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Website
Boston University

Boston University: Paideia Project: Gateway to Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th
Access to papers, proceedings, journals, and newsletters on philosophical topics.
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Unit Plan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Feeling and Imagination in Art, Science, and Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
All course materials, readings, etc. for an undergraduate MIT course taught in 2004.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Metaphysics

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online course on metaphysics from MIT.
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Handout
Robert H. Sarkissian

Island of Freedom: John Calvin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a biography of John Calvin. It provides useful links, gives a brief biography, and provides a categorical overview of Calvin's beliefs. Site also offers a pop up window of quotes and links to Calvin's major works.
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Primary
Tufts University

Perseus Digital Library: Works by and About Cicero

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains electronic versions of many of the writings of Cicero. Some are available in both English and Latin, others only in one or the other language.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Trial of Socrates [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A reader's theater script for The Trial of Socrates, a biographical account about the end of Socrates' life. Eleven character roles are needed in this activity.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Introduction to Philosophy of Language

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online class on the philosophy of language available from MIT. The course description states, "this course explores the nature of meaning and truth, and their bearing on the use of language in communication."
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Language and Its Structure Ii: Syntax

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate level online course from MIT, originally taught in 2004. This course and its materials are also available in Chinese and Persian.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Language and Its Structure Iii: Semantics and Pragmatics

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate level online course from MIT, originally taught in 2005. A Chinese version of the course is also available.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Logic I

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online logic course from MIT, originally taught in 2009.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Metaphysics: Free Will

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online course on metaphysics from MIT.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Philosophy of Film

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online course from MIT.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Topics in the History of Philosophy: Kant

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online course from MIT.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Problems in Philosophy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Take advantage of these resources when examining the purpose and power of philosophy and increase understanding of argumentative skills.
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Handout
Philosophy Pages

Philosophy Pages: A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms & Names

For Students 9th - 10th
Alphabetized dictionary offering "concise guide to technical terms and personal names often encountered in the study of philosophy." Brief entries cross-linked to further entries. Quite useful.
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Handout
Philosophy Pages

Philosophy Pages: Logic

For Students 9th - 10th
This site can get as detailed as you care to get in the study of logic. Start at the beginning for a definition of logic, and continue on for more in depth study.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Ancient Philosophy and Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
Course materials, syllabus, readings and study materials for a complete online course on ancient philosophy from MIT.
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Activity
Other

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough collection of summaries of various philosophies with philosopher biographies. Includes a timeline. Extensive resources are completely searchable.
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Handout
Hanover College

Hanover College: Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, Fragments and Commentary

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive collection of references to Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism, found in the philosophical writings of Plato, Aristotle, and others.
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Article
Hanover College

Hanover College: Zeno Commentary

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains Simplicius' translation and commentary of Zeno's philosophical fragments, as well as Aristotle's commentary on the same.
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Activity
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rwe.org: Timeline of Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronology of events in the life of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his associates. Also includes information about Emerson's philosophy, speaking engagements, and publications.
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Article
McMaster University

Mc Master University: Adam Smith: A Biographical Sketch

For Students 9th - 10th
Written in 1881, this brief work focuses on the moral philosophy work that Smith did before his fame as an economist.
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Website
City University of New York

Chinese Cultural Studies: Confucius Kongfuzi: The Analects, Excerpts

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a large number of excerpts from the "Analects" by Confucius. These quotes are divided into seven themes of Confucian teaching, humaneness, the superior man, rites, music, learning and teaching, government, and rectifying the...
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Website
Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists.org: "Existence and Being" by Martin Heidegger

For Students 9th - 10th
One of Heidegger's works that is "easier" to read. Does require some background information, but a good way to introduce one's self to Heidegger and his peculiar writing style.