Bring big questions into your classroom!
If you’re a teacher, a community leader, or a homeschool parent, you’ve landed in the right spot!
Cruise through our list of free, downloadable lesson plans that spans all kinds of topics, and interests. All of them make learning to think critically and philosophically fun!
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New stuff added all the time, so keep checking back!
Happy thinking!
Lesson Plan: Extremely Cool Questions
How do you tackle a big question, especially if it’s one with many different answers? Work together to analyze a challenging, but fascinating philosophical question, and come up with a variety of different answers.
Lesson Plan: Brave Thoughts
Explore the role of courage in asking “big questions”. Research a great thinker who was willing to be brave, ask questions, and think carefully about possible answers, and whose ideas changed history.
Lesson Plan: Who Uses Philosophy?
Philosophy can be useful to so many people! Explore various jobs and activities that are made better by asking big questions. Get to know members of the community through the big ideas they use.
Lesson Plan: Question Avalanche
Learn to find the smaller questions that lead into larger, more complex questions. Practice evaluating these questions effectively. Examine the way that asking different kinds of questions improves our overall understanding.
Just For Fun: Big Questions Cootie Catcher
Print, fold and play! This classic paper craft encourages learners to ask big questions!