2.  1.What is a revolution? 2.What is the Scientific Revolution? 3.What was the Enlightenment? Bellwork: Read pg 542-543 and define the terms below

4.  What is a revolution? First things first…

5.  Is it this?

6.  Or this?

7.  …a sudden, radical widespread change in society. A revolution is…

8.  …you can have political revolutions, scientific revolutions, the “sexual revolution” or a revolution in any aspect of society and our lives. So the answer is…

9.   How do the values of society impact scientific development? (This is our focus for the next few days)  What causes people to revolt? (We’ll spend most of the unit discussing this question) Unit 6 Essential Questions

10.   …a voyage back in time. To last semester…and the Middle Ages! But first…

11.   What complex institution had the most power over people during the Middle Ages? (HINT: There are 3 types of complex institutions)  The Church  It gave people structure and security. What did people value before the “revolutions”?

12.   Why? (What happened to the other complex institutions, leading to the start of the Dark Ages?)  Roman Empire’s economy and government collapsed Before the “revolutions”

13.   So what did people “value” during the middle ages?  Heaven, the spiritual, tradition  And what was the state of science? Before the “revolutions”

14.   Crusades  Increased Trade  Plague What happened toward the end of the Middle Ages?

15.   Renaissance  Reformation And then what happened?

16.   Religion less important (but not gone!)  Individual more important  Answers to our questions even more important; and people aren’t willing to just trust the church any more. They want PROOF! Why? People’s values changed

17.  So the first revolution of the Age of Revolutions was a “values revolution”

18.  Middle Ages vs. Age of Revolutions We went from focusing on how to get into Heaven… People valued traditions and the Church. …to focusing on how to improve life here on Earth. People valued innovation and exploration.

19.  … the Scientific Revolution would not have been possible. Without a change in values…