Which Enlightenment thinker’s work do you think has had the greatest impact on the world today?
Classwork – 10/30
Create a chart including the Enlightenment thinkers, their careers, and the work that they did during the Enlightenment. To see an example of what a chart like this looks like click here.
Do Now – 10/30
What ideas, inventions, or movements from today do you think will have a lasting impact on society in hundreds of years? Why is this so?
Do Now – 10/29
“Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.”
- Lao Tzu
Copy down this quote. What does it mean to you?
Bonus Question – The Enlightenment
Who wrote each of the following pieces of literature during the Enlightenment?:
The Wealth of Nations
Leviathan
The Declaration of Independence
What is Enlightenment?
Two Treatises of Government
Bring in the answer to this question tomorrow (Thursday, October 30) and receive 50 bonus points!!!
Do Now – 10/28
What do you consider to be the most important invention of the past 50 years? Why is this invention important? What has it changed?
Homework – 10/28
Draw a picture about any aspect of the Enlightenment that you’d like. What do you think the changes going in Europe looked like? What might the culminating event–the French Revolution–have looked like? Be creative with your drawing. The best ones will be put up in the classroom and those students will receive 50 bonus points in addition to their regular homework grade.
Reminder – Economic Theory Test Monday!
Just a reminder that on Monday you will be given your test on our unit on economic theory. You will be expected to know about:
1) Adam Smith and capitalism (including the definitions of key terms such as private property, corporation, and laissez-faire and what The Wealth of Nations is).
2) Karl Marx and Marxism/communism (including conflict theory, proletariat, bourgeoisie, what The Communist Manifesto is, etc.).
3) Vladimir Lenin and imperialism (including the definition of imperialism, facts about Lenin’s life, who the Bolsheviks were, the October Revolution, and what Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism is).
