The Republic Lesson Plan

Project: Knowledge and the Intellectual Virtues

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

To provide students with more key concepts.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.6 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.7 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.8 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

The teacher should start by writing and explaining the concept of "epistemology" to students. By this point in the class, students should be familiar with what "epistemology" entails, practically speaking—after all, they have been reading about Socrates asking what...