Machiavelli's Philosophy

This is a lesson on Niccolo Machiavelli and his philosophy on power from his book “The Prince”. This lesson is part of a series called ‘A History of Ideas’ which are lessons based on different famous philosophers and their theories. This is content aimed at KS4 core RE classes but can easily be taught at KS3 as a standalone lesson.

Lesson Contents
Do Now Starter Activity
Video task from Ted ED on Machiavelli
Interpretation task using quotes from The Prince
Written task applying and evaluating Machiavelli’s ideas
End and send task on Virtu and Fortuna

All lesson resources are embedded in the ppt at the bottom of the slide deck