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This lesson plan on theocracy and the divine right of kings is the penultimate (i.e. number ten) of eleven in a unit (see above and below) on the origins of religion and philosophy.

This lesson opens with this context clues worksheet on the noun theocrat. If the lesson continues into a second dayand you want a second context clues worksheet, here is another on the adjective infallible. The mainstay of this lesson is this two short readings with comprehension questions to help students understand the way that religion undergirded royal power for centuries in Europe.

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Here is a lesson plan on Plato, the eighth (as above and below) of an eleven-lesson global studies unit on the origins of religion and philosophy.

I open this lesson with this context clues worksheet on debate as a verb (it’s used both intransitively and transitively), and another on the adjective cogent in the event the lesson spills over into a second day. The principal work of this lesson is this short reading with comprehension questions on Plato.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.