Symposium teacher pack
Four weeks of lessons on Symposium 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.
- Ages 14 to 18
- 5 weeks, one 60-minute lesson plan each
- Worksheets with answers
- Essay with a four-band marking guide
- PDF and Word
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A free class page
One link for your students to read the 15-minute summary and, as each opens, the eBook and audiobook. No student accounts, no names kept; a free teacher sign-up.
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School plansFour weeks, week by week
- Week 1Part 1
The dinner begins with speeches about Love, introducing the link between desire, courage, character, and virtue.
See the plan, worksheet and answers
The full plan, the worksheet questions and the answers for this week are in the pack (PDF).
- Week 2Part 2
Speeches present love as harmony, reunion, and divine virtue before Socrates shifts attention from praise to desire and lack.
See the plan, worksheet and answers
The full plan, the worksheet questions and the answers for this week are in the pack (PDF).
- Week 3Part 3
Diotima’s teaching connects love with lasting goodness, immortality, and beauty itself, before Alcibiades interrupts the discussion with his drunken arrival.
See the plan, worksheet and answers
The full plan, the worksheet questions and the answers for this week are in the pack (PDF).
- Week 4Part 4
Alcibiades reveals his frustrated attachment through praise of Socrates, while disruption and the dawn discussion contrast desire with philosophical endurance.
See the plan, worksheet and answers
The full plan, the worksheet questions and the answers for this week are in the pack (PDF).
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
Symposium
by Plato
Teacher and class
Free for 3 months
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