Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes for ages 14 to 18: a plan, a worksheet and the answers for each week, a final essay with a marking guide, and a reading certificate to print. Free to use in class.
Five weeks, week by week
- Week 1Chapters 1 to 13
The opening sections explain thought, speech, desire, and power, showing why clear reasoning and self-examination matter for understanding political life.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 14 to 26
The argument moves from conflict without shared authority to covenants, representation, and sovereign power, while preserving subjects' freedom and self-defense.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 27 to 39
The argument examines counsel, law, punishment, and public duties before testing religious claims through reason and sovereign authority.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 40 to 52
The religious argument defends united civil and religious authority, separates teaching from coercion, and examines who benefits from rival claims.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 53 to 65
The final sections examine how religious claims secure political power and return to protection, obedience, conscience, and limits on private violence.
Plan · worksheet · answers
Assessment
Final essay
Three questions to choose from, 800 to 1,200 words, with a marking guide in four bands.
Quiz bank
The 30 questions and 40 flashcards online, for homework or a quick check in class. Open the quiz
Discussion
Questions for small groups, meeting by meeting. The book club kit
Reading certificate
Certificate of reading
Student's name
has read
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
by Thomas Hobbes
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