class reading of Bacon's "Of Revenge"; writing time
Assignment: Complete writings
   
 Thursday
  Sharing of writings; work time on DLP; MacLab time for survey
Assignment: None
   
 Friday
  No School — Winter Vacation
   

January 3 - 6
 Monday
 
Assignment:
 
   
 Tuesday
  Class reading of Bacon's "Of Revenge"; Class time for writing
Assignment:  Complete writings
   
 Wednesday
  Sharing of writings; Class reading of Bacon's "Of Anger"; Class time for writing
Assignment:
   
 Thursday
  Sharing of writings; Class reading of Bacon's "Of Adversity"; Class time for writing
Assignment:
   
 Friday
  Sharing of writings; Maclab time for weekly surveys, class time for complettion of DLP
Assignment: Finish DLP for Monday
   

January 9 - 13
 Monday
  Video: Pi; writing time on video
Assignment:
 Complete writing
   
 Tuesday
  Sharing of writings; class reading of Montaigne's "Of Liars"; writing time for reading
Assignment:
 Complete writing
   
 Wednesday
  Sharing of writings; class reading of Montaigne's "Of Fear"; writing time for reading
Assignment: Complete writing
   
 Thursday
  Sharing of writings; class reading of Montaigne's "Of Dying As We Lived"; writing time for reading
Assignment:
Complete writing
   
 Friday
  Sharing of writings; MacLab time for survey; writing time for DLP narrative
Assignment: Complete DLP narrative
   

January 17 - 20
 Monday
  No School — Martin Luther King Day
 
   
 Tuesday
  Class reading of Montaigne's "Of Dying As We Lived"; writing time for reflection on the essay; progress reports out
Assignment:  Complete the writing
   
 Wednesday
  Sharing of survey praise paragraphs; Sharing of personal writings; Class reading of Montaigne's "On the Education of Children"; writing time for reflection on the essay
Assignment: Complete the writing
   
 Thursday
  Sharing of personal writings; Video: What the Blank do we know?; reflective writing on video
Assignment:
Complete the writing
   
 Friday
  Finish Video: final writing;
Assignment: Complete final writing
   

January 23 -27
 Monday
  Last Day of Classes: Taking of final surveys; make-up time for dlp's
 
   
 Tuesday
  Blocks 1 and 2 finals
 
   
 Wednesday
  Blocks 3 and 4 finals
   
 Thursday
  Make-Up Day for finals;
   
 Friday
  No School — Teacher Workshop