40 lessons to get children thinking: Philosophical thought adventures across the curriculum

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This is the type of book many teachers will keep on their desk and use the exercises very regularly; for me it is up there with Geoff Petty's 'Evidence-Based Teaching' and Paul Ginnis's 'The Teacher's Toolkit' as an essential resource. Worley is an excellent clear writer, who communicates very complex ideas very well.” Francis Gilbert [http://www.francisgilbert.co.uk/], teacher, teacher trainer and author of ' I'm a Teacher, Get Me Out of Here' Inspire your class to think more deeply about curriculum subjects and get them actively taking part in exciting philosophy experiments today! This new book by bestselling author and founder of The Philosophy Foundation Peter Worley is a collection of practical lesson and activity plans to use in the primary classroom to get children thinking philosophically and creatively, integrating philosophy into different curriculum areas. The sessions - called thought adventures - use thought experiments, stories and poems to get children discussing and understanding topics more deeply. Each session is explained step-by-step, with everything you need to 'do' and 'say' spelled out, and all the equipment you need listed with instructions on how to set up each session. You can implement the sessions in the classroom either as a complete lesson or as an activity within another lesson. All the sessions are tried and tested by Peter and his colleagues at The Philosophy Foundation who work with primary schools on a regular basis. Cover Title Copyright Acknowledgements Contents Foreword Introduction 1. The ghost – thinking about ghosts, time and poetry 2. Here’s a thought – thinking about thought Key facilitation tool: Provoke / Anonymity: putting on the ring of Gyges Key facilitation tool: Anchoring 3. Know cards – thinking about knowledge 4. Vouchers – thinking about the distribution of wealth and goods 5. Poles apart – thinking about opposites and contradictions 6. The contradiction monster 7. The glass of water – thinking about the power of the mind 8. Is this a poem? – thinking about poetry 9. The dog that meowed – thinking about identity 10. If a rockslide tumbles on an island – thinking about reality, perception and definitions Key facilitation tool: Iffing Key facilitation tool: Ropes and hoops 11. The maybe cat – thinking about uncertainty 12. The Book of Everything – thinking about everything 13. Sentences – thinking about meaning, structure and relationships Key facilitation tool: Web of understanding Key facilitation tool: Iffing, anchoring and opening up 14. Doing nothing – thinking about doing and nothing 15. The Ceebie Stories: The Thinking Test – thinking about thinking 16. The disappearing ball trick – thinking about existence and persistence 17. A plan – starting to think about business ethics 18. Doing philosophy – doing for thinking Key facilitation tool: Show me! / Possibling Key facilitation tool: Is/Ought questioning 19. Who’s right? – thinking about disagreement 20. Rulers – thinking about knowledge and stealing 21. The talking skull – thinking about evaluating claims 22. The diary – thinking about willpower Key facilitation tool: Concept-maps as tension detectors Key facilitation tool: Experience as stimulus 23. The hypothesis box – thinking about science 24. The Pedlar of Swaffham – thinking about thinking about stories 25. The Never-Ending Letter – thinking about meaning and interpretation 26. The incredible shrinking machine – thinking about the microcosm 27. The instant success switch – thinking about talents, skills and virtues Key facilitation tool: Conceptual comparisons Key facilitation tool: Iffing the fact/Either-or-the-if 28. The time machine – thinking about time and time travel 29. When worlds collide – thinking about dilemmas 30. Reality glasses – thinking about perception 31. Perspectacles – thinking about point-of-view and perspective 32. Truing and lying – thinking about truth and lies 33. The telekinetic teacher – thinking about causes, forces and magic 34. Humpty Dumpty – thinking about words and meaning 35. Humpty Dumptying – thinking about meaning and words 36. Mirrored – thinking about others 37. Art detectives – thinking about standards of beauty 38. Diogenes and Alexander – thinking about the good life Key facilitation tool: Instant dramatisation Key facilitation tool: Definitely/Maybe 39. Money, money, money – thinking about the value of currency 40. The hiding box – thinking about a world without … Key facilitation tool: A world without … Appendix 1: Thinking about facilitating idea-diversity Appendix 2: The lost keys – thinking about teaching interpretation Appendix 3: Intellectual virtues Appendix 4: Talking books – thinking about dialoguing with books Appendix 5: Thinking about creating and using enquiries in the curriculum Appendix 6: Be a philosopher Bibliography