Thales: What is Philosophy?

This lesson one of a History of Philosophy scheme of work, which takes students from Thales and the origins of philosophy, right up to the 21st Century. Each lesson is based around an inquiry question, which links to the work of a key philosopher.

Each lesson is a contained in single resource which includes:

• Vocabulary recap “settle down” starter
• Discussion based starter linking to the inquiry question for the lesson
• Glossary of key terms introduced in the lesson
• A key reading which supports the inquiry question
• Knowledge check questions to clarify student understanding of the reading
• Discussion and extended writing tasks
• A teacher page, giving suggested answers and discussion points for each of the tasks