Timaeus teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on Timaeus 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
Give your class the book
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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Every student and teacher gets the 15-minute summaries and study guides of 200,000+ classics, the eBooks and audiobooks as each opens, and print and large print at cost; we send a quote, take a purchase order and invoice the school.
School plansFive weeks, week by week
- Week 1Part 1
Socrates requests a city tested in war, Critias supplies an ancient example, and Timaeus connects creation with goodness and order.
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
The Creator orders the universe and its soul, while the younger gods build bodies whose sensations disturb human reason.
See the plan, worksheet and answers
The full plan, the worksheet questions and the answers for this week are in the pack (PDF).
- Week 3Parts 3 to 4
Timaeus introduces necessity and the receiving medium, explains bodily changes through particles, and connects bodily arrangements with reason and restraint.
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 5
The account links bodily construction, nourishment, breathing, aging, and illness with a bodily and educational explanation of wrongdoing.
See the plan, worksheet and answers
The full plan, the worksheet questions and the answers for this week are in the pack (PDF).
- Week 5Part 6
Timaeus recommends balanced bodily and mental training, connects cosmic study with divine intellect, and completes the account through animal transformations.
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
Timaeus
by Plato
Teacher and class
Free for 3 months
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