Transcript Greek Thinkers - Baltimore City Public Schools

Welcome back, future leaders!
For today’s warm-up please do the following:
• Grab your student log and notebook from the crates.
• Take out your homework – (the fable you wrote yesterday!)
• Write in today’s date and objective on your student log.
• Open your notebook and respond to the following prompts:
Define what a “chair” is to the best of your ability. Describe as
many details of what the ideal “chair” is as you can. Write one
full paragraph.
Make effort, not excuses.
I’m going to have to
think about that for a
minute… Let’s come
back to this later.
USE YOUR TIME WISELY!
Welcome back, future leaders!
For today’s warm-up please do the following:
• Grab your student log and notebook from the crates.
• Draw an X through today’s homework box.
• Write in today’s date and objective on your student log.
• Open your notebook and respond to the following prompts:
Define what a “chair” is to the best of your ability. Describe as
many details of what the ideal “chair” is as you can. Write one
full paragraph.
Make effort, not excuses.
I’m going to have to
think about that for a
minute… Let’s come
back to this later.
USE YOUR TIME WISELY!
World
History with Mr. Golden
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Philosophy - Greek Thinkers
Objective:
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FLWBAT examine the effects of
ancient Greek thinkers
Agenda:
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- Review
- A few more things about fables
- Greek thinker notes
- The death of Socrates
- Exit slip
- We’re done!
Fables, cont.
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In Greek Mythology…
Today…
Achilles was a great
warrior who was killed
when an arrow struck
his heel.
An “Achilles heel” is a
person’s weak spot.
ARROW’D!
Fables, cont.
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In Greek Mythology…
Hercules
was the
strongest
man on
earth and
completed
12 almost
impossible
tasks.
Today…
When a
person has
a really hard
job to do it
is called a
“Herculean”
task.
Just wrestled a lion.
NBD.
Fables, cont.
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In Greek Mythology…
Today…
King Midas was granted
one wish by the god
Dionysus, so he wished
that
A person who
seems to get
rich easily is
said to have a
“Midas touch.”
Fables, cont.
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In Greek Mythology…
Today…
Tantalus was
punished for
offending the gods. He
had to stand up to his
chin in water under a
fig tree.
He was always thirsty
and hungry, but the
fruit was just out of
reach, and if he tried
to drink the water
Something is
“tantalizing” if you
want it but it is just
out of your reach.
Fables, cont.
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If their stories had this kind of impact…
Notes/definitions
go on the right side
Keywords go on
the left side
Or,Just
better
imagine
yet – what
whatthey
these
could
creative
contribute
minds to
contributedyour
to the
NOTES!!!
arts and sciences!
Greek Thinkers:
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Investigation into the truths of existence in
the world.
Why… am I
wearing
Why?this
Kangol?
Basically, philosophers
loved to ask the question,
“WHY?”
Greek Thinkers:
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Greek mathematician, born 570 BCE
He believed that
numbers were holy,
and held the key to
unlocking the secrets
of the universe.
He looked for relationships between math and the world around
him, and believed he found a HUGE one with beauty!
Greek Thinkers:
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Greek mathematician, born 570 BCE
He believed that beauty could be mathematically proven
by measuring the relationships between one’s features.
Beauty:
now also
available
for nerds.
Greek Thinkers:
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Greek mathematician, born 570 BCE
He found that there
was a mathematical
relationship between
harmonies played on
stringed instruments.
Donald Duck can
tell us more…
Greek Thinkers:
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Greek Thinkers:
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Greek mathematician, born 300 BCE
o Pretty much invented
You know
that class
you hate?
Yeah, that’s
all me. Sorry
about that.
geometry – (the study of flat
shapes and lines)
o He also wrote about the
relationship between
mathematics and music
Donald Duck can tell us more…
Greek Thinkers:
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Greek Thinkers:
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Respond to each of the following prompts in
your notebook:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Who were the three great philosophers of Ancient Greece?
Describe the teaching method that Socrates used.
Why was Socrates sentenced to death?
Who did Plato believe should rule the ideal government?
Who was Aristotle’s most famous student?
If you finish early, think about this:
Were the teachings of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
really corrupting Athenian children?
Greek Thinkers:
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oBasically the world’s
nosiest
person
“As
for me,
all
oTaught using the “Socratic
I knowdialogue”
is that I
– a series of questions meant
knowto test
an idea:
nothing.”
Socrates: What is beauty?
Student: Beauty is seeing something as
it truly is.
Socrates: But the truth can be harsh and
disturbing. How can that be
considered beautiful?
Student: Errrrrrrrrrrrr…..
Greek Thinkers:
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Socrates’ A+ student / #1
fan. (We only know about
Socrates because Plato
told us about him.)
TEACHER’S PET!
oTried to define
utopian (perfect)
government
oTried to understand
where knowledge
comes from… No big
deal.
Greek Thinkers:
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Student of Plato
oOne of the world’s first
“scientists”
oDeveloped the
scientific method to
examine the ways that
the world worked
oPublished 170 books
BEEN IN THE GAME
WAAAAAAY BEFORE BILL
NYE!
Socrates:
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Were the teachings of Socrates really
corrupting Athenian children?
Chairs:
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Greek philosophers tried to understand what truth,
beauty, or justice were. We’re going to work on something
a bit simpler.
Chairs:
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It might seem like a really easy question…
Cha
ir?
But to truly define “chair” we have to understand
what “chair-ness” is. What qualities does a chair have?
Zeno’s Paradox:
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Just for funzors:
You are in battle and someone just shot
an arrow at you! OH NOES!
According to Greek philosopher Zeno,
you’ve got nothing to worry about.
Yeah, well… I wasn’t
scared anyway. That
massive urine stain
was already there.
Zeno’s Paradox:
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Just for funzors:
According to Zeno’s paradox, that arrow
will never reach you. Wanna know WHY?
Uhhh… What?
I think some of this stuff might have gone off the deep end…
Exit Ticket:
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Use the all of today’s notes and handouts to
answer the listed questions on the provided
paper.
Thank you for all your
hard work today!
We’re done!
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Make sure to put your notebooks in the crate
and your folders in folders, please!
Thank you for all your
hard work today!