Monday, December 15th, 2014

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Announcement: Vocab quiz Monday

Quiz 
philosophy
existentialism
enlightenment
renaissance
reasoning
economy
government

Circle Question
From what you have read, how would you describe the philosophy of your main character?

New Unit
We're starting a unit that will be exploring both the history of philosophy as separate from religion, and exploring different types of philosophies.  When this unit is done, you will be able to explain what a philosophy is, describe at least three, including your own.

Vocab Words
Secularism
Rationalism
Individualism
Humanism
Construct
Absolute

Learning Target: By the end of class today, you will be able to explain the philosophy expressed in the Allegory of the Cave.

Plato's Allegory of the Cave
Puppet Show
Given some sticks, paper and tape, create a puppet show that tells a story.
Allegory of the Cave
First, we'll watch this video, next we'll break up and read this text.
Finally, we will sketch out the parts of the Allegory to understand them.

The Matrix
We will continue on our quest to understand what Plato was saying when he told the story "The Allegory of the Cave" by watching "The Matrix."  Ultimately, and most importantly, we are working on understanding the concept that people either create or discover solutions to all of life's problems based on their understanding of how the world works. This is what a philosophy is.  Both "The Matrix" and "The Allegory of the Cave" present similar views of how one can understand the world (which are very different from how you see the world now).