Teacher Guide

The Prince Lesson Plan

Study Objectives

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

  1. 1

    To give students a basic familiarity with the work and ideas of Niccolò Machiavelli, as well as the broader history of political philosophy.

  2. 2

    To provide students with appropriate reading skills and critical thinking skills with which to grapple with advanced texts.

  3. 3

    To get students to question and debate a variety of fundamental philosophical issues, ranging across a variety of moral, social, and political questions.

  4. 4

    To equip students with important competencies, such as an expanded conceptual vocabulary, increased social intelligence, and the...

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