Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Socrates
An image of "Socrates", created by Pietro Perugino from 1497-1500 (Pen and ink on white paper, 337 x 101 mm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Xantippe Dousing Socrates
An image of "Xantippe Dousing Socrates", created by Reyer Van Blommendael, c. 1655 (Oil on canvas, 210 x 198 cm).
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Bernard Suzanne: Athens Map in Socrates and Plato's Time
This interesting site starts out with a map of the Agora of Acropolis. By clicking on various locations of the map, you are linked to more detailed descriptions. Scroll down below the map for an alphabetical listing of different Greek...
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New Geneva Center: Democritus
The New Geneva Center offers a brief description of the philosophy of Democritus and how he differed from Socrates.
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.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Socrates
(469-399 B.C.) Greek philosopher who espoused the teaching technique of asking questions.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Socrates
(469-399 B.C.) Greek philosopher who espoused the teaching technique of asking questions.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Socrates
An eminent Greek philosopher, born in Atherns about 469; died in 399 B.C.
My Hero Project
My Hero: Plato
This resource provides an article on the life and writing of the Greek Philosopher Plato and it includes images, important dates, and related links.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: "The Clouds" by Aristophanes
This site provides a complete text from the Internet Classics Archive of the play "The Clouds," by Aristophanes. This great satire mocks Socrates and other great learners.
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Excellent site designed to lead students through the major Platonic dialogues which relate the death of Socrates. Texts are annotated with comments and hyperlinked explanations. Audio files of important passages included, as well as a...
PBS
Pbs: In the Mix Lesson Plan on Peer Mediation
PBS In The Mix offers a lesson plan on peer mediation, which is a formalized way of presenting problem solving.
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Buck Institute for Education: Designing Your Project
Step through each of the five design principles presented here to learn how to design effective, engaging projects, and how to manage the process successfully. There are tools for creation, management, and assessment of projects...
Marxists Internet Archive
Marxists.org: "Existence and Being" by Martin Heidegger
One of Heidegger's works that is "easier" to read. Does require some background information, but a good way to introduce one's self to Heidegger and his peculiar writing style.
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Resources
[Free Registration/Login Required] If you are interested in learning to develop project-based learning in your classroom, this BIE resource list give you most of the information you need, from background to webinars, and from planning...
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Criticalthinking.org: Develop Critical Thinking Skills
This site provides a wealth of material tailored to the needs of primary and secondary educators interested in developing their own critical thinking skills and those of their students. Content includes numerous articles focused on the...
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Instructional Organizer: A Guide to Developing Project Based Learning Units
By following the guidelines provided by moving through the organizational links on this page, teachers can learn how to create, facilitate, and assess successful project-based learning units for any grade level.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Chemical Reactions & Engineering Design
This lesson begins with a story about rescuing reptile eggs from a new construction site. Using the story as motivation, students are presented with an engineering design challenge: Build a portable device which can warm, support, and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Whose Streets?: Lesson Plan Clips
This lesson provides a framework for critical analysis of current and historic race relations in America through the lens of the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, Jr., a young unarmed black man, by white police officer Darren Wilson in...
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...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Basics of the Higgs Boson
Using the Socratic method, CERN scientists Dave Barney and Steve Goldfarb explain the exciting implications of the Higgs boson. [6:30]
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Physics Education Research: Interactive Examples
The interactive examples engage students in a Socratic-dialogue help sequence. The quantitative homework problems teach learners by asking additional questions until they understand the concept. The examples help students develop...
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Greek Philosophy: Leucippus and Democritus
This article provides an overview of the atomistic philosophy of the pre-Socratic philosophers Leucippus and Democritus in the 5th and 4th centuries, BCE.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Anaximander
Find out about the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who observed and explained different aspects of the universe, with a particular interest in its origins.
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