DEADLINE REMINDERS
-The assignments in each module are due before your class meeting with the Stanford undergrads! You have until your Zoom session begins to submit those assignments for full credit.
-Late submissions are accepted through midnight on the Friday following your undergrad meeting, for half-credit.
THIS WEEK’S READING
An excerpt from Plato’s The Republic
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT PREP
We will be getting started on the Antigone essay this week by composing three separate write-ups to get you thinking about your essay. Details posted below!
Watch: From Art to Philosophy
Write: Art vs Philosophy
Watch: Introduction to Plato & Socrates
Two Philosophers from Ancient Athens
Read: Excerpt from Plato’s The Republic
This reading was adapted from the C. D. C. Reeve translation by Greg Watkins.
Check for Understanding
Write: What does Socrates say about “Help your friends and harm your enemies”?
Write: What does a good human life look like?
Antigone Essay Prep
INSTRUCTIONS (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!):
Based on the assigned reading from Antigone (pp. 1-26), we’re asking you to do three separate write-ups of 200 words each.
These assignments should be composed on three separate documents and submitted to your teacher (please consult with your teacher about how they would prefer you submit these assignments). Your papers should include a header with your name, your school, the title of the assignment (Antigone, Creon, or Picking Sides), and your word count for each submission.
The deadline for these assignments is before your Zoom meeting with the Stanford undergrads, the same as the rest of the module.
- Antigone:
- Compose a character description of Antigone to describe the situation she finds herself in, what kind of person she is, and what motivates her. You might even think of it as writing up a profile of Antigone for somebody who doesn’t know the play. Be sure to make references to the text in the course of your write-up.
- Creon:
- Compose a character description of Creon to describe the situation he finds himself in, what kind of person he is, and what motivates him. You might even think of it as writing up a profile of Creon for somebody who doesn’t know the play. Be sure to make references to the text in the course of your write-up.
- Picking Sides:
- When it comes to the conflict over burying Polyneices, whose side are you most on — Antigone or Creon? Based on the pages you’ve been assigned, who do you think is most in the right, and why? How would you justify the position that you are taking?