Homework:
No new homework was assigned today, but please be aware of the following deadlines from work assigned last week:
Due Wednesday, 10/13: Ancient Greece scavenger hunt - we worked on this in class for three class periods last week. Most students have finished, but if you haven't, you need to either look up answers on the Internet (go to www.google.com and do a keyword search for each question - don't type in the entire question!) or come in before or after school on Wednesday to borrow a textbook to use during study hall. These questions represent fairly common knowledge about Ancient Greece, so you should be able to get all the answers you need from the Internet and from reading packets and notes.
Due Wednesday, 10/13: Reading notes on the chapter "Mind and Spirit" from Edith Hamilton's The Greek Way, a packet that was handed out on Thursday last week.
Due Friday, 10/15: Reading notes on the packet "The Ancient Mediterranean," which was handed out on Thursday last week.
Due Friday, 10/15: Corrections on the Midterm test to earn back up to half of the points you missed. See this post for more information.
Most students should have finished most or all of these assignments by now and will be ahead.
Allegory of the Cave
The next quiz will include a question on Plato's Allegory of the Cave, one of the most famous and important passages in world literature and philosophy as well as the basis of countless stories and movies such as The Matrix and Inception. You can find a copy of the version of the Allegory of the Cave that we read in class online here.
We also watched the following YouTube video, a Claymation version of the Allegory:
Enjoy your day off,
Mr. McCarl
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