Interactive Plato's Cave Allegory Quiz & Activity Pack (Grades 7-12)
Stones of Erasmus
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Grade Levels
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Standards
CCSSRL.7.1
CCSSRL.7.6
CCSSRL.7.10
CCSSRL.9-10.1
CCSSRL.9-10.7
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- Google Drive™ folder
- Easel Activity
- Easel Assessment
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15 pages
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Description
With Plato's Allegory of the Cave Quiz Bowl Activity, review every detail, inference, and popular culture reference to the famous philosophical myth. Includes 60+ review questions and a set of pub-style trivia sheets. Pair this activity with a rich, multi-layered reading with the popular Allegory of the Cave in Plain Language lesson plan. Note: The download includes PDF, Google Workspace, and Easel. Modify this resource for use on Google Classroom and other classroom management sites.
This resource includes the following features:
- Includes Notes to the Teacher and Suggestions for Use of this Activity
- The text of the story is not included in this resource. Download it for free here.
- The story is retold from the source material in easy-to-understand English. Great for a class read-and-share. Or, have students pair-read the text and then have a whole-class discussion.
- 1 Art Connection from the New York Public Library Digital Collections
- 60+ Quiz Bowl Style Questions
- Play a quiz game with your students. It gets kids excited to compete in a friendly review game. Use as a summative assessment after you and your students have spent time with the text. Note: This activity is designed as an extension activity to a lesson on Plato's Allegory!
- 5 Preliminary Questions
- 6 "About the Text" Questions
- 16 Text-Dependent Questions
- 10 Inference-Based Questions
- 8 Author's Purpose Questions
- 9 Popular Culture Questions
- 8 Text-to-World Connections Questions
- Includes Questions that Also Serve as a Quick Write or Essay Prompts
- Assign a question. Set the time. Have kids write!
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- 1 Cornell Style Note-taking Template
- 2 Half-Sheet Exit Ticket Strategies
- Use as a formative assessment at the end of the activity.
- 1 Places and Characters Anchor Chart
- Print this chart out in color and hang it in your classroom. It includes important information about the allegory.
- An answer key is included for teacher-facing materials.
- With more ideas and instructions on how to use this resource
Suggested Uses:
- Humanities Course on Ancient Greece
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- Literature Course
- Introduction to Philosophy Course
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Total Pages
15 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
2 days
Last updated Mar 27th, 2022
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Standards
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CCSSRL.7.1
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRL.7.6
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
CCSSRL.7.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
CCSSRL.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRL.9-10.7
Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).
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