Plato’s Apology Complete Unit | Trial of Socrates Humanities and ELA 10-12

In Plato’s Apology, Socrates is put on trial and found guilty of impiety and corruption of the youth. Read Socrates’s philosophical defense. Learn why Socrates extols that the unexamined life is not worth living and how Plato made his teacher’s words a cause célèbre of his time. Nothing about this book is apologetic. Get in-depth with a close reading of the text, replete with engaging building background knowledge activities and more. 

This Resource Includes the Following Features for the entirety of Plato’s Apology:

• Access to Print and Digital Versions (Adobe Acrobat and Google Workspace) 
• Two-Week Unit Calendar (with Teacher’s Notes)
• Introductory Characters & Places Anchor Chart
• Reading Task Cards — Designed to get students reading, writing, and presenting information in groups!
  • Apology, Anyone? — Accusation Tracker
  • The Athenian Court in the Time of Socrates
  • Map: Detail of the Agora — The Law Court
  • Ground Plan of the Prison of Socrates
  • “The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living” Quote Poster
  • Aristophanes and Socrates
  • Socrates, Honorable Member for Athens
  • Socrates’s Motto
• Informational Text on Socrates and His Trial (and Socrates’s Influence on Plato)
  • Includes Vocabulary
• The Apology of Plato (17a-42)
  • Full-Text (in the public domain)
  • Includes Vocabulary List
  • Plus Historical, Mythological, and Literary references
• 89-Count Question Bank
• 14 Discussion Questions
• 2 Exit Tickets
• 2 Google Forms Assessments
  • Mid-Unit and Final Assessments
    • 10 True & False Statements
    • 8 Multiple Choice
    • 10 Short Answer
    • 8 Matching Items
    • 5 Extended Written Responses
• Note-Taking Template
• Teachers Guide & Answer Keys
• Unit Alignment Chart and Overview for Planning
• Further Reading: 13 Additional Resources on Socrates and His Trial

I recommend using these resources in a High school English Language Arts classroom or an undergraduate Philosophy course.