Age Groups: 8 and up

Key Areas in Philosophy

• Metaphysics- Theory of Reality
• Ethics and Morality

Description:

Make friends with some of the most famous thinkers from Ancient Greece, and learn how their theories have contributed to philosophy and other areas of study for over 2500 years.  Pay a visit to the philosophy classroom where thinkers like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle learned to play with ideas and change the way people think.  Find out about Hypatia, a remarkable young woman who contributed to theories of logic and astronomy.  Learn to argue like the masters!

Ontario Curriculum Ties (general and specific outcomes): 

Grade 5 Social Science, Heritage and Citizenship

• Use a variety of resources to investigate characteristics of early civilization, including their significant innovations and technological advances
• Show how innovations made by early civilizations have influenced the modern world
• Identify major early civilizations
• Outline how social needs were met in ancient civilizations
• Identify important values and beliefs in early civilizations and describe how they affected daily life
• Identify some scientific and technological advances made by early civilizations
• Form questions to develop research focus
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate information about early civilizations
• Make connections between some elements of modern life and similar elements from modern civilizations

 *All outcomes are as stated in the Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum documents.