Prompt Title: What is Success, and How Do You Get There?

 Prompt Title: What is Success, and How Do You Get There? Grade Level: 10th ELA Writing Standard(s)Standard 1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.Content Standard(s)Text(s)X Written? Audio? VisualSource The Harvard ClassicsTitle XVII: Of Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether It Is Better to Be Loved or Feared X Written? Audio? VisualSource Classic Etexts SeriesTitleSun Tzu’s The Art of War X Written? Audio? VisualSource Title“Stoicism: Practical Philosophy You Can Actually Use” 1-4 of pdfWriting PromptMany of the world’s greatest leaders and most successful people embrace ancient philosophies. How do you define success? What principles or playbook would you follow to ensure that you reach your definition of success? Read chapter 17 of Machiavelli’s The Prince, one section of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, and Ryan Holliday’s article “Stoicism: Practical Philosophy You Can Actually Use.” Write an essay in which you explain what success means to you, and rank these systems of philosophy in order from which is most applicable to your definition of success to which is least applicable. Are your reasons for this ranking moral, practical, or both? Could your path include concepts from more than one of these?Scoring RubricSee AuthorWilliam Mattison ................
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