The Scientific Revolution Presentation Activity pts. You and your team have been selected to present key information on the nature of the Scientific Revolution and its effects on European society in the 17th Century. You and your team will prepare an oral presentation complete with visuals and manipulative to further demonstrate your knowledge on the topic. 1. Group researches problem and finds articles to bring in “outside information.” 2. What was the problem? Compare/Contrast new methods or ideas to the medieval ways or ideas. a. create an interesting presentation in which ALL group members speak about the information you have learned about. 3. What was the solution discovered during the Scientific Revolution era (mostly 1600’s). 4. Create visuals and a manipulative to help explain your story. a. powerpoint works for part of this. b. scale model

1. Establishing True Knowledge Medieval methods of gathering knowledge compared to Bacon and Descartes. SECTION 27 2. The nature of the universe-Ptolemy/Aristotle and Christian view vs. Copernicus Kepler and Galileo. pgs. 232-236 3. The World of Newton-Present Newton’s findings and contrast with Old Views. Key to mention Newton’s destruction of Aristotle. EFFECTS OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION pgs. 236-37 4. The Scientific Revolution and the World of Thought-Medieval/Christian Worldview vs. the New Scientific world outlook (Pascal and Alexander Pope.) pgs. 238-240 5. Skepticism-Montaigne vs. Bayle pgs. 240-242 6. New Sense of Evidence-Effects on society. Special emphasis placed on witchcraft and how views of witchcraft began to change due to science. pgs. 243 7. Historical Scholarship -did such a fact really occur? Mabillion, DuCange, the nature of chronology to Pope Gregory XIII. pgs. 243-46. 8. Questioning of Traditional Beliefs Richard Simon, Spinoza, and John Locke pgs. 247-49. 9. The Rise of Scientific Societies-Royal Society of England and French Scientific Society of Louis XIV. Purpose, goals and how they contribute to rise of science. What did kings or governments gain from these societies and rise of science?