Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Socrates and the Arts (Class 02/22/2011)

We began today by taking a closer look at Socrates.  I showed a short video (about five minutes in length) which featured modern-day philosophers talking about Socrates as well as clips simulating the Socratic Method.  The main idea was for students to understand the way that philosophers see the world as well as appropriate ways to question authority or norms.  If anyone has a question about this topic, please post so we can discuss.

Second, students spent some time reading about architecture and drama.  These topics, along with philosophy, relate to the fourth essential question of this unit:  What events and discoveries led to, and defined, the Golden Age of Greece?

We will spend some time on Thursday discussing our answers to that question!  Group one assessment will be given on Friday of this week!

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