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**Standards** [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.3] Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain. [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.6] Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence. [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9] Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources. =AIM= How do I argue from a particular school of philosophy? =Do Now= “You must begin by assuming responsibility. And you alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.”  Antoine de Saint-Exupery   Identify how your school of philosophy will respond to this statement. What is the result of your school's response to this statement? How does Sartre's question "what would happen if everybody looked at things that way" relate to the statement? How does the negation of this statement look? =Mini-Lesson= Today's activity will be a Circle activity. Initially, we'll stick with some of the above questions, but then we'll also respond to each other's answers and positions. The pooch can go in a circle for a bit, then shift to popcorn when necessary. =Circle Activity= **Round 1 -** How do you and your school interpret the meaning of the quote from the Do Now? **Round 2 -** How does Sartre's question analyze the statement & your school's response? **Round 3 -** How does the negation of the statement analyze the statement & your school's response? =Closing Reflection= How has today's activity helped you to understand your school of philosophy? = Absence Make Up = In order to make up missed material, students need to do the following in their notebooks: Go to Previous Class Go to Next Class
 * 1) Complete the Do Now.
 * 2) Answer the questions in the Circle Activity for each round.
 * 3) Complete the Closing Reflection.

= Lesson Plan =

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