Small-group student-constructed reference products such as a Philosophy Dictionary¶

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Description¶

Under objective A, the guide's first suggested activity has students build their own glossary of the ideas behind the cultural movements. As printed: "Workirri in smallgrows, make a Philosophy Dictionary of terns useful to understanding philosophical, scientific,andsocio-econcmic concepts related to 19th and 20thcentury cultural now:merits." Suggested entries range from free will and determinism to dialectic materialism and metaphysics, grounding later interpretive activities in shared vocabulary.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Small-group organization and reference sources for defining philosophical terms

Constraints¶

• The activity serves objective A, which presupposes philosophical, scientific, and socio-economic theories as background

Target Learners¶

• secondary school students working in small groups

Target Learning Goals¶

• commanding philosophical and scientific vocabulary needed to interpret cultural movements

Related Strategies¶

• Alphabet Books
• Picture Dictionaries

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Hall, Peggy; Knappe, Shirley. (1971). Ideas of Western Man: Expressionism and Realism. Dade County Public Schools. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED064728