Philosophy - Responsibility session 1

First session of Philosophy for the school year! We are using the book Little Big Minds: Sharing Philosophy with Kids by Marietta McCarty to drive our discussions. For Responsibility she suggests Rita Manning and Albert Camus.

Mon Nov 3

read The Hermit and Harry and Me by Nonny Hogrogian

pass out Philosophy journals

define "responsibility" in your journal by drawing a picture (no words)

EO - at home my responsibilities are having fun and doing art

FR - your duty, you do it all the time and you make sure it's done

Z - it's a house's responsibility to shelter a person

AAR - doing chores is your responsibility, you are your responsibility, it means you have to do something because no one else is going to do it

EO - something that I consider my responsibility is if I have a project that I'm doing and I just drop what I'm doing and walk away and never come back to it, well I started it, I got out all the things and I just left it, it's not finishing it to the end, when I got all that stuff out I considered it my responsibility to do the project all the way to the end and clean it up

Z - it's not my responsibility to monitor the other people in the classroom

FR (to me) - you're in charge of making sure we're safe

summarize NYT article
Have Halloween Decorations Become Too Scary?

do we have a social responsibility when it comes to decorating for Halloween? Think - Pair - Share

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