New Middle School Philosophy Course
As you may know, I am teaching a great deal more at St. Vincent's Cathedral School's middle school this year than I did last year. I will be teaching 8th grade American History and Latin II, and combined classes of 7th and 8th graders for Ethics and Introduction to Philosophy. I will also be teaching Old Testament and World Religions to the 6th graders. I am particularly excited about the new Philosophy course I have designed. We are using Jostein Gaarder's entertaining novel Sophie's World as our textbook. I recommend it for all readers 13 and up (though Gaarder displays a "philosophy is better than religion" bias at times). You can view the syllabus here.
The image left is Francesca's St. Augustine.
posted by Texanglican (R.W. Foster+) | 8:32 AM
3 Comments:
That showed up at our house a couple of years ago in paperback form. We are keeping it. It is so much more accessible than any of the intro to philosophy books I ever encountered.
A. I like the new picture.
B. Your philosophy course blows away anything I ever was taught in middle school. I am very jealous of your students.
Wow Randall, that course looks great! I know that the kids are going to enjoy it and that SVCS is glad to have you around. Just make sure that you get that dissertation done as well!
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