PINKER Schedule & Plan Ideas – Week 1: Introducing Pinker Pre-reading/open discussion of questions related to origins and nature of morality - (“Where does our sense of morality come from? Are moral principles are we all born “innate” – with a kind of moral compass?” Etc.) - Discuss sample dilemma” questions (trolleys, crying babies, frying Fido, etc.) “moral - Discuss Foundations” questionnaire (or yourmorals.org). Give student sample “Moral questions, and have them answer alone. Then in groups, compile results, and do averages for class. Compare to results from other countries/groups. Interviews/Videos/Short Texts to Intro the Topic - RADIO LAB discussion of morality. ~ 29 minutes. Nice, simple overview of the research, with some fun examples and interviews. - Radio Interview with Pinker about his article "The Moral Instinct" (NPR's Talk of the Nation, Jan 28, 2008, 30 minutes) Animated video of Rifkin talk, Empathic Civilisation” “The - emerging moral psychology” by Dan Jones “The Brooks, Op-ed about study of morality from evolutionary perspective, and NICHOLAS “.” “” KRISTOF, NYT, May 27, 2009. Jigsaw researching rhetorical situation (Pinker, NYT Magazine, etc.) and references Mother Teresa, Borlaug, etc.) Chart Pinker work through initial sections (see teaching materials) – Guided reading and discussion questions for first sections point students to key terms, key – analogies (e.g. How does Pinker establish exigency? What do you notice about the way Pinker addresses his audience, esp. his use of pronouns? What terms, phrases and analogies does Pinker use to describe morality? Etc.) Group work assign 3 students for each of the 10 sections, and have them present to the class. – They will discuss a) main claims, b) evidence, c) ideas for connecting outside texts d) anything they found unclear, difficult, particularly interesting/persuasive/weak. Week 2: Exploring the Claims and Evidence Explain assignment 2 - give prompt, grading rubric (if being used) and show sample student
PINKER – Schedule & Plan Ideas Week 1: Introducing Pinker Pre-reading/open discussion of questions related to origins and nature of morality - (“Where does our sense of morality come from? Are moral principles “innate” – are we all born with a kind of moral compass?” Etc.) - Discuss sample “moral dilemma” questions (trolleys, crying babies, frying Fido, etc.) - Discuss “Moral Foundations” questionnaire (or yourmorals.org). Give student sample questions, and have them answer alone. Then in groups, compile results, and do averages for class. Compare to results from other countries/groups. Interviews/Videos/Short Texts to Intro the Topic - RADIO LAB discussion of morality. ~ 29 minutes. Nice, simple overview of the research, with some fun examples and interviews. - Radio Interview with Pinker about his article "The Moral Instinct" (NPR's Talk of the Nation, Jan 28, 2008, 30 minutes) Animated video of Rifkin talk, “The Empathic Civilisation” - “The emerging moral psychology” by Dan Jones Brooks, “.” Op-ed about study of morality from evolutionary perspective, and “” NICHOLAS KRISTOF, NYT, May 27, 2009. Jigsaw researching rhetorical situation (Pinker, NYT Magazine, etc.) and references Mother Teresa, Borlaug, etc.) Chart Pinker – work through initial sections (see teaching materials) Guided reading and discussion questions for first sections – point students to key terms, key analogies (e.g. How does Pinker establish exigency? What do you notice about the way Pinker addresses his audience, esp. his use of pronouns? What terms, phrases and analogies does Pinker use to describe morality? Etc.) Group work – assign 3 students for each of the 10 sections, and have them present to the class. They will discuss a) main claims, b) evidence, c) ideas for connecting outside texts d) anything they found unclear, difficult, particularly interesting/persuasive/weak. Week 2: Exploring the Claims and Evidence Explain assignment 2 - give prompt, grading rubric (if being used) and show sample student
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