Resources for Teachers:

Dr. Tom Wartenberg (Mt. Holyoke College) and his students developed lesson plans to do philosophy with elementary-school aged children using picture books:

Here are books teachers can use to do philosophy with young children:

Think About It! by Amy Leask a series of philosophy books for children The If Machine by Peter Worley Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen ethics The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes ethics Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French ethics After the Rain by Sheila Gorden ethics Daphne's Book by Mary Downing Hahn ethics Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn ethics Standing Up to Mr. O by Claudia Mills ethics Dinah Forever by Claudia Mills ethics Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson epistemology Emily's Art by Peter Catalanotto philosophy of art Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr ethics The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson ethics Shiloh by Phyllis Reynold Naylor ethics The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka ethics Boodil, My Dog by Pija Lindenbaum ethics

Frederick by Leo Lionni social and political philosophy Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems philosophy of language The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown metaphysics The Tinman in The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum metaphysics Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch metaphysics The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket by Sonia Levitin metaphysics The View from the Oak by Herbert Kohl metaphysics The Dream in Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel metaphysics The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery metaphysics The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater ethics Albert's Toothache by Barbara Williams metaphysics, philosophy of language and philosophy of childhood Really Really BIG Questions by Stephen Law introduction to philosophy Morris the Moose by B. WIseman epistemology Stormy Night by Michele Lemieux metaphysics Stellaluna by Janell Cannon personal identity and friendship The Great Blueness and Other Predicaments by Arnold Lobel and almost everything by this author; metaphysics - color

This course was developed by Drs. Alan Tapper and Stephan Millett (Curtin University, Perth) and is part of the Western Australian state-mandated curriculum. It's designed for general high school use.

	Winning Words
	Contributed by:	The Civic Knowledge Project University of Chicago

This flexible 7 week curriculum is used in elementary and middle schools on Chicago's South side. To help young students think, speak and act philosophically, the curriculum combines Socratic questioning, debate, discussion, textual study and dramatic reenactment. The goal is to give students the opportunity to express themselves and examine their own beliefs while engaging in rational, civil discourse with others.

	Bioethics Course (pre-college)
	Contributed by:	The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH

The Cleveland Clinic's Department of Bioethics, created a distance learning course for middle and high school students to study some of today’s most prevalent issues in bioethics - the use of animals for food and research, obligations to help the hungry, euthanasia, reproductive ethics, stem cell research and cloning.

	A History of Western Political Philosophy
	Contributed by:	Ed Kaufman Weston High School Avon, CT

Ed Kaufman taught history and social studies at Weston High School in CT for over 30 years; the course detailed below is an evening seminar he created and taught for many years at Weston High School.

	Philosophy for Living
	Contributed by:	John Sylvia IV Hattiesburg, Mississippi

John received his M.A. in philosophy from The University of Southern Mississippi and plans to pursue a Ph.D. in the near future. He has developed and taught philosophy courses for gifted high school programs in his state, including Mississippi Governor’s School and the Francis A. Karnes Saturday Gifted Studies program. One of his main areas of interest is virtue epistemology and what such a system might have to say about modern media. He enjoys exploring the practical implications which philosophic inquiry has on life.

His materials include a course proposal that explores philosophic issues which touch people’s everyday lives.

	Introduction to Philosophy (pre-college)
	Contributed by:	Bruce Grigsby Montrose High School Montrose, Colorado

Bruce Grigsby majored in history at California State University at Northridge, and completed a Master's Degree in liberal arts at St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is renowned for its distinctive "great books" curriculum. For thirty-seven years, he has been teaching at Montrose High School: he teaches both AP English (for thirteen years) and a general, introductory course in philosophy (for twenty-five years) in which he incorporates as a core technique the use of opening questions and Socratic seminars which he learned at St. John’s.

Bruce Grigsby's materials include a syllabus with explanatory notes.

	The History of Ideas (pre-college)
	Contributed by:	N. Clayton Duba Adlai E. Stevenson High School Lincolnshire, Illinois

Clayton Duba has been teaching at Adlai E. Stevenson High School since 2002. He has a B.S. in social science education with a political science minor from Illinois State University and has nearly finished his Master's degree in political theory from Northeastern Illinois University. He has taught Honors Philosophy to seniors since 2006. In addition, he also teaches World History and AP European History; and is the Editor-in-Chief of the "New Scriptor," a journal for and by Illinois educators.

Clayton Duba's materials include an ethical dilemma final project, a reading list and a "History of Ideas" final exam review guide.

	Introduction to Philosophy (pre-college)
	Contributed by:	Steve Goldberg Oak Park and River Forest High School Oak Park, Illinois

Steve Goldberg has taught history and philosophy for the past twenty years at Oak Park and River Forest High School. He currently teaches Philosophy Advanced and Modern Middle Eastern History Advanced. He also teaches World History and Asian Studies. Goldberg has a Ph.D. in philosophy and has published two books in philosophy, one that he authored and another that he co-edited, as well as several articles in history, philosophy, and education journals and magazines. Goldberg has been a reader and table leader for AP World History for several years.

Steve Goldberg's materials include both a syllabus for a pre-college level philosophy course as well as a proposal for a cooperative philosophy project.