Plato's Philosophy

This is a lesson on Plato and his Allegory of the Cave in “The Republic”. 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 Plato’s Cave
Analysis and sorting task on Plato’s Theory of the Forms
Explanation task linking Plato’s Cave to the Theory of the Forms
End and send task creating a modern version of Plato’s Cave

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