The Social Contract Lesson Plan

Discussion: Introduction to Political Philosophy

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will discuss and broaden their knowledge about the themes of the text

Common Core Standards:

N/A

Structure:

This activity has two parts. In the first part, the teacher should have the class watch the following video together:

1. Open Yale Courses - "What Is Political Philosophy?" with Stephen B. Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhm55mIdSuk

Once the class has finished reading, the teacher should then hand out a worksheet with the following questions to each of the students, and then break them up into groups so that they can work together to answer them.

1. What...