1. Starter Task: What is going on in this image and why?

2. Project: What is Plato’s Cave?
Lesson 1
LO’s:
1: To stretch & challenge my critical thinking
2: To stretch & challenge my philosophical thinking
3: To reflect on the human condition & Christian teaching
TASK1:
In your Groups, list all the ways you KNOW the world is real / really as you see it… HOW DO YOU KNOW?
KEYWORDS:
What do they mean?
ILLUSION
ANALOGY
REALITY
BELIEF
PHILOSOPHY
RE-search for HWK ?

3. Task 2 of 3: What is Plato’s Cave?
Watch this clip of Plato’s famous Cave…
As you do: think about…
What it means…
How THE CAVE is set out…
Any comparisons / contrasts to the world we know?
Any comparisons / contrasts to Christian belief?
Your Poster needs:
SUN
FIRE
ESCAPED PRISONER
PRISONERS
PUPPET MASTERS
CAVE
OUTSIDE WORLD
Next: Use your knowledge & example templates to draw your own labelled Plato’s Cave

4. Print out as example / can be labelled for differentiation

5. Task 3: Finding Meaning EXT: Do YOU THINK God figures in any of this?
ON YOUR POSTER ADD THE FOLLOWING:
A) The condition of the FREE man.
How he will feel as he finds the real world / the blinding sun / what will he reflect on? Will he go back?
B) The condition of the Prisoners.
How they may react if the escaped prisoner returns to tell them about their enslavement.
C) The Puppet Masters.
Why do they do this? Who are they? What will they feel / think about the escaped prisoner?
EXT: Do YOU THINK God figures in any of this?

6. Consolidation: What have we learnt?
On your posters:
What do you think the Sun represents in Plato’s Cave?
What could it represent for Christian belief?
Why?
FEEDBACK
KEYWORDS:
What do they mean?
ILLUSION
ANALOGY
REALITY
BELIEF
PHILOSOPHY
RE-search for HWK

7. Lesson 2: Can we escape the Cave?
STARTER:
Let’s hear some of your HWK …
What do our keywords mean?
Examples?
ILLUSION
ANALOGY
REALITY
BELIEF
PHILOSOPHY
How does this image fit in with Plato’s idea?
What do the cage and bird represent in this picture?
EXT:

8. Task 1 of 3: Red Pill or Blue Pill?
SHOULD Neo take the RED or BLUE pill?
RE-flect and RE-ason
I think Neo should take the Blue pill because…
I think Neo should take the Red pill because…
Ext: What would Plato say / do?
Who faced a similar question in the Bible?

9. Peer Assess our performances…
Task 2 of 3: Your own Cave
So, Plato says the Prisoner can escape the CAVE (his ignorance) by using his REASON… He can then try to see the world AS IT REALLY IS… not the way he thinks / accepts it is…
In your Groups:
cREate a Role Play where a character/s moves from a situation of IGNORANCE (NOT KNOWING/OPINIONS) to a situation of BETTER / FULL KNOWLEDGE…
(Your own CAVE idea!)
Show how his/her/their emotions change…
Show what the character/s may do with their new power!
Peer Assess our performances…

10. Consolidation: What have we learnt?
Hot Seating!
Who can explain Plato’s Cave and be the Philosopher King!?
Grill your classmates with your questions!
HOMEWORK:
RE-search Plato’s idea of Philosopher Kings
Explain what/who they would be.
Explain the implications for OUR society TODAY.

11. Lesson 3 & 4: So what is beyond the Cave?
Numeracy STARTER TASK:
Label Plato’s Divided Line correctly
Clue: ‘A’ is the LEAST developed type of knowledge
MATHEMATICAL REASONING / NUMBERS
SHADOWS / OPINIONS
PHYSICAL OBJECTS
A – shadows b – belief about – c – physical – d – maths e – the forms / philosophy
BELIEF ABOUT PHYSICAL OBJECTS
PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE FORMS

12. Task 2 of 3: HWK re-SEARCH RE-port back…
Who / What is Plato’s Philosopher King?
What would he / she mean for OUR society TODAY?
How do they fit into the idea of the Divided Line and the Cave?

13. Task 3… Plato’s CAVE in the Media!
Watch and RE-flect on the Truman Show using your media sheet…
Your HWK / Stretch & Challenge tasks are on your sheet