Section #3 Outline Quiz -
Due Tonight: (Aug 30th...by 11:59 PM)
Aristotle vs Plato (see below for link)
Due Sunday: (Sept 2nd...by 11:59 PM)
Chapter 1 Section #4 Outline
Due Mon: (Sept 3th...by 11:59 PM)
Chapter 1 Section #5 Outline
12 Tables Decipher and Questions
CHAPTER 1 TEST-THURSDAY SEPT 6TH
Bring your 1 page (both sides) cheat sheet handwritten
CHAPTER ONE
Objective: Given a textbook covering the Greeks, Romans, Judaism, and Christianity, students will be able to accurately outline the chapter using a template guide, and be able to explain how democracy developed in the Greek city-state of Athens and how the Greek philosophers viewed reason, democracy, tyranny, and rule of law.
Rationale: Each student should be able to articulate where the current governmental practices originated from and the events or beliefs systems that influenced those ideals.
Evidence: By answering the chapter template accurately, students will demonstrate a basic understanding of events which created the modern day version of democracy western civilized countries practice.
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DEMOCRACY
Journal write: What is Monotheism, who introduced the idea, and how was it different from Nearby peoples?
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Plato "Allegory of a Cave" - Plato claimed that knowledge gained through the senses is no more than opinion and that, in order to have real knowledge, we must gain it through philosophical reasoning. This was Plato's way of explaining the Life of Socrates, and how he "saw the light" which many others were incapable of seeing.
Explanation of the meaning of the video
Plato "Allegory of a Cave" - Plato claimed that knowledge gained through the senses is no more than opinion and that, in order to have real knowledge, we must gain it through philosophical reasoning. This was Plato's way of explaining the Life of Socrates, and how he "saw the light" which many others were incapable of seeing.
Explanation of the meaning of the video
12 Tables - Roman law was described in something called the 12 Tables. Follow the direction on how you will re-write the 12 tables and answer questions in regard to them.
12 Tables assignment
12 Tables assignment
