Throughout their reading of The Republic, students will be asked to conduct research on various topics, such as for homework during the first day, when they are asked to locate resources online related to philosophy. Students will also be asked to "catalog" their beliefs about certain issues in a classwide Facebook group so that they can keep track of how their beliefs change over the course of the class.
Beginning on Day 1, students will be asked to create Google Sites webpages for the class's website about The Republic. They will continue doing this throughout most of the class as part of a classwide project and will have the opportunity to change roles and engage in different...