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Starter Task: What is going on in this image and why ?. Lesson 1. Project: What is Plato’s Cave?. TASK1: In your Groups, list all the ways you KNOW the world is real / really as you see it… HOW DO YOU KNOW?. KEYWORDS: What do they mean? ILLUSION ANALOGY REALITY BELIEF PHILOSOPHY - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Starter Task: What is going on in this image and why?
Project: What is Plato’s Cave?LO’s:
1: To stretch & challenge my critical thinking2: To stretch & challenge my philosophical thinking
3: To reflect on the human condition & Christian teachingKEYWORDS:
What do they mean?
ILLUSIONANALOGY
REALITYBELIEF
PHILOSOPHY
RE-search for HWK
TASK1:In your Groups,
list all the ways you KNOW the world is real /
really as you see it… HOW DO YOU KNOW?
?
Lesson 1
Task 2 of 3: What is Plato’s Cave?• Watch this clip of Plato’s famous Cave…• As you do: think about…• What it means…• How THE CAVE is set out…• Any comparisons / contrasts to the
world we know?• Any comparisons / contrasts to
Christian belief?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTWwY8Ok5I0&safe=active
Next: Use your knowledge & example templates to draw your own labelled Plato’s Cave
Your Poster needs:SUNFIRE
ESCAPED PRISONERPRISONERS
PUPPET MASTERSCAVE
OUTSIDE WORLD
Task 3: Finding MeaningON YOUR POSTER ADD THE FOLLOWING:• A) The condition of the FREE man.• How he will feel as he finds the real
world / the blinding sun / what will he reflect on? Will he go back?
• B) The condition of the Prisoners.• How they may react if the escaped
prisoner returns to tell them about their enslavement.
• C) The Puppet Masters.• Why do they do this? Who are they?
What will they feel / think about the escaped prisoner?
EXT: Do YOU THINK God figures in any of this?
Consolidation: What have we learnt?• On your posters:• What do you think the Sun represents in Plato’s
Cave?• What could it represent for Christian belief?• Why?• FEEDBACK
KEYWORDS:What do they
mean?ILLUSION
ANALOGYREALITY
BELIEFPHILOSOPHY
RE-search for HWK
Lesson 2: Can we escape the Cave?• STARTER:• Let’s hear some of your HWK …• What do our keywords mean?• Examples?• ILLUSION• ANALOGY• REALITY• BELIEF• PHILOSOPHY
EXT:
How does this image fit in with Plato’s idea?
What do the cage and bird represent in this picture?
Task 1 of 3: Red Pill or Blue Pill?• SHOULD Neo take the RED or BLUE pill?• RE-flect and RE-ason
Ext: What would Plato say / do? Who faced a similar question in the Bible?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjgE8Lw5YaQ&safe=active
I think Neo should take the Red pill because…
I think
Neo should
take the
Blue pill
because
…
Task 2 of 3: Your own CaveSo, Plato says the Prisoner can escape the CAVE (his ignorance) by using his REASON…He can then try to see the world AS IT REALLY IS… not the way he thinks / accepts it is…
In your Groups:
cREate a Role Play where a character/s moves from a situation of IGNORANCE (NOT KNOWING/OPINIONS) to a
situation of BETTER / FULL KNOWLEDGE… (Your own CAVE idea!)
Show how his/her/their emotions change…Show what the character/s may do with their new
power!Peer Assess our performances…
Consolidation: What have we learnt?• Hot Seating!• Who can explain Plato’s Cave and be the Philosopher King!?• Grill your classmates with your questions!
HOMEWORK:
RE-search Plato’s idea of Philosopher Kings
Explain what/who they would be.Explain the implications for OUR society TODAY.
Lesson 3 & 4: So what is beyond the Cave?
Numeracy STARTER TASK:
Label Plato’s Divided Line correctly
Clue: ‘A’ is the LEAST developed type of knowledge
MATHEMATICAL
REASONING /
NUMBERS
PHYSICAL OBJECTS
BELIEF ABOUT
PHYSICAL OBJECTSPHILOSOPHICAL UNDERSTANDING
OF THE FORMS
SHADOWS / OPINIONS
Task 2 of 3: HWK re-SEARCH RE-port back…• Who / What is Plato’s Philosopher King?• What would he / she mean for OUR society TODAY?• How do they fit into the idea of the Divided Line and the Cave?
Task 3… Plato’s CAVE in the Media!
Watch and RE-flect on the Truman Show using your media sheet…
Your HWK / Stretch & Challenge tasks are on your sheet