Today we are finishing up comparisons between the office of Pharaoh in Egypt and Hobbes' Leviathan. Students are looking for the shared characteristics of the two as political offices. Today we will briefly *discuss* the role of a citizen in these two systems and will then move on to Locke, Jefferson, the Declaration and Mandate of Heaven; students will once again search for common themes.
* I feel compelled to asterisk the discuss because I find it to be an overused word. Often teachers say we will discuss ________. In reality, is it a discussion or a lecture? Discussion means conversation and conversation means give and take. In order for students to discuss they have to come up with ideas and they will be wrong. Being wrong isnt a bad thing as it leaves grounds for comparison and growth. The only error is if you leave without recognizing the difference between wrong information and right information. Is it WRONG of me to think that i would rather see a student create wrong information than LEARN right information? At least using the former we get to build the connections to strengthen their logic and make them right more often.
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