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include component="tagCloud" toc ** 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= What is existentialism? =Do Now= What are two things about yourself that you are certain about? How do they influence who you are? =Mini-Lesson= ** Facticity - ** is both a limitation and a condition of freedom. It is a limitation in that a large part of one's facticity consists of things one couldn't have chosen (birthplace, etc.), but a condition in the sense that one's values most likely depend on it. =Class Activity= **Round 1 -** Share out Do Now. **Round 2 -** How is facticity opposed to the concept of existence before essence? **Round 3 -** How is facticity opposed to the concept of absurd? **Round 4 -** How can someone be existential & acknowledge facticity. =Closing= **Reflection -** How much does our personal facticity influence our personal 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) Read the mini-lesson.
 * 3) Answer questions in round 2-4.
 * 4) Complete the closing reflection.

= Lesson Plan =

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