1. Please set up Enlightenment Notes- Pg 30A
Please do not talk at this time Oct 3
HW: Pg. 31A Read Chapter 6, Sec. 2 and add to your Charts in the box labeled Book Notes with info on these philosophers and their ideas : Hobbes, Locke
All Make Up Work/ Resubmissions and Late work must be turned in by Tuesday, Oct 14th to be included in the 1st quarter grade.
Please set up Enlightenment Notes- Pg 30A
To Bring Light to the Darkness of Man’s Understanding.
To Illuminate a Mystery, see it clearly and understand it.
Enlightenment intellectual movement in the 1600s and 1700s when thinkers tried to apply principles of reason and methods of science to all of society

2. Open your book to pg. 199, find the section labeled Legacy of the Enlightenment
Practice Summarizing:
Read this section on the Enlightenment and choose the 5-7 most important points from this information. Ask yourself “what do I need to know to understand what the Enlightenment is?”
Make a bullet list on your paper under the definition.

3. Check your notes!
Progress- People can think and solve problems. People can use scientific inquiry to discover new truths about the world and how it works.
Humans can use their brains to solve social problems too! People can come up with ideas to end slavery or make people more equal.
Questioning is encouraged- It is ok to challenge your leaders, both political and religious. People should do things based on facts not superstition.
Rise of Individualism- Thinking people judge right and wrong. They can discover new ideas. Everyone has something they can offer.
Governments exist to serve people, not the other way around, because people are the most important.

4. Enlightenment Thinkers!
Hobbes- The Grumpy Hater
Montesquieu- The Balanced Nobleman
Rousseau- The Hopeful Nice Guy
Locke- The Selfish Thinker
Wollstonecraft- The Angry Feminist
Enlightenment Thinkers! 4

5. Enlightenment Thinkers DBQ- Pg 31
Today we will look at one document from each Enlightenment Thinker. I will give you a little background first. You can take those notes on your chart in the second column. You will add book notes for homework in the first column.
Then you will read a document from each philosopher and answer the guided reading questions and then fill out the chart for each thinker.

6. Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes The Leviathan: famous book (1651)
Early English Enlightenment thinker
Lived in England during the English Civil War
The violence of the time deeply affected him.
He wants stability and safety more than anything.
The Leviathan: famous book (1651)
People are naturally selfish and greedy
Need a strong, powerful government to prevent chaos

7. Identify: According to Thomas Hobbes, why do men become enemies?
Identify: According to Thomas Hobbes, why is war such a bad thing?
Justify: According to Thomas Hobbes, what do men have to do in order to avoid war? Do you agree with Hobbes? Explain.
4. Analyze: What type of government do you think Thomas Hobbes would want? Explain, and BE SPECIFIC.

8. Identify: According to Thomas Hobbes, why do men become enemies?
Identify: According to Thomas Hobbes, why is war such a bad thing?
Justify: According to Thomas Hobbes, what do men have to do in order to avoid war? Do you agree with Hobbes? Explain.
4. Analyze: What type of government do you think Thomas Hobbes would want? Explain, and BE SPECIFIC.

9. Identify: According to Thomas Hobbes, why do men become enemies?
Identify: According to Thomas Hobbes, why is war such a bad thing?
Justify: According to Thomas Hobbes, what do men have to do in order to avoid war? Do you agree with Hobbes? Explain.
4. Analyze: What type of government do you think Thomas Hobbes would want? Explain, and BE SPECIFIC.

10. Identify: According to Thomas Hobbes, why do men become enemies?
Identify: According to Thomas Hobbes, why is war such a bad thing?
Justify: According to Thomas Hobbes, what do men have to do in order to avoid war? Do you agree with Hobbes? Explain.
4. Analyze: What type of government do you think Thomas Hobbes would want? Explain, and BE SPECIFIC.

11. John Locke John Locke Two Treatises on Government (1690)
Later English Enlightenment Philosopher
Lived during Glorious Revolution
Since he saw a better government formed without war, he knows this is possible
Two Treatises on Government (1690)
People are born naturally free with natural rights (life, liberty, and property)
Create government to protect natural rights
Get rid of government if not doing its job

12. Identify: According to John Locke, what are the “natural rights” of all men?
Explain: According to John Locke, why do people unite to form communities and governments? When should people disobey or rebel against the government?
Analyze: What type of government do you think John Locke would want? Explain, and BE SPECIFIC
4. Analyze: In what ways do you think the ideas expressed by John Locke influenced Western political thought?

13. Identify: According to John Locke, what are the “natural rights” of all men?
Explain: According to John Locke, why do people unite to form communities and governments? When should people disobey or rebel against the government?
Analyze: What type of government do you think John Locke would want? Explain, and BE SPECIFIC
4. Analyze: In what ways do you think the ideas expressed by John Locke influenced Western political thought?

14. Identify: According to John Locke, what are the “natural rights” of all men?
Explain: According to John Locke, why do people unite to form communities and governments? When should people disobey or rebel against the government?
Analyze: What type of government do you think John Locke would want? Explain, and BE SPECIFIC
4. Analyze: In what ways do you think the ideas expressed by John Locke influenced Western political thought?

15. Identify: According to John Locke, what are the “natural rights” of all men?
Explain: According to John Locke, why do people unite to form communities and governments? When should people disobey or rebel against the government?
Analyze: What type of government do you think John Locke would want? Explain, and BE SPECIFIC
4. Analyze: In what ways do you think the ideas expressed by John Locke influenced Western political thought?