Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Friendship & Happiness Part 2 - DUE on 11/12 - PREPARE FOR WORKSHOP 3!!!! 11/12-11/17

Scholars!! I enjoyed you all today !!  PRINT AND ACTIVELY READ The Following ARTICLES! Active Reading means you highlight and connect ideas on the PHYSICAL PAGE! Bring the articles to Class and Prepare for Workshop 3 - BEGINS on Thursday 11/12 !!


In addition - I will ask that you respond to an analysis question BELOW and post ON our CLASS Running DOC for a GRADE!! 


Battle of the Boards - Question will be added to the HW analysis question and requires you to respond on the Class Doc!! 


PART 1 - PRINT and READ 


Article 1
Friendship
Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2006

From Opposing Viewpoints in Context
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NtTdt1U7FcDQ8fxlxEnErg_mNOQKUx8KflTqqlF81EI/edit?usp=sharing


Article 2

Love, Frien       " Love , Friendship & the Self: Intimacy, Identification, & the Social Nature of Persons"

BENNETT W. HELM
https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/love-friendship-the-self-intimacy-identification-the-social-nature-of-persons/




Article 3
The Science of Why Friendships Keep us Healthy"By Zara Abrams Date created: June 1, 2023 



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DUE ON THE RUNNING DOC- Part 2 &3

PART 2 - READ AND WRITE!!  HOMEWORK - DUE on our Running Doc by 11/12 

REVIEW the 2 articles We went over today in CLASS " 4 Ways" Becker Helm & " Three Lessons" by Aristotle

IN ADDITON READ the ARTICLES provided for HOMEWORK - I POSTED 3 that are due

on 11/12 -


Decide how you want to tackle the below questions:

 WRITE!!!!!!!!  In your notebook first  THEN POST ON THE RUNNING DOC

- 2 Paragraphs - Based on my mini lecture and the articles about Friendship & Happiness

CHOOSE AT LEAST two articles support your response!

These Responses REQUIRE - Concrete Examples and Quotes !  Be sure to ADD in Text Citation - 2 paragraphs only

Be sure to respond UNDER YOUR CLASS TIME! 




If happiness is a skill based on a mixture of personality and genetics then how would a happy

person choose their friends? This question Requires Concrete Examples and quotes 

THINK ABOUT PERMA - Positive Emotion subjective well being E: engagement'

R - relationships

M - mattering 

A- accomplishment - achievement


If Happy People score High on the Happiness Scale.. and Happy People Achieve PERMA ..

then how do happy people choose their friends? 









PART 3 - Battle of the BOARDS - Due on our Running Doc under your Above Response!! 

Choose ONE element from Both BOARDS that are relatively Similar - Choose One element that is invariably different - this is called Compare / Contrast 
place them side by side and point out ONE Major Similarity to the Lecture - AND ONE MAjor Difference 
Explain why You Choose this particular element to analyze!!! 



9:30 Boards





12:15pm












See YOU THURSDAY!

GET READY FOR WORKSHOP 3!!!!!!

Monday, November 9, 2026

Thursday, November 5, 2026

DUE : Tuesday, 11/10- Friendship & Happiness PART 1- the KICK OFF !

 Tuesday, 11/10- Friendship & Happiness 

We are KICKING OFF Friendship & Happiness as the SECOND to LAST SEGMENT in this CLASS! 

 There are two parts to the HW! GET READY!!!  The First Part ASKS that YOU Follow the Directions For Part 1 - Interpreting Quotes and RESPOND on the RUNNING DOC !! - This Will Count For a Participation GRADE 


PART 1 - FRIENDSHIP & HAPPINESS - Kick OFF - Brainstorm..  Interpret Aristotle's  QUOTE in your own words. THEN FIND YOUR OWN QUOTE - Respond ON THE CLASS DOC! 

Interpret this quote in your own Words - What does this mean to you? What do you think Aristotle means when he says this? How Can This relate to the world you live in- Connect your interpretation to a concrete example - something you read about, watched, learned about etc.

 “Without Good Friends, no one would want to live, even if possessing all other goods"   - Aristotle 

 

FIND YOUR OWN FAVORITE QUOTE ABOUT FRIENDSHIP and Interpret the quote in your own words - What does it mean ? What is the purpose of the quote and how does it relate to life and the PERMA? 


Finish the Sentence with one Word ONE phrase or one Idea - 


 TO BE A GOOD FRIEND IS TO BE............?


ANSWER on OUR CLASS DOC - UNDER YOUR CLASS - Make sure YOU WRITE YOUR NAME!


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qH6AMIK-8PXQ5xpNBzO1U9qgoPo0zzHZtTMzJX6rxAU/edit?tab=t.0



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PART 2 - Print , READ and HIGHLIGHT Main Ideas in the next 2 ARTICLES!!! 

PRINT AND READ Article 1- THIS ARTICLE IS A FAVORITE and WILL BE a SPRING BOARD into OUR Fishbowls!

Three Lessons from Aristotle on Friendship Published: May 17, 2023


3 - PRINT and ACTIVELY READ  Article 2

4 Ways Your Friends Shape Your Future by LESLIE BECKER-PHELPS, - I had to take photos - This article is expired and it is a favorite.. I took a photo of MY COPY!









PPRINT and ACTIVELY READ ARTICLE 3!

The Importance of Friendship Friendships by Robert E. Puff Ph.D.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/meditation-modern-life/202107/the-importance-friendship

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WE WILL GO OVER Friendship & Happiness including a VENN DIAGRAM on 11/10 & 11/12  

Brady - Mini Lecture 

Venn Diagram




I will introduce PUB 2 on 11/17

 







I WAS SO PROUD of the GROUPS TODAY and I really Enjoyed The PRESENTATIONS !