 Warm Up › Do you believe in the creation story from the Bible or the theory of evolution? Why? › Once you have your answer, study for the Explorer Quiz (see my useful links for practice quiz)  Agenda › Explorer Quiz › Notes/PowerPoint › WebQuest/BookQuest › Exit Quiz

 Introduction to the Scientific Revolution Introduction to the Scientific Revolution  Before the scientific revolution, where did people turn to explain what happened in nature?  What is the scientific method ?  What was Copernicus’s contribution to the scientific revolution?  Which scientific instrument did Galileo perfect?  Which important American document was created as a result of the Enlightenment?

 A. Contributors from the Renaissance built on the knowledge from Greek and Roman thinkers  B. This led to scientific breakthroughs, which helped us to see the world around us differently, as well as make every day life easier and safer.  WRITE IN  C. Scientific method - knowledge should be based on observation and experimentation

 C. Contributors  1. Nicolaus Copernicus – believed in a heliocentric universe (the earth revolved around the sun)  The Church taught that the Earth was the center of the universe

 Galileo Clip Galileo Clip  Name three accomplishments of Galileo?  How did the Church view Galileo’s research & discoveries?

 2. Galileo Galilei – used a telescope to explore the universe. Also believed the earth revolved around the sun.  Also proved that the moon and other planets were made from the same materials as the Earth

 3. Isaac Newton – developed the laws of gravity.  Before Newton, it was believed that God was responsible for moving the sun and the moon.

 If you have a laptop, go to Lessons and download “Enlightenment WebQuest” › Copy and paste it into the once you’re finished  If you do not have a laptop, grab a BookQuest from the cart › Put in basket when you’re done  If you finish early, finish any missing work or do an extra credit ToonDoo (see the Extra Credit page on my website)

 Warm Up  How would you react if a top professor of education said that playing games and eating pizza was the best way for students to learn and that notes and homework was the worst way?  Agenda  Your philosophy  Notes/PowerPoint  Enlightenment worksheet  Exit Quiz ATTENTION: Quiz on Enlightenment Tomorrow!

 This movement is about the beginnings of democratic ideals  What are ideals?  What are democratic ideals?

 Many nations we will discuss fought civil wars.  Why do countries fight civil wars?  Why did our nation fight a civil war?

 Based on the name “enlightenment,” what do you think this movement was about?  Reason  Natural Law  Hope  Progress

 A. The Enlightenment was a philosophical movement that would eventually lead to political reform and ultimately revolution  What kinds of ideas do you think the Enlightenment produced?

 B. The goal of the Enlightenment was to create a perfect society.

 Locke & Rousseau Locke & Rousseau  Which two democratic governments were inspired by the ideas of Locke and Rousseau?  What did Locke believe all people are entitled to?  “Legitimate government is only formed by the consent of the governed.” What does this mean?  What is the purpose of government according to Locke? Rousseau?

 C. Important Philosophers  1. John Locke – believed that people possessed certain natural rights. These included life, liberty, and property  What did Locke mean by this?

 C. Important Philosophers  2. Montesquieu – believed the best government had limited power  Governments should separate the power into several sections  Each section should be able to limit other sections powers

 3. Voltaire – pushed for religious tolerance  “All men are brothers under God”  “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities”

 4. Adam Smith – believed that government should stay away from economic affairs. Known as laissez faire  Laissez faire means “hands off”

 If people are free to make money on their own, society will benefit  Free market  “No society can be happy if [most of its people] are poor and miserable”

 5. Rousseau – created a social contract which said that an entire society should agree on a government that will do what most people want.  "Man is born free, and he is everywhere in chains.”

 D. These ideas and others were spread throughout Europe by several ways.  1. The printing press made writings plentiful and cheap.  Think Facebook live feed

 2. Salons – gatherings at a house of the upper class. Here people discussed enlightenment thinking.  Think Facebook chat

 A. Philisophes (philosophers) believed that all people had natural rights.  B. In order for people to be allowed these rights, they need to be ruled by an enlightened leader  What would an enlightened ruler be like?

 C. Citizens who wanted an enlightened leader were prepared to get one at any cost  1. This led to many bloody revolutions as people wanted to overthrow their leaders.

 Finish Enlightenment WebQuest/ BookQuest  Finish Your Philosophy of Life worksheet  Work on Enlightenment Worksheet  Finish projects  Quiz correction  Finish any missing work or do an extra credit ToonDoo (see the Extra Credit page on my website) or create a cartoon depiction

 Study for the Enlightenment Quiz › Useful links – Practice Enlightenment Quiz  Agenda  Enlightenment Quiz  Finish up missing work  Work on Study Guide 1 st Half of the Unit 4 Test Tomorrow

 Finish Enlightenment WebQuest/ BookQuest  Finish Your Philosophy of Life worksheet  Work on Enlightenment Worksheet  Finish projects  Quiz corrections  Finish any missing work  Do Study Guide  Extra credit ToonDoo (see the Extra Credit page on my website) or create a cartoon depiction of a vocabulary word from notes