Cast of Characters
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What Happened When?
Critical Thinking
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100

Mythical god of sun and wisdom.

Who is Apollo?

100

A place to study and learn.

What is school?
100

First Greek schools established.

What happened in 650 BCE?

100

the Greeks thought of philosophy and science as two branches of the same study because philosophy grew out of curiosity about this.

What is nature?

100

A government with one ruler is a.

What is a monarchy?

200

Philip of Macedon and Alexander.

Who is the conqueror of Greece and the king of Macedon after his father?

200

The art or science of teaching.

What is Pedagogy?

200

Sophists begin to teach.

What happened in 550 BCE?

200
These traveling "wise" men lectured on humanity and human relations.

Who were the sophists?

200

Plato based his view of the world on these two things.

What is reason and logic?

300

The three great philosophers.

Who are Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato?

300

_____ is someone who is different or odd while _____ is something that is different form what is logically expected.

What are eccentric and paradox?

300

423 BCE

When did Aristophanes write The Clouds?

300

Besides literacy and preparation for a career, the goal of education in Athens was for this.

What is to raise courageous citizens?

300

The three charges made against Socrates.

1. corrupting young people

2. not believing in the city's gods

3. teaching about new gods

400

Mythical centaur; Achilles' teacher.

Who is Chiron?

400

If you went to Aristotle's school, you would go to the _______.

If you studied under Plato, you went to the _________.

What are Lyceum and Academy?

400

399 BCE

When was the trial of Socrates? 

400
This method invented by Socrates involves this.

What is the Socratic method or a question-and-answer format of teaching?

400

To find the ideal government, Plato used his ______ and _____, while Aristotle _____ the governments of ____ Greek states. 

What are imagination and reason? 

What is research(ed) of 158?

500

The Athenian orator said, "Our goal in raising children is to make them courageous men." 

Who is Hyperides?

500

If you thought "nowhere land" was the best place to live you wanted to live in _________.

What is Utopia?

500
The year in which Philip of Macedon conquered Greece.

What is 338 BCE?

500

Plato's republic differed from Athens because it was not this. Instead, people would fill the role that this assigned to them, allowing for these people to _____ the republic together, which shocked Aristotle. 

What is a democracy?

What is nature?

Who are women and men?

What is rule?

500

In Plato's republic, guardians would receive an education in this.

What is philosophy?