Aristotle’s Ethics 1. Preliminaries Aristotle wrote two ethical treatises: the Nicomachean Ethics and the Eudemian Ethics. He does not himself use either of these titles, although in the Politics (1295a36) he refers back to one of them—probably the Eudemian Ethics—as “ta êthika”—his writings about character. The words “Eudemian” and “Nicomachean” were added later, perhaps because the former was edited by his friend, Eudemus, and the latter by his son, Nicomachus. Though the general point of view expressed in each work is the same, there are many subtle differences in organization and content as well. A third treatise, called the Magna Moralia (the “Big Ethics”) is included in complete editions of Aristotle’s works, but its authorship is disputed by scholars. 2. The principal idea with which Aristotle begins is that there are differences of opinion about what is best for human beings, and that to profit from ethical inquiry we must resolve this disagreement. 3. 3.1 Traditional Virtues and the Skeptic 4. 5.
*Civic Online Reasoning If young people are not prepared to critically evaluate the information that bombards them online, they are apt to be duped by false claims and misleading arguments. To help teachers address these critical skills, we’ve developed assessments of civic online reasoning—the ability to judge the credibility of digital information about social and political issues. These assessments ask students to reason about online content. We’ve designed paper-and-pencil tasks as well as tasks that students complete online. As part of MediaWise, the Stanford History Education Group is developing and evaluating new civic online reasoning lesson plans for middle and high school students. Global Issues : social, political, economic and environmental issues that affect us all — Global Issues
Factitious.com Plastic Pollution A sea turtle swims through the water and spots a white blob floating near the surface. “Yum!” it thinks. This sea creature isn’t alone: Over 700 species of marine animals have been reported to have eaten or been entangled in plastic. What's the problem with plastic? First, let’s get real: Not all plastic is bad. The problem is that most of us use and then toss way more plastic than we need: things like grocery bags, drink bottles, straws, food wrappers, and plastic packaging around toys. Where does the plastic go? That’s a lot of trash. How does it get into the sea? You can do so much to help keep Earth clean!
155 Words To Describe An Author's Tone Writers Write is your one-stop resource for writers. We have put together this list to help you describe an author’s tone. What is tone? Tone refers to an author’s use of words and writing style to convey his or her attitude towards a topic. What the author feels about the subject is often defined as the tone. Tip: Don’t confuse tone with voice. Tone = Attitude.Voice = Personality. Tone (attitude) and voice (personality) create a writing style. You may not be able to alter your personality but you can adjust your attitude. The mechanics of tone Tone is conveyed through diction (choice and use of words and phrases), viewpoint, syntax (grammar; how you put words and phrases together), and level of formality. How do you find the correct tone? You can usually find a tone by asking these three questions: Why am I writing this? In formal writing, your tone should be clear, concise, confident, and courteous. 155 Words To Describe An Author’s Tone by Amanda Patterson
*SIFT (The Four Moves) How can students get better at sorting truth from fiction from everything in between? At applying their attention to the things that matter? At amplifying better treatments of issues, and avoiding clickbait? Since 2017, we’ve been teaching students with something called the Four Moves. Our solution is to give students and others a short list of things to do when looking at a source, and hook each of those things to one or two highly effective web techniques. Stop The first move is the simplest. First, when you first hit a page or post and start to read it — STOP. Second, after you begin to use the other moves it can be easy to go down a rabbit hole, going off on tangents only distantly related to your original task. Please keep in mind that both sorts of investigations are equally useful. Investigate the source We’ll go into this move more on the next page. Now, you don’t have to do a Pulitzer prize-winning investigation into a source before you engage with it. Find better coverage
Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide An Engaging Word Game Helps Students Grasp Implicit Bias As part of an effort to demonstrate the effect of implicit bias, library media specialist Jacquelyn Whiting devised an exercise that looks similar to “Mad Libs,” the popular fill-in-the-blank word game. In EdSurge’s “Everyone Has Invisible Bias. This Lesson Shows Students How to Recognize It,” Whiting describes how she removed words from a New York Times opinion essay to create a new, highly engaging activity for a 10th-grade class. Jacquelyn Whiting Whiting removed key words from the essay to create a paragraph for students to fill-in-the-blank. Sharply conflicting viewpoints emerged, and it became more obvious to the students that word choice matters. The discrepancies were revelations to the students “many of whom had been classmates for years, who lived in similar neighborhoods and took multiple classes together.” The biggest benefit of the lesson is its replicability, Whiting says.
Intermediate Level: Nonsense Words Reading Exercise. | ESL Lounge Intermediate Level >> Reading And Writing Materials >> Students read short passages/sentences and try to guess the meaning of nonsensical words from the context of where they appear. For each sentence, try and calculate whether the unknown word is a) verb b) adjective c) noun d) adverb Then, choose the best alternative word. "Have you been here all day," she asked, obviously not very happy. "Don't start again" he gurbudled. Language Part: ______ Yelled - screamed - whispered - complained. They walked out onto the beach for the first time since they had been snowled. Found - crashed - lost - shipwrecked. It was only minus 28 degrees Celsius when we landed in Irkutsk. Language Part: _____ Walking - breathing - talking - eating. In the baby food aisle at the Dominick's supermarket in Elmhurst, small signs offer a(n) frellation: Due to high theft, all powder formula is located in the pharmacy. Language Part: _______ Excuse - reason - apology - warning. Guns - drugs - trains - knives.