Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Socratic Jeopardy


Philosophy
Congratulations! You have just been selected to be a contestant on Socratic Jeopardy! Like the television game show, Socratic Jeopardy involves responding to an answer with a question and there are different categories of “answers”. Since you will appear on Socratic Jeopardy during “Education Week”, all categories will focus on “Education in Ancient Greece”.
To help you prepare for your competition, you have been given two of the categories that you will see on your first day on the game show:
Category 1: Aristotle or Plato? In this category you are to determine which of the two Greek scholars -Aristotle or Plato- each clue is referring to.
Category 2: Sparta or Athens? In this category you are to determine which of the two Greek city -Sparta or Athens- each clue is referring to.
With only two weeks to go, you must begin preparing immediately!
This brings you to your second case assignment…
Your Task
Develop a list of 20 questions that have for an answer either Plato or Aristotle. The answer for 10 of these questions should be Plato – the remaining 10 should be Aristotle.
Develop a list of 20 questions that have for an answer either Sparta or Athens. The answer for 10 of these questions should be Sparta – the remaining 10 should be Athens.
Assignment Expectations
Category 1: The content of your questions is to demonstrate your understanding of the extent and manner in which the views and approaches toward knowledge, education, and teaching differed between these two scholars.*
Category 2: The content of your questions is to demonstrate your understanding of the extent and manner in which the views and approaches toward knowledge and education differed between these two societies.*

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