Senior+Siddhartha

After reading Siddhartha, students come up with an open-ended question such as, "Why is there bad in the world?" or "What is the purpose of suffering?" Students write about what they believe about their question. They they research possible answers and commentary on related issues. Then they write how Siddhartha would answer the question. Then they intereview an expert in the field on the topic. At the end, they summarize all their findings and write their thier current thinking on the question.