Beginning Antigone

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the second week of December.

Agenda:

1. Words of the Day
2. Antigone Lecture
3. Read Antigone
1. Start at line 35. 
2. Read to Line 160.
4. Generate a list of five words to describe Ismene and Antigone.
5. Important Greeks ideas
1. Oikos: The household; the private sphere; the domain of family, women, and burial rites.
2. Polis: The city-state; the public sphere; the domain of law, men, and war.
3. Nomos: Man-made law/statute.
4. Themis/Dike: Divine law/Justice; eternal custom.
5. Find quotes that give examples of each idea. Use the line number for your citation.

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.