Plato Was Wrong!

<p>David A. Shapiro is a full time faculty member in philosophy at Cascadia Community College and Education Director of the Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children at the University of Washington. He has been doing philosophy with young people in kindergarten through high-school classrooms since he was a graduate student back in the 20th century.</p><br>

<p>Introduction: Why Do Philosophy With Young People?    3<br /><br>Why Use Philosophical Exercises?    7<br /><br>How Are the Philosophical Exercises Organized?    11<br /><br>How Are the Philosophical Exercises Used?    16<br /><br>Tips for Successful Pre-College Philosophy Sessions    19<br /><br>Lesson Plans    20<br /><br>Topic One: What Is Philosophy?    21<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Are You a Philosopher?    23<br /><br>Lesson Plan: One Rule Game    33<br /><br>Lesson Plan: The Three Questions    40<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Energizer Activity—Word Association    44<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Blind Painter    48<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Keep the Question Going    53<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Sense and Nonsense    56<br /><br>Topic Two: What is Good Thinking?    58<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Good News, Bad News    58<br /><br>Lesson Plan: A Little Logic    63<br /><br>Lesson Plan: How Many of These Do You Know?    70<br /><br>Topic Three: What Do I Know?    74<br /><br>Lesson Plan: “What’s Your Reason?” Game    74<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Two Trues, One False    79<br /><br>Lesson Plan: The Egg Drop Game    86<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Assassin Game    92<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Hypothesis Generation Exercise    98<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Which Story Is True?    102<br /><br>Lesson Plan: What Do I Know (About this Strawberry?) Exercise    107<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Confirmation Bias Exercise    110<br /><br>Topic Four: What is Real?    114<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Reality Scavenger Hunt    114<br /><br>Lesson Plan: “What Makes the Team the Team?” Exercise    119<br /><br>Lesson Plan: What Makes Me Me?    123<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Could Anything Else Have Happened?    131<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Got a Minute?    136<br /><br>Topic Five: What is Art?    140<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Aesthetics Scavenger Hunt    141<br /><br>Lesson Plan: “Smoke”    144<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Art Market    147<br /><br>Topic Six: What is the Right Thing to Do?    152<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Ring of Gyges Diary    153<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Life Boat Exercise    157<br /><br>Lesson Plan: What Do Rights Look Like? Exercise    166<br /><br>Lesson Plan: The Red/Green Game    173<br /><br>Lesson Plan: “Hand Dealt”    179<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Fair or Equal?    190<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Ants and Chocolate    195<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Fish and Candy    200<br /><br>Topic Seven: What is the Meaning of Life?    203<br /><br>Lesson Plan: What’s Worth Doing?    203<br /><br>Lesson Plan: “What Is the Meaning of Life?” Game    206<br /><br>Lesson Plan: Why?    209<br /><br>Ten Recommended Readings for Exploring Philosophy with Children    211<br /><br>Reading: Williams, Margery, The Velvetine Rabbit    220<br /><br>Reading: Wiseman, B., Morris the Moose    220<br /><br>Reading: L’Engle, Madeline, A Wrinkle In Time    222<br /><br>Reading: Koss, Amy Goldman, The Ashwater Experiment    223<br /><br>Reading: Rowling, J.K., Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them    223<br /><br>Reading: Baum, Frank L., selection from The Tin Woodsman of Oz    224<br /><br>Reading: Tashlin, Frank, The Bear That Wasn’t    225<br /><br>Reading: Steig, William, Yellow and Pink    226<br /><br>Reading: Lewis, C.S., The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe    227<br /><br>Reading: Mills, Claudia, Dinah Forever    227<br /><br>Bibliography    229</p><br>