Aristotle's Politics Lesson Plan

Family Diary

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will creatively engage with the story.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4

Structure:

In Book One of Politics, Aristotle describes the family as a natural form of basic community. However, the family as he describes it may not resemble the family systems in which we actually live.

To better understand Aristotle's argument, students will study roles in their own family lives.

Individually, each student will...