2014 The Philosophes of the Enlightenment Lesson Plan

Accelerated Level:

Date ALL your papers:Monday, September 15, 2014

Tuesday, September 16, 2014---LibraryOdd Block Day Wednesday, September 17, 2014---LibraryEven Block Day Thursday, September 18, 2014---Library

Friday, September 19, 2014---Individual ProjectMonday, September 22, 2014---Individual ProjectTuesday, September 23, 2014---Individual Project

Wednesday, September 24, 2014---Individual ProjectFriday, September 26, 2014---Upload Projects To SchoolWires

Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014

• Quiet Question---Type Two Prompt: We are going to do a Reader’s Theatre Skit entitled “The Fall of Galileo.” Then you and your partner will use your graphic organizer notes from the last lesson to answer the following prompt----What are THREE EXAMPLES from the skit that are references to the causes or aspects of the Enlightenment and explain the connections.

• Roles:• Narrator• Galileo• Enricci• Felip• Ostillo• Benzanti

Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014• Skit References Identified Enlightenment Connections Explained with Specifics

• 1)• • 2)• • 3)• Class: We are going to watch a short film clip from United Streaming that reviews the concepts and a few examples of philosophes. It runs for about 3:22 minutes.

Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014

• Individual: Common Formative Assessment---We will now begin a project that will focus on research, note-taking, bibliography, and parenthetical citing skills. You will learn how to use the program NoodleTools that is required for all the research projects and papers in the high school.

• • You will be assigned one of the following philosophes to research and create a

PowerPoint presentation on to teach your classmates. • The PowerPoints will be uploaded on the SchoolWire’s teacher page, and

your classmates will be viewing and taking notes for their graphic organizer from the PowerPoints.

• Handouts:• Handout on how to use NoodleTools• Handout on how to do parenthetical citations• Handout on how to upload to SchoolWires• Pink Grade Sheet

Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014

• Assigned Philosophes:1. Thomas Hobbes---Focus on views on man and government2. John Locke---Focus on views on man, government, social contract, and natural rights3. Voltaire----Focus on views on man, government, and natural rights4. Jean Jacques Rousseau---Focus on views on man, government, social contract, and

general will5. Baron de Montesquieu---Focus on views on man, government, and natural rights6. Baruch Spinoza---Focus on views on man and religion7. Hugo Grotius---Focus on natural laws, international law, and government8. Mary Wollstonecraft---Focus on views on man, concept of equality, and natural rights9. Cesare Beccaria---Focus on government and system of crime and punishment10. Adam Smith---Focus on laissez-faire capitalism, three laws, and role of government11. Mary Astell---Focus on views on man, concept of equality, and natural rights12. Olympe de Gouges---Focus on views of man, concept of equality, and natural rights13. Thomas Paine---Focus on views of government, natural rights, and slavery14. Thomas Reid ---Focus on free will and common sense15. Marquise de Concordcet---Focus on government, equality, and progress

Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014

• Format:• To be done in PowerPoint format----white background and black

font, use Calibri font• Bulleted format• Must have a minimum of FIVE different visuals within the

PowerPoint– Image of philosophe– Symbol or book cover explained in context– THREE other visuals---choice of maps, political cartoons, or other visual

references• Must have a bibliography from NoodleTools cut and pasted into the

last slide• Must have parenthetical citations on each slide to document where

the information came from in your research• An example one has been created and uploaded to the teacher page.

Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014

• Slide Topics:• Title Slide----Philosophe name with image of him/her---1 slide• Biography Slides----2 to 3 slides• Main Ideas and Books/Essays (Works)---total of 4 to 6 slides

– 3 slides on Main Ideas explained– 3 slides on Main Works explained

• TWO Primary Source Quotes with Explanation---2 to 4 slides• Obstacles/Adversaries---2 to 3 slides• Impact/Influence----on native country, continent, world---2 to 3

slides• Symbol----unique title page of book or image that really

represents ideas---1 to 2 slides• Bibliography with a minimum of FOUR different sources---1 slide• Total of 17-23 slides

Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014

• Resources to Use:• ABC-CLIO: World History The Modern Era (Library database)• http://www.gvsd.org/Page/4701 (If needed – USERNAME:

greatvalley PASSWORD: library)• Modern History Internet Sourcebook---Enlightenment and

American Revolution: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.asp

• Spartacus Educational---British History: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://www.iep.utm.edu/• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/• Luminarium Anthology of English Literature----17th Century and

Restoration: http://www.luminarium.org/• Wikimedia Commons: commons.wikimedia.org

Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014

• Homework: Work on the Study Guide questions for Lesson One.

Day Two: Tuesday, September 16, 2014

• Library/Research Day One:• Instruction on how to use NoodleTools and set up

bibliography.• Go to TWO different websites and copy and paste

the information into separate Word documents.• Put sources into NoodleTools.• Homework: Highlight and make notes on the

information you found and copied into the Word documents labeling what slides the different information would go into.

Block Day: Library Days Two and Three • Finish last of research for historical content and

copy and paste the information into separate Word documents.

• Research WikiImages for your required visuals for the PowerPoint.

• Put sources into NoodleTools.• Homework: Highlight and make notes on the

information you found and copied into the Word documents labeling what slides the different information would go into.

Day Four: Friday, September 19, 2014• Creation of PowerPoint Work Day

One:• Complete Title Slide.• Complete Biography Slides.• Begin Main Ideas and Works Slides.• Homework: Finish Main Ideas and

Works Slides.

Day Five: Monday, September 22, 2014

• Creation of PowerPoint Work Day Two:• Complete Primary Sources and Explanation Slides.• Complete Impact/Influence Slides.• Complete Symbol Slides.• Homework: Completed Obstacles /Adversaries

Slides and add all required visuals to slides.

Day Six: Tuesday, September 23, 2014

• Creation of PowerPoint Work Day Three:• Complete Bibliography Slides.• Peer Editing Conference---You will be matched up

to edit each other’s work.• Homework: Make all final revisions to slides.

Day Seven: Wednesday, September 24, 2014

• Creation of Powerpoint Work Day Four: Addition to Lesson Plan

• Teacher will conference with students on their powerpoints.

• Last day to make any necessary revisions.• Homework: Finish up all revisions.

Day Eight: Friday, September 26, 2014• Completion of PowerPoint and Upload Work Day Five:• Upload PowerPoint to SchoolWires at the start of class---NO

CLASS TIME TO WORK ON IT!• Class time to begin to visit your classmates’ PowerPoints

and take notes in the provided graphic organizer filling it in. – You should visit at least TWO today in class.

• Homework: For the next week and a half, your homework will be to visit the other PowerPoints created by your classmates and take notes in the provided graphic organizer filling it in.– You should do one to two a night to get done in time.– You need these notes for the culminating assessments.