Scheduled Activities: Time Teacher Actions Student Actions Rationale One class period in advance Assigns preparatory work. 1. Watch Optimistic Nihilism and 2. Write down 3 things that make life meaningful for you. Watch Optimistic Nihilism video before class.Write down 3 things that make life meaningful for you. This video and survey assignment will give the…
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Role Models
GRETA THUNBERG “I want you to panic,” she told the annual convention of CEOs and world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act.” gRETA THUNBERG Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg is widely known for bringing…
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The Ethics of Morality
Where does morality come from? This question inherently concerns ethics. If morality is divinely decreed, what does it entail? Are people allowed to hurt others or steal in the name of God? If no objective morality exists, are we allowed to do whatever we want? Is it the pressures of societal expectations that lead us…
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Lesson Plan
Scheduled Activities: Time Teacher Actions Student Actions Rationale One class period in advance Assigns preparatory work. 1. Watch Optimistic Nihilism and 2. Write down 3 things that make life meaningful for you. Watch Optimistic Nihilism video before class.Write down 3 things that make life meaningful for you. This video and survey assignment will give the…
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Role Models
GRETA THUNBERG “I want you to panic,” she told the annual convention of CEOs and world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act.” gRETA THUNBERG Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg is widely known for bringing…
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The Ethics of Morality
Where does morality come from? This question inherently concerns ethics. If morality is divinely decreed, what does it entail? Are people allowed to hurt others or steal in the name of God? If no objective morality exists, are we allowed to do whatever we want? Is it the pressures of societal expectations that lead us…
