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Alex: Dead Poets Society: Socratic Seminar Discussion
As a springboard to an eleventh grade poetry unit, learners view the movie Dead Poets Society and participate in a Socratic seminar of the themes, symbols, and life questions raised by the film. Student groups research and present one of...
Northern Illinois University
Niu: Socratic Method vs. Scientific Method
A chart which compares and contrasts the Socratic and scientific methods.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Apology by Xenophon
This is the full text of the narrative The Apology by Xenophon, a Socratic dialogue about the legal defense that the philosopher Socrates presented at his trial for the moral corruption of Athenian youth; and for impiety against the...
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Selected Moments From Plato's Gorgias
This is excerpt from Plato's Gorgias which illustrates the Socratic (Q&A) Method of Division and Classification and claims about rhetoric.
Other
Trinity College: The Window: Socrates
Contains a short summary of the life of Socrates, the Greek philosopher. Part of a larger site on various philosophers.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Book: The Memorabilia by Xenophon
This site features the full text of The Memorabilia by Xenophon, a collection of Socratic dialogues.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Socrates
Brief overview of Socrates' life and philosophy. Describes his philosophical method of asking questions as a "gadfly" to his fellow citizens. Author contends that Socrates proposed a version of the "teleological argument" for the...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Greek Thought: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
A lecture on the great thinkers of Greece: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
Other
Atlantic Baptist: Pre Socratic Lectures: Empedocles
Lecture notes on the Pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles from a college philosophy class. Also includes some quotations as well as discussion questions in small rectangles within the notes.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Student Led Discussions (Socratic Seminar, Fishbowl)
This strategy helps students refine their understanding of complex texts to meet reading expectations, engage in a variety of group conversations, and prepare for writing about texts.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Alcibiades I by Plato
This is the full text of Alcibiades I by Plato including an introduction and an appendix. It is a dialogue featuring Alcibiades in conversation with Socrates.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Apology by Plato
This is the full text of Apology by Plato. The Apology or Platonic defense of Socrates is divided into three parts: 1st. The defense properly so called; 2nd. The shorter address in mitigation of the penalty; 3rd. The last words of...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Grade Literature and Composition: Traditions
This is a unit on the traditional wisdom of various cultures handed down through fables, fairy tales, folklore, and proverbs. It includes readings from Aesop's Fables, African and African-American Folktales, Hans Christian Andersen's...
Other
Socratic: What Is an Acceleration vs Time Graph?
Explains how to construct and interpret an acceleration vs. time graph, and how it would relate to a velocity vs. time graph or a position vs. time graph.
Other
Socratic: What Are the 6 Models of the Atom?
Brief explanation of six major models of the atom along with illustrations. Covers the Greek model (Democritus), John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, and the modern electron cloud or quantum mechanics model.
Other
Socrative: End Behavior
On this site students can pose questions to get answers to problems they are having with their math homework. On this particular section, the topic of the end behavior of a sine function is discussed.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Socrates
Encyclopedia entry about the Greek philosopher Socrates. Includes information about his life, trial and death, philosophy, links to additional information, and more.
Other
Overview of Socrates's Life
Biographical information on the life of Socrates. Discusses his indictment and trial for being an offender of public morality.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bust of Socrates
Socrates was a Classical Greek philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only through the classical accounts of his students. Plato's dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bust of Socrates
This celebrated philosopher was born inthe year 468 B.C., in the immediate neighborhood of Athens. His father, Sophroniscus, was a sculptor, and Socrates was brought up to, and for some time practiced the same profession. He was married...
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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...
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Ntlf: Class Participation Assessment Rubric
This rubric is a means of restricting the subjective element in an assessment process of a Socratic dialogue, which inevitably has a subjective aspect. It suggests that students should be scored on the basis on the teacher's...
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