The
Age of Enlightenment
The incredible Constitution
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Essential
Questions:
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What
was the Age of Enlightenment's impact on America's Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution?
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Can
common citizens be trusted to govern?
- What is the best form
of government?
Procedures:
We have
seen how culture impacts us in the present through music, videos, movies,
video games, books, television, and heroes. We will now look at how our early
leaders were influenced by Enlightened Ideas. In order to see this influence,
we must study the key ideas of the Enlightenment period. We will study this
era by doing the following:
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Lecture/discussion
Age of Enlightenment
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Guest
lecture- Thomas Hobbes
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Meet
the Press- cooperative group activity
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Write
a five-paragraph paper from what you learned from meet the press
activity.
Assessment
We will make sure that we understand the concepts of the Age of Enlightenment
and be able to answer the essential questions by
the following activities:
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Answering
questions from meet the press activity
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Research
Listed below are
the historical figures that will take part in the
press conference. Use these online resources to help you find
information about your assigned historical figure.
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