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Discussion: The Modernity Problem
Kind of Activity:
Classwide Discussion
Objective:
Students will broaden their knowledge about the themes and background of the text.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.7 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.4
Structure:
This activity has two parts. In the first part, students should organize themselves into groups of 2-3 people, and the teacher should have them read the first chapter ("The Modernity Problem") of Robert Pippin's book Modernism as a Philosophical Problem: On the Dissatisfactions of European High Culture.
Once the class...
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