Interactive Plato's Cave Allegory | Quiz & Activity Pack Grades 7-12

With Plato's Allegory of the Cave Quiz Bowl Activity, review every detail, inference, and popular culture reference to the famous philosophical myth. Includes 60+ review questions and a set of pub-style trivia sheets.

Note: The download includes PDF & Google Workspace. Modify this resource for use on Google Classroom and other classroom management sites.

This resource includes the following features:

• Includes Notes to the Teacher and Suggestions for Use of this Activity
• The text of the story is not included in this resource. Download it for free here.
  • The story is retold from the source material in easy-to-understand English. Great for a class read-and-share. Or, have students pair-read the text and then have a whole-class discussion.
• 1 Art Connection from the New York Public Library Digital Collections
• 60+ Quiz Bowl Style Questions
  • Play a quiz game with your students. It gets kids excited to compete in a friendly review game. Use as a summative assessment after you and your students have spent time with the text. Note: This activity is designed as an extension activity to a lesson on Plato's Allegory!
    • 5 Preliminary Questions
    • 6 "About the Text" Questions
    • 16 Text-Dependent Questions
    • 10 Inference-Based Questions
    • 8 Author's Purpose Questions
    • 9 Popular Culture Questions
    • 8 Text-to-World Connections Questions
• Includes Questions that Also Serve as a Quick Write or Essay Prompts
  • Assign a question. Set the time. Have kids write!
• 1 Cornell Style Note-taking Template
• 2 Half-Sheet Exit Ticket Strategies
  • Use as a formative assessment at the end of the activity.
• 1 Places and Characters Anchor Chart
  • Print this chart out in color and hang it in your classroom. It includes important information about the allegory.
• Standards Alignment Chart (Common Core, TEKS, VA SOL)
• An answer key is included for teacher-facing materials.
  • With more ideas and instructions on how to use this resource

Suggested Uses:

1. Humanities Course on Ancient Greece
2. World History Course on the History of Ideas
3. Literature Course
4. Introduction to Philosophy Course

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