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flat [|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 is the most ridiculous thing you have ever seen? Describe what made it ridiculous. =Mini-Lesson= ** The absurd - ** there is no meaning in the world beyond what meaning we give it. This meaninglessness also encompasses the amorality or "unfairness" of the world. So in a world where nothing makes sense, where most things that happen are in direct opposition to what people say should happen, the individual is left to try to create meaning in the world. In an absurd world, even logic fails to provide meaning except as the individual creates it. =Circle Activity= **Round 1 -** Students read their Do Nows. **Round 2 -** Are there "rules" or "laws" that govern the actions & movements in nature? Why? **Round 3 -** What does it mean to "create your own meaning"? **Round 4 -** What fallacies have been employed in explaining the "absurd"? =Closing= **Reflection -** How does the absurd help us to understand the world around us? = 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
 * Standards **
 * 1) Complete the Do Now.
 * 2) Read the mini-lesson.
 * 3) Answer the questions in rounds 2-6.
 * 4) Complete the closing reflection.

= Lesson Plan =

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