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"We are all drugged
by our own frenzy."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"It is not how much a man has which makes him happy,
it is how little he wants."
Seneca
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"The opinions of some men only are to be valued, and
the opinions of the many are not to be valued. "
Socrates, as quoted by Plato
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" I believe it is better to tell the
truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free
than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know
than to be ignorant."
H.L.Mencken
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| Monday |
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No
School — Labor Day
Assignment: |
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| Tuesday |
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Introduction
to the course; small group discussion of allegories; large
group presentations
Assignment: Read
Ayn Rand's "Philsophy, who needs it?" and write
180 words minimum on a pithy quote |
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| Wednesday
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Discussion
of pithy quotes;
Assignment: Read Seneca's
"On Philsophy" and write 180 words minimum on
a pithy quote |
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| Thursday
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Discussion
of pithy quotes;
Assignment: Read Montaigne's
"To Study Philosophy is To Learn to Die" and
write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote |
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| Friday
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Discussion
of pithy quotes;
Assignment: Complete
DLP 1 for Monday |
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| Monday |
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Sharing
of praise paragraphs; class reading of Euthyphro
by Plato; discussion of the dialogue
Assignment: Read
first half of The Apology and write 180 words
minimum on a pithy quote |
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| Tuesday |
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Small
and large group discussions of the pithy quotations
Assignment: Read
second half of The Apology and write 180 words
minimum on a pithy quote |
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| Wednesday
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Small
and large group discussions of the pithy quotations
Assignment: Read Crito
and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote |
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| Thursday
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Small
and large group discussions of the pithy quotations
Assignment: Read Plato's
"On Self-Discipline" and write 180 words minimum
on a pithy quote |
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| Friday
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Small
and large group discussion of pithy quotations
Assignment: Complete
DLP 2 for Monday |
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| Monday |
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Collection
of DLP's; sharing of praise paragraphs; Video: Ideas
Assignment: Read
pages 1-5 of Plato's "On Democracy" and write
down 5 characteristics of government and their current
examples in America. |
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| Tuesday |
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Lecture
on the Allegory; Sharing of characteristics
Assignment: Read pages
6-10 of Plato's "On Democracy" and write down
5 characteristics of government and their current examples
in America. |
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| Wednesday
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Sharing
of characteristics
Assignment: Read Mencken's
"Last Words" and write 180 words minimum on
a pithy quote |
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| Thursday
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Small
and large group sharing of pithy quotes
Assignment: Read Forster's
"What I Believe" in Plato's Heirs and write
180 words minimum on a pithy quote |
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| Friday
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Small
and large group sharing of pithy quotes
Assignment: Complete
DLP 3 for Monday |
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| Monday |
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Reading
of Praise paragraphs (from last week); handing back of
DLP's (first week); class reading of Plato's "The
Ring of Gyges" and class discussion
Assignment: Read
Plato's "The Divided Line" and create a graphic
which represents one or all Plato's points |
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| Tuesday |
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Sharingt
and discussion of the Divided Line graphics
Assignment: Read
Montaigne's "On Physiognomy" and write 150 words
minimum on a pithy quote. |
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| Wednesday
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Small
and large group discussions of pithy quotes
Assignment: Complete
"The Schools of Philosophy" activity |
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| Thursday
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Small
and large group discussions of the activity
Assignment: |
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| Friday
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Small
and large group discussions of the activity
Assignment:
Complete DLP 3 for Monday |
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| Monday |
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Collection
of dlp's; reading of praise paragraphs; Complete "The
Big Questions" activity
Assignment: Read
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Books 1-4, choose
a quote from each book and write an annotation on why
you chose it. |
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| Tuesday |
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Small
and large group sharing ofchosen quotes
Assignment: Read
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Books 5-7, choose
a quote from each book and write an annotation on why
you chose it. |
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| Wednesday
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Small
and large group sharing ofchosen quotes
Assignment: Read Aristotle's
Nicomachean Ethics, Books 8-10, choose a quote
from each book and write an annotation on why you chose
it. |
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| Thursday
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Small
and large group sharing ofchosen quotes; Belief paper
out
Assignment: Work on belief
paper for Monday |
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| Friday
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No
School — Teacher Workshop
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| Monday |
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Work
day on Belief Paper
Assignment: Work
on Belief Paper |
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| Tuesday |
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Work
day on Belief Paper
Assignment: Work
on Belief Paper |
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| Wednesday
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Work
day on Belief Paper
Assignment: Work on
Belief Paper |
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| Thursday
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Belief
Paper due for sharing; sharing of Belief Paper
Assignment: ß |
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| Friday
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Sharing
of Belief paper
Assignment: Complete Belief Paper
for Monday |
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| Monday |
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E-mail
collection - New
DLP Narrative discussed; discussion of alternative
to pithy quotes; class sharing of Belief Essays; collection
of Belief Essays
Assignment: Read
Epicurus's "On Pleasure" and write 150 words
on a pithy quote or complete an alternative assignment; |
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| Tuesday |
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Class
sharing of Belief Essays; small and large group discussions
of pithy quotes or alternative assignment
Assignment: Read
Epicurus's "Letter to Menoeceus" and write 150
words on a pithy quote or complete an alternative assignment; |
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| Wednesday
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Class
sharing of Belief Essays; small and large group discussions
of pithy quotes or alternative assignment
Assignment: Read Epicurus's
"Principle Doctrines" 1-20 and write down 5
which feel have integrity. |
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| Thursday
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Jigsaw
activity on the five chosen doctrines
Assignment:
Read Epicurus's "Principle Doctrines" 21 - 40
and write down 5 which feel have integrity. |
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| Friday
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Jigsaw
activity on the five chosen doctrines
Assignment:
Complete the new form of the dlp narrative and also the
assigned essay |
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| Monday |
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Sharing
of survey results and reading of praise paragraphs; Introduction
to Stoicism; Class reading of Seneca's "On One's
Reading"
Assignment: Read
Seneca's "On Fate" and write a pithy quote or
alternative assignment |
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| Tuesday |
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Small
and large group discussions of the assigned writings
Assignment: Read
Seneca's "On Acceptance and Contentment" and
write a pithy quote or alternative assignment |
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| Wednesday
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Small
and large group discussions of the assigned writings
Assignment: Read Seneca's
"On the True Good as Attained by Reason" and
write a pithy quote or alternative assignment |
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| Thursday
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Small
and large group discussions of the assigned writings
Assignment:Read
Seneca's "On the Firmness of the Wise Man" and
write a pithy quote or alternative assignment |
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| Friday
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Small
and large group discussions of the assigned writings
Assignment:
Do Feedback
Survey October 28 and DLP 4 for Monday |
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| Monday |
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Discussion
of pithy quotes
Assignment: Read
Bacon's "Of Adversity" and "Of Ambition"
and write down a pithy quote for discussion from each |
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| Tuesday |
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Small
and large group discussions of quotes
Assignment: Read
Bacon's "Of Anger," "Of Beauty" and
" Of Boldness" and write down a pithy quote
for discussion from each |
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| Wednesday
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Small
and large group discussions of quotes
Assignment: Read Bacon's
"Of Envy" and write 180 words on a pithy quote
or do an althernative assignment |
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| Thursday
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Small
and large group discussions of quotes
Assignment:
Read Bacon's "Of Goodness" and "Of Love"
and write down a pithy quote for discussion from each |
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| Friday
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Small
and large group discussions of quotes
Assignment:
Do DLP 4 for Monday |
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| Monday |
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Sharing
of Praise paragraphs and Course Evaluation Results; Class
reading and discussion of Bacon's essay "On Revenge."
Assignment: Read
first half of Bacon's "Idols of the Mind" in
Plato's Heirs and write down two modern day examples
of the Idols of the Cave and the Idols of the Tribe. |
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| Tuesday |
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Discussion
of first two idols; small group sharings of examples;
Assignment: Read
first half of Bacon's "Idols of the Mind" in
Plato's Heirs and write down two modern day examples
of the Idols of the Cave and the Idols of the Tribe. |
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| Wednesday
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Go over
last two idols; small group sharings of examples; begin
work on idols activity
Assignment: Work on
Idols Activity |
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| Thursday
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No
School — Teacher Workshop
Assignment: |
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| Friday
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No School
— Veterans' Day
Assignment:
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November 14 - 18
A Week of Montaigne! |
| Monday |
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Discussion
of Montaigne; Class reading of Montaigne's "That
our actions should be judged by our intentions" and
class discussion; small group reading and discussion of
"Of Liars"
Assignment: Read
Montaigne's "That it is Folly to Measure Truth and
Error by our own Capacity" and write a pithy quote
essay or an alternative assignment |
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| Tuesday |
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Small
and large group discussion of assigned readings;
Assignment: Read
Montaigne's "Of Cannibals" and write a pithy
quote essay or an alternative assignment |
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| Wednesday
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Quote
Carousel Activity
Assignment: Read Montaigne's
"On Cruelty" and write a pithy quote essay or
an alternative assignment |
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| Thursday
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Quote
Carousel Activity
Assignment:Read
Montaigne's "On the Education of Children" and
write a pithy quote essay or an alternative assignment |
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| Friday
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Small
and large group discussion of assigned readings;
Assignment:
Complete DLP 5 for Monday |
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| Monday |
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Sharing
of praise paragraphs; viewing of video Pi
Assignment: Read
Montaigne's "On Drunkenness" in Plato's Heirs
and write a pithy quote writing or alternative on it |
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| Tuesday |
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Discussion
of homework; finishing of video
Assignment: None |
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| Wednesday
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| Thursday
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| Friday
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| Monday |
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Class
reading of "Deism: The God that Got Away";
discussion of reading; small group reading of "On
Contradiction" and discussion
Assignment: Read
Voltaire's "On Ancient Philosophy" and "On
Beauty" and write down a quote from each to share |
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| Tuesday |
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Small
and large group discussion of quotes
Assignment: Read
Voltaire's "On Character", "On Destiny"
and "On Charlatans" and write down a quote from
each to share |
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| Wednesday
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Quotation
Carousel and the discussion
Assignment: Read Voltaire's
"On Envy", "On Luxury" and "On
Prejudices" and write down a quote from each to share |
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| Thursday
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Small
and large group discussion of quotes
Assignment:
Read Voltaire's "On Superstition", "On
the Limits of the Human Mind" and "On Tolerance"
and write down a quote from each to share |
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| Friday
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Small
and large group discussion of quotes
Assignment:
Complete DLP 6 for Monday |
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| Monday |
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Sharing
of praise paragraphs; writing time on virtue/vice paper
Assignment: Work
on paper |
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| Tuesday |
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Writing
time on paper
Assignment: Work
on paper |
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| Wednesday
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Writing
time on paper
Assignment: Work on
paper |
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| Thursday
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In
class sharing of papers
Assignment:Work
on paper |
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| Friday
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In class
sharing of papers
Assignment:
Complete your papers for Monday |
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| Monday |
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In
class sharing of papers;
Assignment: Read
Machiavelli's "The Qualities of a Prince"
in Plato's Heirs and Choose and write down an
important quotation from each section |
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| Tuesday |
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Carousel
quote activity on "The Qualities of a Prince"
Assignment: Read Swift's
"A Modest Proposal" in Plato's Heirs
and write down 5 important details about his proposal |
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| Wednesday
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Discussion
of the proposal; class reading of "A Modest Education
Proposal"
Assignment: Create
an original modest proposal for sharing in class |
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| Thursday
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Sharing
of Modest Proposals
Assignment: Read
Addison and Steele's "Humour" in
Plato's Heirs and
write a page on a pithy quote or althernative |
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| Friday
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Sharing
of pithy quotes
Assignment:
Read Wollstonecraft's "Vindication of the Rights
of Woman" in
Plato's Heirs
and write
a page on a pithy quote or althernative |
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| Monday |
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Discussion
of pithy quotations
Assignment: Read
Wollstonecraft's "Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
in
Plato's Heirs
and write
a page on a pithy quote or althernative |
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| Tuesday |
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Discussion
of pithy quotations
Assignment: Read
Lamb's "Grace Before Meat" in Plato's Heirs
and write
a page on a pithy quote or althernative
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| Wednesday
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Discussion
of pithy quotations
Assignment: Read Hazlitt's
"On the Feeling of Immortality in Youth" in
Plato's Heirs and write
a page on a pithy quote or althernative |
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| Thursday
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Discussion
of pithy quotations
Assignment:
Complete DLP 8 for Tuesday after vacation |
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| Friday
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Assignment:
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| Monday |
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Assignment: |
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| Tuesday |
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Sharing
of Winter Vacation survey results; Learning Style Inventory;
discussion; Books out: Siddhartha
Assignment:
Read "The Brahmin's Son" and "With the
Samanas" in Siddhartha and write a quote
for discussion from each |
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| Wednesday
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Discussion
of Siddhartha
Assignment: Read "Gotama"
and "Awakening" in Siddhartha and write
a quote for discussion from each |
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| Thursday
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Discussion
of Siddhartha
Assignment:
Read "Kamala"
and "Amongst the People" in Siddhartha
and write a quote for discussion from each
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| Friday
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Discussion
of Siddhartha
Assignment:
Read "Samsara"
and "By the River" in Siddhartha
and write a
quote for discussion from each |
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| Monday |
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Discussion
of Siddhartha reading
Assignment: Read
"The Ferryman" and "The Son" in Siddhartha
and
write a quote for discussion from each |
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| Tuesday |
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Discussion
of Siddhartha reading; Siddhartha Test
Assignment: Read
"Om" and "Govinda" in Siddhartha
and
write a quote for discussion from each |
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| Wednesday
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Discussion
of Siddhartha reading: Siddhartha Test
Assignment: Read first
half of "Self-Reliance"
by Emerson and down three quotes for discussion |
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| Thursday
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Discussion
of quotes
Assignment:Read
second half of "Self-Reliance"
by Emerson and write down three quotes for discussion |
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| Friday
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Discussion
of quotes
Assignment:
Read
"American
Scholar" by Emerson and write down four quotes
for discussion on
Tuesday |
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| Monday |
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No
School — Martin Luther King Day
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| Tuesday |
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Discussion
of quotes and essay; Final Essay assignment activity out:
Assignment: Read Thoreau's
"Civil Disobedience" and write 180 words minimum
on a pithy quote |
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| Wednesday
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Discussion
of quotes; Work time on final paper
Assignment: Work on
final paper |
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| Thursday
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Work
time on final paper
Assignment:Work
on final paper; Complete Survey
Tool Survey; Complete Final
Course Evaluation |
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| Friday
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Work
time on final paper
Assignment:
Work
on final paper |
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| Monday |
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Last
Day of Classes: Sharing of final papers;
Assignment: |
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| Tuesday |
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Blocks
1 and 2 finals
Assignment: |
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| Wednesday
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Blocks
3 and 4 finals: Sharing of final papers
Assignment: |
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| Thursday
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Make-Up
Day for finals;
Assignment: |
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| Friday
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No School
— Teacher Workshop
Assignment:
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