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Stimulus materials, articles and projects

Our library is the place to find stimulus materials, recommended resources, original stories, lesson plans, inspiring articles and a host of other items to help you bring about great philosophical inquiries.

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The p4c library resources on this page are organised in a simple table. If you use the sub-menus in the left column, you will be able to filter the list according to the resource category. Sort any table using the column headings. Enjoy!

Title Category Author Createdsort icon
Piggybook by Anthony Brown
Disscussion ideas for parents and teachers. 		Picture Books James Nottingham 15/05/2012
Mr Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham
Disscussion ideas for parents and teachers. 		Picture Books James Nottingham 15/05/2012
'Changes' by Anthony Brown
Some ideas for parents and teachers for talking about with this popular picture book 		Picture Books James Nottingham 15/05/2012
Argumentative Artifacts: Using arguments for philosophical inquiry in schools
Link to a web e-book on p4c.com about the use of created arguments as stimuli and models for p4c 		E-Books Steve Williams 11/05/2012
Jeg Går En Tur - A self-portrait by Lasse Gjertsen
A stimulating three-minute video made by a student in Norway. Thought-provoking themes for discussion with teenages. 		Short Films James Nottingham 03/05/2012
The Gruffalo
Ideas for using the popular story by Jane Donaldson 		Picture Books James Nottingham 01/05/2012
P4C & Music
A collection of musica stimuli with some ideas for use. 		Short Films, Recommended! Nick Chandley 29/04/2012
Teaching Notes for Harrison Bergeron
Ideas to support dialogue issues of equality, discrimination and freedom following a reading of Kurt Vonnegut's classic story. 		Lesson Outlines Tim Sprod 09/04/2012
Mark's Dilemma
A story and ideas for discussion on the themes of race, culture and representation. 		Scripts and Dialogues Darren Chetty 04/04/2012
Readers' Theatre and P4C
Link to a web e-book on p4c.com demonstrating the many uses of Readers' Theatre for p4c. 		E-Books Steve Williams 06/03/2012
Rose and Carrot
A set of resources for investigating a range of concepts related to gardening and growing, food production and consumption. 		Scripts and Dialogues Steve Bramall 22/02/2012
Democracy
Six classroom activities with which to explore the concepts of democracy. 		IAPC Materials, Notes and Activities IAPC 22/02/2012
The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn
Link to an accessible but thought-provoking article by Jonathan Bennett on questions around 'bad morality', conscience and empathy. It's not suitable for classroom use, but it's a good example of philosophical skills at work. 		Philosophy Articles Jason Buckley 13/02/2012
"I got a right"
A story with comprehensive background notes and activities to explore the concepts of rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities. 		Stories & Storytelling, Dialogues Tim Sprod 08/02/2012
The Numbers Strike
A story about the aftermath of all numbers going on strike. 		Stories & Storytelling Jason Buckley 06/02/2012
Answers, Questions and Truth
Here are two activities with which to explore children's attitudes to questions and to ask them to consider degrees of truth in answers to a questions. 		IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts IAPC 03/02/2012
Good Reasons
Six exercises to introduce the notions of relevance, strength and sense with which to evaluate reasons. 		IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts IAPC 03/02/2012
Wondering
Two activities to stimulate young children to reflect on their wondering. 		IAPC Materials, Notes and Activities IAPC 03/02/2012
Good and Bad
Exercises with which to explore the different uses of the words "Good" and "Bad". 		Examples, IAPC Materials IAPC 03/02/2012
If ...
Exercises with which to reflect on the logical, causal and imaginative uses of the word "if". 		IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts IAPC 03/02/2012
Knowing and Believing
An exercise and discussion plan on these two essential and connected concepts. 		Examples, IAPC Materials IAPC 03/02/2012
Fair
An exercise to explore the concept of fairness 		Examples, IAPC Materials IAPC 02/02/2012
What’s on your mind?
An illustration from an old journal of phrenology can be used to explore concepts of mind, body, science and pseudo science. Steve Bramall explains how. 		P4C Library Steve Bramall 01/02/2012
The Language of Reasoning
Why and how to help pupils get more control over their thinking 		Reasoning Concepts, P4C Articles, P4C Library Steve Williams 26/01/2012
Examples
An exercise on giving examples 		IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts IAPC 25/01/2012