Plato Was Wrong Footnotes on Doing Philosophy with Young People 1st Edition by David A Shapiro ISBN 161048620X 9781610486200
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ISBN 10: 161048620X
ISBN 13: 9781610486200
Author: David A. Shapiro
This book is a compendium of lesson plans for classroom exercises designed to foster philosophical inquiry with young people. It introduces the reader to a wide range of activities for exploring philosophical questions and problems with children from pre-school age through high-school. There are lessons for a full-range of topics in philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics, and each is intended to help foster a supportive and caring classroom community of inquiry. All of the activities have been used on numerous occasions and include reflections on what teachers who employ the lesson might expect when doing so. Using this book, teachers, parents, and others can successfully being fostering philosophical inquiry with young people of all ages.
Table of contents:
Why Use Philosophical Exercises?7
How Are the Philosophical Exercises Organized?11
How Are the Philosophical Exercises Used?16
Tips for Successful Pre-College Philosophy Sessions19
Lesson Plans20
Topic One: What Is Philosophy?21
Lesson Plan: Are You a Philosopher?23
Lesson Plan: One Rule Game33
Lesson Plan: The Three Questions40
Lesson Plan: Energizer Activity—Word Association44
Lesson Plan: Blind Painter48
Lesson Plan: Keep the Question Going53
Lesson Plan: Sense and Nonsense56
Topic Two: What is Good Thinking?58
Lesson Plan: Good News, Bad News58
Lesson Plan: A Little Logic63
Lesson Plan: How Many of These Do You Know?70
Topic Three: What Do I Know?74
Lesson Plan: “What’s Your Reason?” Game74
Lesson Plan: Two Trues, One False79
Lesson Plan: The Egg Drop Game86
Lesson Plan: Assassin Game92
Lesson Plan: Hypothesis Generation Exercise98
Lesson Plan: Which Story Is True?102
Lesson Plan: What Do I Know (About this Strawberry?) Exercise107
Lesson Plan: Confirmation Bias Exercise110
Topic Four: What is Real?114
Lesson Plan: Reality Scavenger Hunt114
Lesson Plan: “What Makes the Team the Team?” Exercise119
Lesson Plan: What Makes Me Me?123
Lesson Plan: Could Anything Else Have Happened?131
Lesson Plan: Got a Minute?136
Topic Five: What is Art?140
Lesson Plan: Aesthetics Scavenger Hunt141
Lesson Plan: “Smoke”144
Lesson Plan: Art Market147
Topic Six: What is the Right Thing to Do?152
Lesson Plan: Ring of Gyges Diary153
Lesson Plan: Life Boat Exercise157
Lesson Plan: What Do Rights Look Like? Exercise166
Lesson Plan: The Red/Green Game173
Lesson Plan: “Hand Dealt”179
Lesson Plan: Fair or Equal?190
Lesson Plan: Ants and Chocolate195
Lesson Plan: Fish and Candy200
Topic Seven: What is the Meaning of Life?203
Lesson Plan: What’s Worth Doing?203
Lesson Plan: “What Is the Meaning of Life?” Game206
Lesson Plan: Why?209
Ten Recommended Readings for Exploring Philosophy with Children211
Reading: Williams, Margery, The Velvetine Rabbit220
Reading: Wiseman, B., Morris the Moose220
Reading: L’Engle, Madeline, A Wrinkle In Time222
Reading: Koss, Amy Goldman, The Ashwater Experiment223
Reading: Rowling, J.K., Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them223
Reading: Baum, Frank L., selection from The Tin Woodsman of Oz224
Reading: Tashlin, Frank, The Bear That Wasn’t225
Reading: Steig, William, Yellow and Pink226
Reading: Lewis, C.S., The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe227
Reading: Mills, Claudia, Dinah Forever227
Bibliography229
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