Portfolio Due! 3 - Minute Philosophy Project; Introduction to Herman Hesse

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Your portfolio is due today. Please prepare it. See our previous post for details. When you have completed that, please attend to the 3-minute philosophy project. Several of you did not actually watch these videos. Please do so. If you won't watch, I will have to give you a quiz about the philosophers.

3 Minute-Philosophy Project:

Please watch the following videos for your own education and as models for your 3-Minute Philosophy projects (there are a variety of ways to do this project--check these out!):
  • Please choose a philosopher & read the handout on your selected philosopher. 
  • Take notes on key or important ideas found in the handout. 
  • Spend some time online fleshing out the ideas and finding images or drawings that might help you illustrate the philosopher's point. 
  • Begin writing a short "speech" that you will record as a voice over for your presentation film.
Then: Alone or with a partner, prepare to create a short 1-3 minute philosophy film summarizing the most important or key points of your philosopher. Use the previous 3-minute philosophy films to give you some ideas (see posts below!) Use your short speech and various graphic designs, your own drawings, or chosen illustrations from the internet to punctuate key ideas presented by this philosopher.

By end of class today you should have read and taken notes on your philosopher, researched this philosopher (check online--hey! a handy device to learn about stuff!) and have a short 200-300 word speech or voice over script written by end of class today.

Finally, if you've done all this, check out the homework:

HOMEWORK: Please begin reading Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. Please read the introduction and the Glossary of Indian Terms. Answer the following questions for pages vii to xix.
  1. Who is Herman Hesse and where and when was he born?
  2. What was Herman Hesse's childhood like?
  3. What was his early career like?
  4. What is Hesse's connection and/or interest in India?
  5. What is Hesse's attitude and reaction to the Socialist party in Germany?
  6. What are some things you learned about the novel Siddhartha from reading the introduction?
  7. What or Who is Brahma?
  8. Who or what is Kamala?
  9. Who or what is Atman?
  10. What does Siddhartha mean?

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