A History of Ideas. BBC Animations/Clips

Questions for The 4 truths of Buddhism

Aim: students read,  and listen to short animations about history of ideas. Students use this information  in order to prepare a task.
Level: high
Length of animations: 2 to 3 minutes
Subjects: various: Freud, justice,  Locke, Adam Smith and Economy, What is a human being,  Plato... you name it.





Source of animations: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3vVjcY47k2p5Wsnj3ZFHV5W/a-history-of-ideas 

Procedure: 
Teachers:

• activate student's previous knowledge on the subject by asking questions
• OR: I am preparing  some pre-while watching questions for some of the videos. As I prepare them I will post them here for free download. 

Optional : This is the list of tasks I have prepared

• Buddhism: The 4 Noble Truths: Find task HERE
• The idea of cultural transmission. Find the task HERE
• Free will defense. God vs Evil HERE

Students

• watch the video
• prepare a task: summary, extension, paraphrasing, show and tell...

Click HERE to access BBC animations online

You may find some of these animations in YOUTUBE: See some samples below.

FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS   (See tasks above)

THE IDEA OF CULTURAL TRANSMISSION
(See tasks above)

The Free Will Defence: A Good God Vs. The Existence of Evil (See tasks above)