This is a lesson on Plato and his philosophy on “The Allegory of the Cave” and the “Theory of the Forms”. This lesson is part of a series called ‘A History of Ideas’ which are lessons based on different famous philosophers/theologians and their theories.

Lesson Contents
Do Now Starter Activity
Video task from Ted ED on the Allegory of the Cave
Worksheet task sorting Imperfect Copies/Forms (Theory of the Forms)
Explanation task explaining the link between the Cave and the Theory of Forms
End and send task on creating their own modern Allegory of the Cave

All lesson resources are embedded in the ppt at the bottom of the slide deck