ENGLISH 12 CP, Senior Seminar

Philosophy in Literature

August/September 2016

Week 1

DAY 1: Monday 08/29
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
[Minimum DaySchedule]
  • Handout: Syllabus, Independent Reading List, Assignment List
  • Library: check out Textbook, Out of the Silent Planet
  • Assignment: Personal Philosophy Statement (Canvas)
/ Textbook Introduction (p. 1-4) / Contract signatures (Canvas)
DAY 2: Tuesday 08/30
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Lecture/Notes: Introduction to Philosophy Timeline, Branches
  • Activity: Thinking Game (in groups)
/ Textbook Greek Philosophy, Pre-Socratics (p.7-29) / None
DAY 3: Wednesday 08/31
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: Thinking Game (in groups); discuss
  • Handout: Out of the Silent Planet study guide
/ Out of the Silent Planet ch.1-2 / None
DAY 4: Thursday 09/01
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Metaphysics Cheat Sheet
  • Discussion: Out of the Silent Planet chapters 1-2
/ Out of the Silent Planet ch. 3-4 / None
DAY 5: Friday 09/02
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Video: Futurama episode (on time travel, season 7 episode 7)
  • Discussion: Metaphysics of time, space, etc.
/ Out of the Silent Planet ch.5-6 / Episode Discussion Question (Canvas)

Week 2

DAY 6: Monday 09/05
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
NO SCHOOL / None / 250-word Personal Philosophy
(Canvas)
DAY 7: Tuesday 09/06
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Assignment: Seminar/Response Readings information session and sign-ups (Canvas)
  • Lecture/Notes: Introduction to Greek Philosophy (textbook introduction)
  • Handout: Aristotle Cheat Sheet
  • Handout: text, “On the Soul”; read/discuss
/ Textbook, Aristotle (p.87-101, 116-118) / None
DAY 8: Wednesday 09/07
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Discussion: “On the Soul”
/ Textbook, Aristotle (p.107-113) / “On the Soul” Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 9: Thursday 09/08
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Lecture/Notes: Introduction to Medieval Philosophy
  • Handout: Proofs for God’s Existence Cheat Sheet
  • Discussion: Out of the Silent Planet chapters 1-6 (Study Guide, close reading)
/ Textbook, Medieval Philosophy, Aquinas (p.149-152, 197-201)
Suggested: Textbook, p. 181-184, 186-197, 201-215 / Out of the Silent Planet Discussion Question (Canvas)
DAY 10: Friday 09/09
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Discussion: Aquinas’ Five Ways argument (go over selections from textbook—bring to class)
/ Out of the Silent Planet ch.7-8
Suggested: Textbook, p. 101-104, 186-188 / Aquinas’ Five Ways Reflection (Canvas)

Week 3

DAY 11: Monday09/12
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Assignment: one-pager sample, go over format
  • Handout: Out of the Silent Planet mid-book discussion prep
/ Out of the Silent Planet ch.9-10
Metaphysics One-pager
Mid-book discussion prep / None
DAY 12: Tuesday 09/13
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Assignment: Sample Seminar Reading, Response (discuss)
/ Out of the Silent Planet ch. 11-12
Metaphysics One-pager
Mid-book discussion prep / Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 13: Wednesday 9/14
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: Out of the Silent Planet Mid-book Formal Discussion
/ Out of the Silent Planet ch. 13-14
Metaphysics One-pager / Mid-book discussion prep
Discussion Reflection Question (Canvas)
DAY 14: Thursday 09/15
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
[Back to School Night]
  • Handout: Leibniz’s Monadology Cheat Sheet, discuss
  • Discussion:Out of the Silent Planet chapters 7-12 (Study Guide, close reading)
/ Out of the Silent Planet ch.15-16
Metaphysics One-pager / Out of the Silent Planet Discussion Question (Canvas)
DAY 15: Friday 09/16
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
[Minimum Day Schedule]
  • Video: Hume Introduction
  • Handout: Hume Cheat Sheet, discuss
/ Out of the Silent Planet ch.17
Metaphysics One-pager / Metaphysics One-pager (Turnitin)

Week 4

DAY 16: Monday 09/19
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Happiness Chart Cheat Sheet
  • Activity: Happiness Discussion
/ Out of the Silent Planet ch.18-19
Finish Aquinas One-pager / Happiness Discussion Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 17: Tuesday 09/20
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Discussion:Out of the Silent Planet ch. 13-19 (Study Guide, close reading)
  • Handout: Out of the Silent Planet end-book discussion prep
/ Out of the Silent Planet ch. 20-21 / Out of the Silent Planet Discussion Question (Canvas)
DAY 18: Wednesday 09/21
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
[Office Hours Schedule]
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations
  • Read Out of the Silent Planet ch.22 to postscript (in class)
/ End-book discussion prep / Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 19: Thursday 09/22
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: Out of the Silent Planet End-of-Book Formal Discussion
/ None / End-book discussion prep
Discussion Reflection Question (Canvas)
DAY 20: Friday 09/23
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: Identity Discussion
/ Textbook, Modern Philosophy
(p.235-239) / Out of the Silent Planet Study Guide
Identity Reflection Question (Canvas)

Week 5

DAY 21: Monday 09/26
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Library: check in Out of the Silent Planet, check out “The Secret Sharer”
  • Lecture/Notes: Introduction to Epistemology
  • Handout: Epistemology Cheat Sheet
  • Handout: movie guide, Moon (complete introduction reflection question)
/ “The Secret Sharer” part I / Independent Reading sign-ups (Canvas)
DAY 22: Tuesday 09/27
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Asimov, “The Last Question”
  • Film: Moon (with movie guide)
/ “The Last Question” / None
DAY 23: Wednesday 09/28
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations
  • Film: Moon (with movie guide)
/ “The Last Question” / Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 24: Thursday 09/29
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Film:Moon (with movie guide), finish
  • Discussion: movie wrap-up movie, guide (save for mid-book discussion)
  • Handout: “The Secret Sharer” Study Guide
/ “The Secret Sharer” part I / Moon Film Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 25: Friday 09/30
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Discussion: Moon and “The Last Question”
/ “The Secret Sharer” part I / “The Last Question” Reflection (Canvas)

October 2016

Week 6

DAY 26: Monday 10/03
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
NO SCHOOL / None / None
DAY 27: Tuesday 10/04
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Plato Cheat Sheet
  • Handout: Plato, “Allegory of the Cave,” read/discuss
/ “The Secret Sharer” part I / None
DAY 28: Wednesday 10/05
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations
  • Handout: Plato, “The Divided Line,” read/discuss
/ “The Secret Sharer” part I / Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 29: Thursday 10/06
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Discussion: Plato wrap-up (discuss “Allegory, “Divided Line,” and learning as recollection); go over Epistemology One-pager
  • Handout: “The Secret Sharer” Part 1 discussion prep
/ “The Secret Sharer” part I
Epistemology One-pager
Part I discussion prep / None
DAY 30: Friday 10/07
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: Personhood Definitions and Survey (work on survey, independently)
/ Textbook, Descartes (p.241-247, 250-269)
Epistemology One-pager
Part I discussion prep / Descartes Reading Question (Canvas)

Week 7

DAY 31: Monday 10/10
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: “The Secret Sharer” Part IFormal Discussion
/ Textbook, Locke (p.318-347)
Epistemology One-pager / Part I discussion prep
Locke Reading Question (Canvas)
DAY 32: Tuesday 10/11
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Walt Whitman, Introduction and Poetry
  • Assignment: choose poems, read, analyze (in groups)
/ Textbook (p. 391-396, 415-419)
Epistemology One-pager / Epistemology One-pager (Turnitin)
DAY 33: Wednesday 10/12
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
NO SCHOOL / None / None
DAY 34: Thursday 10/13
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations
  • Assignment: finish Whitman poem analyses
/ “The Secret Sharer” part II / Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 35: Friday 10/14
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Assignment: Poem Teach-the-class, follow-up discussion
/ “The Secret Sharer” part II / Whitman Reflection Question (Canvas)

Week 8

DAY 36: Monday 10/17
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Midterm blue-book test Study Guide
  • Lecture/Notes: Kantian Categories of the Mind, Knowledge
  • Handout: Kant Cheat Sheet
/ “The Secret Sharer” part II
Midterm Study Guide / None
DAY 37: Tuesday 10/18
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
[Late Start, PSAT Testing Schedule]
  • Handout: “The Secret Sharer” Part 2 discussion prep
  • Lecture/Notes: Hegelian Holism
  • Handout: Hegel Cheat Sheet
/ “The Secret Sharer” part II
Midterm Study Guide
Part II discussion prep / None
DAY 38: Wednesday 10/19
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations
  • Assignment: Work on Study Guide (study groups)
/ “The Secret Sharer” part II
Midterm Study Guide
Part II discussion prep / Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 39: Thursday 10/20
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: “The Secret Sharer” Part II Formal Discussion
/ Midterm Study Guide / Part II discussion prep
“The Secret Sharer” Discussion Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 40: Friday 10/21
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
[End of Quarter 1]
  • Exam: Midterm Blue Book Test
/ Textbook,Kierkegaard (p.453-461)
Suggested: Textbook, p. 461-471 / Midterm Blue Book Test
“The Secret Sharer” study guide

Week 9

DAY 41: Monday 10/24
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Library: check in “The Secret Sharer,” check out The Stranger
  • Handout: The Stranger Study Guide
  • Lecture/Notes: Genesis, Abraham and Isaac
  • Handout: Genesis verses, read in class and discuss
/ The Stranger part I ch. 1 / None
DAY 42: Tuesday 10/25
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Kierkegaard Cheat Sheet
  • Handout: “Fear and Trembling” selections, read Preface and Exordium
  • Activity: discuss I-IV in groups
/ The Stranger part I ch. 2-3 / “Fear and Trembling” Reflection Question (Canvas)
DAY 43: Wednesday 10/26
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
[Office Hours Schedule]
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations
  • Discussion: The StrangerPart I chapters 1-3 (study guide)
OFFICE HOURS SPECIAL:
AM: watch Groundhog Day
PM: discuss film / The Stranger part I ch. 4-5 / Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 44: Thursday 10/27
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: The Stranger Part 1 Discussion prep
  • Video: Seinfeld episode (season 3 episode 6, “The Parking Garage”); discuss in context of existentialism
/ The Stranger part I ch. 6
Part I discussion prep / Episode Discussion Question (Canvas)
DAY 45: Friday 10/28
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: The Stranger Part I Formal Discussion
/ Textbook, Camus and Sartre (p. 564-580) / Part I discussion prep
The Stranger Discussion Reflection (Canvas)

November 2016

Week 10

DAY 46: Monday 10/31
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Lecture/Notes: Atheistic Existentialism
  • Handout: Camus/Sartre Cheat Sheet
  • Discussion: The Stranger Part I chapters 4-6
/ The Stranger part II ch. 1 / The Stranger Discussion Question (Canvas)
DAY 47: Tuesday 11/01
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: “The Myth of Sisyphus,” read/discuss
  • Discussion: Sartre, “Meaning of Existentialism” (in text, bring to class)
/ The Stranger part II ch. 2 / Camus/Sartre Discussion Question (Canvas)
DAY 48: Wednesday 11/02
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
[Office Hours Schedule]
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations
  • Discussion: The Stranger Part II chapters 1-2
OFFICE HOURS SPECIAL:
AM: finish Groundhog Day
PM: discuss film / Read The Stranger part II ch. 3 / Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 49: Thursday 11/03
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: “Being Bored” simulation
  • Handout: selections from “Either/Or,” read/discuss; go over Existentialism One-pager
/ Read The Stranger part II ch. 4
Existentialism One-pager / Boredom Reflection Question (Canvas)
DAY 50: Friday 11/04
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: The Stranger Part II Discussion prep
  • Handout: Determinism Cheat Sheet
  • Activity: Behaviorism demonstration
/ Read The Stranger part II ch. 5
Part II discussion prep
Existentialism One-pager / Determinism Activity Reflection Question (Canvas)

Week 11

DAY 51: Monday 11/07
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Twilight Zone “Five Characters In Search Of An Exit” (season 3, episode 14); watch, discuss
/ Part II discussion prep
Existentialism One-pager / Short Film Reflection Question (Canvas)
DAY 52: Tuesday 11/08
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: The Stranger Part II Formal Discussion
  • Handout: Ethics Survey
/ Ethics survey handout
Existentialism One-pager / Part II discussion prep
Existentialism One-pager (Turnitin)
The Stranger Discussion Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 53: Wednesday 11/09
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Library: check in The Stranger, check out Point Counter Point
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations
  • Discussion: Ethics Survey
/ Textbook, Contemporary Philosophy (p. 449-452) / The Stranger study guide
Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 54: Thursday 11/10
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Introduction: Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point
  • Handout: Point Counter Point Study Guide
  • Read: begin Point Counter Point chapter I (if time)
/ Point Counter Point ch. I / None
DAY 55: Friday 11/11
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
NO SCHOOL / None / None

Week 12

DAY 56: Monday 11/14
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Discussion: Point Counter Point chapter I
  • Handout: Major Character Chart
/ Point Counter Point ch. II-III / Point Counter Point Discussion Question (Canvas)
DAY 57: Tuesday 11/15
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Lecture/Notes: Bach in B Minor
  • Discussion: Point Counter Point chapters II-III
/ Point Counter Point ch. IV / Point Counter Point Discussion Question (Canvas)
DAY 58: Wednesday 11/16
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
[Office Hours Schedule]
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations (any late, make-ups as well)
/ Point Counter Point ch. V / Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 59: Thursday 11/17
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Philosophies of Life Cheat Sheet
  • Discussion: Point Counter Point chapters IV-V
/ Point Counter Point ch. VI / Point Counter Point Discussion Question(Canvas)
DAY 60: Friday 11/18
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Assignment: Final Paper Information Session
  • Handout: Topic Proposal format, information
/ Point Counter Point ch.VII / Topic Proposal Conference Appointments (Canvas)

Week 13

DAY 61: Monday 11/21
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Video: Seinfeld episode (season 3, episode 13); watch/discuss
  • Discussion: Point Counter Point chapters VI-VII
/ Point Counter Point ch.VIII-X / Episode Discussion Question (Canvas)
DAY 62: Tuesday 11/22
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations
  • Handout: Point Counter Point first-third Discussion prep
  • Assignment: Philosophies of Life One-pager
/ Point Counter Point ch.XI-XII
First-third discussion prep
Philosophies of Life One-pager / Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)

Wednesday 11/23 – Friday 11/25: THANKGIVING WEEKEND

No School

Week 14

DAY 63: Monday 11/28
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Point Counter Point First-third Formal Discussion
/ Point Counter Point XIII
Philosophies of Life One-pager / First-third discussion prep
Point Counter Point Discussion Question (Canvas)
DAY 64: Tuesday 11/29
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Marx, Communism Manifesto Cheat Sheet
  • Video: Chinese Sesame Score
  • Discussion:Point Counter Point chapters VIII-XII (Study Guide, close reading)
/ Point Counter Point ch.XIV-XV
Philosophies of Life One-pager / Philosophies of Life One-pager (Turnitin)
DAY 65: Wednesday 11/30
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
[Office Hours Schedule]
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations
  • Discussion: Point Counter Point chapters XIII-XV
/ Point Counter Point ch.XVI-XVII / Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflections (Canvas)
DAY 66: Thursday 12/01
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Freud, Pleasure/Pain Cheat Sheet
  • Handout: Point Counter Point Second-third Discussion prep
  • Assignment: Independent Reading Book-talk
/ Point Counter Point ch.XVIII-XIX / None
DAY 67: Friday 12/02
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Bentham Utilitarianism Cheat Sheet
  • Discussion: Point Counter Point chapters XVI-XIX (Study Guide, close reading)
/ Point Counter Point ch.XX / Point Counter Point Discussion Question (Canvas)

December 2016

Week 15

DAY 68: Monday 12/05
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: Point Counter Point Second-third Formal Discussion
/ Point Counter Point ch.XXI-XXII / Point Counter Point Discussion Reflection (Canvas)
Second-third discussion prep
DAY 69: Tuesday 12/06
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity:Topic Proposal Conferences
/ Point Counter Point ch. XXIII-XIV / None
DAY 70: Wednesday 12/07
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
[Office Hours Schedule]
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations
  • Discussion: Point Counter Point chapters XXI-XXIV
/ Point Counter Point ch. XXV-XXVII / Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 71: Thursday 12/08
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius Cheat Sheet
  • Activity: Topic Proposal Conferences
/ Point Counter Point ch.XXVIII-XXIX / None
DAY 72: Friday 12/09
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Fascism, Illidge v. Webley Cheat Sheet [Guest lecture?]
  • Discussion: Point Counter Point ch.XXV-XXIX (Study Guide, close reading)
/ Point Counter Point ch.XXX-XXXI / Final Paper Topic Proposal (Turnitin)

Week 16

DAY 73: Monday 12/12
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Religious Moral Virtues Cheat Sheet
  • Activity: Ethics Discussion
/ Point Counter Point ch. XXXII / Ethics Discussion Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 74: Tuesday 12/13
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Discussion: Point Counter Point chapters XXX-XXXII
  • Handout: Final Blue Book Test Study Guide
  • Handout: Character Axes (work independently, small groups)
/ Point Counter Point ch.XXXIII
Final Blue Book study guide / None
DAY 75: Wednesday 12/14
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
[Office Hours Schedule]
  • Activity: Seminar/Response Presentations
  • Activity: Character Axes, Blue Book Study Guide (continue in small groups)
/ Point Counter Point ch.XXXIV
Final Blue Book study guide / Seminar/Response Papers (Turnitin)
Seminar/Response Reflection (Canvas)
DAY 76: Thursday 12/15
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Handout: Point Counter Point Final Discussion prep
  • Discussion:Point Counter Point ch. XXXIII-XXXIV (Study Guide, close reading)
/ Point Counter Point ch.XXXV-XXXVI
Final Discussion prep
Final Blue Book study guide / None
DAY 77: Friday 12/16
Class Agenda / Reading/Homework / Due Today
  • Activity: Read/Discuss Point Counter Point chapter XXXVII in class
  • Activity: Work on Blue Book Study Guide, if time
/ Final Discussion prep
Final Blue Book study guide / Independent Reading Book-talk (Canvas)

Week 17