English IV: Philosophy Through Literature

Tentative Syllabus Fall 2016

Neuqua Valley High School

Date

Activity

Homework

Aug-22
Aug-23
Aug-24
Aug-25
Aug-26

NO SCHOOLTeacher Work Day

Welcome to Philosophy! But are we even HERE???????
Sharing This I believe
Sharing This I believe/Visit magical bookfair
Introduce College Essay

Aug-29
Aug-30
Aug-31
Sept-1
Sept-2

NO SCHOOLInstitute Day (Where teachers dance in midnight robes)

Benchmark College Essays
Drafting/Reading/Conferencing Day
Discuss William James Belief
Class Discussion: Are we post-truth?

R. Draft of Essay due 9/6

Read Belief (White textbook), type question responses
Find article/prepare questions
Read first 48 pages of Sophies World (Stop at Fate chapter)

Sept-5
Sept-6
Sept-7
Sept-8
Sept-9

NO SCHOOLLabor Day
Peer Review College Essays
Discuss The Natural Philosophers
Discuss The Natural Philosophers/The Last Question
Introduce TED TALKS/Discuss Socrates/Practice Writing Questions

Finish first 48 pages of S.W./ College Essay Final Draft due 9/11
Read The Last Question (posted on Google Classroom)
Read Socrates in Sophies World
Write five questions about Socrates beliefs

Sept-12
Sept-13
Sept-14
Sept-15
Sept-16

Socratic Seminar: Socrates

Discuss Plato
Discuss the allegory of the den
View The Matrix
Socratic Seminar: The Matrix (College Essay Final Draft Due)

Read Plato in Sophies World

Read The Allegory of the Den (white textbook), type ? responses
Permission Slip due tomorrow; College essay due Friday (9/16)
Write 5 Socratic Seminar questions about The Matrix
Read Aristotle

Sept-19
Sept-20
Sept-21
Sept-22
Sept-23

Discuss Aristotle
Discuss Hellenism
Discuss Bubers wacky mysticism/Review essay writing
TED TALKS: Unit 1
TED TALKS: Unit 1

Read Hellenism in Sophies World

Read I-It vs. I-Thou (white textbook)
TED Talks begin TOMORROW

Sept-26
Sept-27
Sept-28
Sept-29
Sept-30

Jeopary Review: Unit 1

ICE: Unit 1
Unit 1 Exam
Review Unit 1 Exam/Introduce Renaissance
Discuss Rene Descartes

ICE #1 tomorrow

Oct-3
Oct-4
Oct-5
Oct-6
Oct-7

Discuss Skepticism and inductive/deductive logic

Discuss Spinoza
Discuss The Spinoza of Market Street
Discuss Hobbes
Discuss Locke

Read Spinoza in Sophies World

Read The Spinoza of Market Street (p. on my website)
Read Hobbes (posted on my website)
Read Lockein Sophies World
Find article/prepare questions

Oct-10
Oct-11
Oct-12
Oct-13
Oct-14

NO SCHOOLColumbus Day
Class Discussion: Is Man Evil?
Discuss Omelas, Utilitarianism, and Utopias
Discuss Hume
Discuss Berkeley

Read The Ones Who [] Omelas (posted on website)

Read Hume in Sophies World
Read Berkeley in Sophies World
None

Oct-17
Oct-18
Oct-19
Oct-20
Oct-21

View House
Socratic Seminar: No Reason
Discuss W.T. Stace and agnosticism
TED TALKS: Unit 2
TED TALKS: Unit 2

Cool racing stripe

This I believe
Bring $ for bookfair (optional)/Parent signature (Due 9/10)

Review your notes, people!

Read The Renaissance in Sophies World

Read Descartes in Sophies World
Read From Skepticism to Belief, type question responses

Write five Socratic Seminar questions on House

Read Man Against Darkness (White textbook), type ? responses
TED Talks begin TOMORROW
None

English IV: Philosophy Through Literature

Tentative Syllabus Fall 2016

Neuqua Valley High School

Date

Activity

Homework

Oct-24
Oct-25
Oct-26
Oct-27
Oct-28

Introduce synthesis essay/synthesis prompt

Jeopary Review: Unit 2
ICE: Synthesis Unit 2
Unit 2 Exam
Review Unit 2 Exam/Introduce Renaissance

Oct-31
Nov-1
Nov-2
Nov-3

Discuss Kant
Discuss Romantics

Nov-4

Reading Day: Starfood/Marx

Nov-7
Nov-8
Nov-8

NO SCHOOLP/T Conferences
NO SCHOOLGeneral Election Day
Discuss Starfood

Nov-9

Discuss Marx

Read /Marx in Sophies World

Read Nietzsch posted on website/Harrison Bergeron posted
on website

Nov-10

Discuss Nietzsche/Harrison Bergeron

Read Freud in Sophies World

Nov-14
Nov-15
Nov-16
Nov-17
Nov-18

Discuss Freud
Discuss Rocking Horse Winner
Discuss In our own time
Socratic Seminar: Existentialism
Peer Review: Writing Project

Read Rocking Horse Winner posted on website

Read In our own time in Sophies World
Read Existentialism in white textbook, type ? responses
Writing project rough draft due FRIDAY
TED talks wrap up on Monday

Nov-21
Nov-22
Nov-23
Nov-24
Nov-25

TED TALKS: Unit 3

TED TALKS: Unit 3
NO SCHOOLThanksgiving Break
NO SCHOOLThanksgiving Break
NO SCHOOLThanksgiving Break

Nov-28
Nov-29
Nov-30
Dec-1
Dec-2

Jeopary Review: Unit 3

Unit 3 Exam
Introduce Ethical Debates
Research Day #1
Research Day #2

Dec-5
Dec-6
Dec-7
Dec-8
Dec-9

Ethical Debates
Ethical Debates
Ethical Debates
Ethical Debates
Ethical Debates

Dec-12
Dec-13
Dec-14
Dec-15
Dec-16

Introduce Philosophical Film

View Philosophical Film
View Philosophical Film
Discuss Philosophical Film

Dec-19
Dec-20
Dec-21
Dec-22
Dec-23

Review for Final Exam

FINAL EXAMS
FINAL EXAMS
FINAL EXAMS
Holiday Break! Go break something!

Discuss Hegel/Introduce Writing Project (Stage 1 due tomorrow)

Discuss Kierkegaard

FINAL EXAM ICE

Cool racing stripe

ICE #2 tomorrow
Read The Enlightenment in Sophies World
Read Kant in Sophies World
Find article/prepare questions
Read Romantics in S.W.
Read Hegel in Sophies World

Read Kierkegaard in Sophies World

Finish Star Food posted on website/Marx in Sophies
World

Writing Project due MONDAY

Film Extra Credit Due