Curated OER
Plato and The Republic
Students recognize that in the book The Republic, Plato described the ideal society. They adopt, modify, or reject Plato's views as they describe another, smaller ideal society: Utopia High School. In addition, they summarize the...
Curated OER
The Republic Study Questions & Essay Topics
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Plato's The Republic. Students may check some of their answers online.
Curated OER
George Washington & the Classics
High schoolers will compare and contrast famous philosophers with George Washington. In this history lesson, students work in small groups to define Classicism, Legalism, Democracy, Republic and Civility, then read some short...
Curated OER
Final Regents Review: Greece
Take your students on a free trip to Athens this year with this presentation, which tours the geography, history, and modern changes in the country of Greece. Clear, easy-to-understand maps and pictures help students to appreciate this...
Curated OER
The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on The Rise of Silas Lapham. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Who Wrote That?
Students explore the Project Gutenberg website and conduct a webquest to answer questions about well known literature and authors.
Able Media
Able media.com: Plato's Republic
An informative and very helpful study guide from AbleMedia.com on Plato's Republic. After setting the work in its historical context, the site discusses Plato's relation to the Sophist philosophers. Includes a lengthy series of study...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Republic by Plato
Use this full text of Plato's Republic for study about Greek philosophy.
Other
Plato's Republic
Intensive look at "The Republic," by Plato. Incorporates a brief biography of Plato along with a condensed version of "The Republic". Truly gives the essence of Plato's philosophy.
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Plato and His Dialogues: List of Plato's Works
This list of works by Plato such as The Republic also features links to e-texts in English translation.
Other
Plato & His Dialogues: Plato's Tetralogies
View Plato's dialogues organized into a system of seven tetralogies - meaning that each is composed of four dialogues or discourses. Includes links for further information on each. Great starting place for learning more about Plato and...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Works by Plato
A library entry with translations of many works by Plato, including commentary and discussion of each.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: The Republic by Plato
A digital version of The Republic, Plato's famous political dialogue. Includes a lengthy introduction by the translator, Benjamin Jowett, a nineteenth-century Oxford University scholar.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Book: The Republic by Plato
This site features the full text of the Socratic dialogue The Republic by Plato, concerning justice.
Virginia Tech
A Sketch of the Political Structure of "The Republic"
A discussion over the issue whether Plato was trying to actually construct a political model which can be used by a polis or as a literary device (to advance a philosophical argument).
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Plato
This site focuses on the writings of the philosopher Plato including links to the full texts of 15 of his classics: Alcibiades I, Apology, Charmides, Critias, Crito, Euthydemus, Euthyphro, Ion, Laches, Lesser Hippias, Lysis, Menexenu,...
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Plato's Dialogue: Plato's Republic
This site from Plato's Dialogue proposes two possible (and quite detailed) outlines of Plato's most famous dialogue, "The Republic." A helpful resource for those reading the text or researching its major ideas. Includes links to many...
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Plato
This site contains a summary of Plato's life in Athens and the major ideas in his writings. Explains the philosophical method of Socrates and Plato's early questions about justice and the city in "Republic." Then describes in some detail...
Stanford University
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Plato's Ethics
This encyclopedia entry provides an extensive discussion on Plato's Ethics and his attempt to create a philosophy of achieving the highest aim of moral thought and conduct.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Plato's Allegory of the Cave
Twenty four hundred years ago, Plato, said life is like being chained up in a cave forced to watch shadows flitting across a stone wall. Alex Gendler unravels Plato's Allegory of the Cave, found in Book VII of The Republic. [4:33]
Philosophy Pages
Philosophy Pages: Plato (427 347 Bce)
Explore the life and work of Plato (427-347 BCE) by visiting this comprehensive site. Also contains a lengthy bibliography and links to more detailed information about the Greek philosopher.
Friesian School
Fresian.com: The Republic
This site from Fresian.com describes "The Republic", the longest of Plato's writings, which is divided into ten books. In it Plato describes justice and the individual as well as his conversations with Socrates.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Plato
This long encyclopedia entry describes what is known about the life and philosophy of Plato (born ca. 427 BCE), the author of the Republic. ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of...
Boston University
Boston University: St. Mary's University: Plato's Moral Psychology
St. Mary's University provides an essay that argues that Plato's psychology was distinctively defined by his ethical orientations and the necessities of his theory of justice.