1. Bell Work 1. How do you know if an idea or concept is good?
Don’t forget to copy down questions or incorporate them into your answer. Use complete sentences.
1. How do you know if an idea or concept is good?
2. If an idea or concept is popular does that make it good?
3. What do you think the Scientific Revolution was?

2. The Enlightenment Learning Objectives:
1. Define the central ideas of the Enlightenment and its’ philosophers
2. Understand how Enlightenment ideas spread beyond Europe
Importance: The ideas from this time period had a great influence on the colonists during the American Revolution and some are still present in our society.

3. Content Vocabulary Philosophes- Enlightenment philosophers
Deism- a religious philosophy based on reason and natural law/opposed supernatural revelation
Social contract- A concept proposed by Rousseau that an entire society agrees to be governed by the general will, and all individuals should be forced to accept the general will since it represents what is best for the entire community
Salon- gathering place that helped spread Enlightenment ideas
Laissez-faire- “let the [people] do [what they will]”

4. Bell Work 1. Explain Deism in your own words.
Don’t forget to copy down questions or incorporate them into your answer. Use complete sentences.
1. Explain Deism in your own words.
2. Explain the Social Contract in your own words. Do you agree with it? Why or why not?

5. The Enlightenment and the Philosophes
A. The Enlightenment was an 18th century philosophical movement based on the success of the Scientific Revolution.
The philosophes wanted to make society better
Scientific method
Reason to solve social problems
Reason
Natural law
Hope
Progress

6. Scientific Revolution
The following video clips will provide you with some background information regarding important people, ideas and significance of the Scientific Revolution.
1. Take some notes on key people, ideas, and their significance to the scientific revolution and how they changed society.
*I will be calling on some people so be ready to share!

7. Scientific Revolution Videos Review
Isaac Newton’s Law of Gravity
Isaac Newton and a Scientific Revolution
Scientific Revolution
Galileo Galilei

8. The Enlightenment and the Philosophes
B. Philosophers thought that society was governed by natural laws
Newton –physical universe

9. The Enlightenment and the Philosophes
C. Enlightenment thinkers hoped to find w/ the scientific method the laws that all institutions should follow to have a perfect society.
1. What do you know about the scientific method?
2. When and why do we use it?

10. The Enlightenment and the Philosophes

11. The Enlightenment and the Philosophes
D. Major thinkers:
John Locke
Voltaire
Charles-Louis de Secondat, the Baron de Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Adam Smith
Cesare Beccaria
Denis Diderot
Mary Wollstonecraft

12. Toward a New Social Science
A. Belief that scientific methods could discover the natural laws of society led to the creation new social sciences:
Economics
Political science
What do you know about the study of economics? And why do we study it?
What do you know about political science? And why do we study it?

13. Bell Work
Don’t forget to copy down questions or incorporate them into your answer. Use complete sentences.
1. What is the Enlightenment?
2. What were the philosophers trying to achieve?

14. Spread of the Enlightenment
A. Enlightenment ideas mostly known to upper class
Spread among literate (able to read) elite
Literacy (ability to read) and availability of books increased during 18th century
Many books were written for the new middle-class

15. Spread of Enlightenment
B. Magazines for the general public developed during this time.
Daily newspaper
First printed in London 1702

16. What do you think is going on in this image?
What type of people are depicted? What are they doing?

17. Spread of Enlightenment
C. Ideas also spread at the salon.
Gatherings in elegant homes of the wealthy
Guests had conversations about new philosophical ideas
Nobles, thinkers, artists, and gov’t officials attended
Hosted by women

19. Enlightenment Philosophers Assignment
Goal: You will work in groups to learn more in depth about the philosophers and their importance in the Age of Enlightenment. You will share your findings with the class.

20. Bell Work
Don’t forget to copy down questions or incorporate them into your answer. Use complete sentences.
1. How did Enlightenment ideas spread (there are three ways)?
2. What ideas did your philosopher (the one assigned on Friday) contribute to the Enlightenment movement?

21. The Enlightenment Learning Objectives:
1. Define the central ideas of the Enlightenment and its’ philosophers
2. Understand how Enlightenment ideas spread beyond Europe
Importance: The ideas from this time period had a great influence on the colonists during the American Revolution and some are still present in our society.

22. Background information directions:
1. Take notes on the background information sections of your chart as your classmates present their findings.
Take notes that make sense to you and abbreviate as possible
Ask questions, by raising your hand

23. Main ideas gallery walk directions:
1. With your group members, look through your philosopher notes, discuss your findings, and determine if you can add any information to any of the topics posted in the parchment paper.
2. Add information to the topic paper. Make sure your handwriting is large and neat enough for others to read.
3. You will only have 5 minutes in each station, so make sure to be productive.
4. When the timer goes off, move on to the other station and repeat. This time you will need to copy information as other groups have written onto your philosophers chart handout.
5. This will continue until everyone has had a turn in each station.

24. Bell Works
Don’t forget to copy down questions or incorporate them into your answer. Use complete sentences.
1. What do you already know about the American Revolution?
2. How do you think the philosophers influenced ideas of the revolution?