The Age of Enlightenment
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Civics 360: The Enlightenment and Its Influence American Government: Democratic Values Foundations History.com: Enlightenment John Locke Live Science: What Was the Enlightenment? Sparknotes: The Enlightenment |
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Tutorial: Enlightenment Ideas and the Founding Fathers Crash Course: Tea, Taxes and the American Revolution (starting at 8:10) School of Life: Thomas Hobbes John Locke BrainPop: Adam Smith Ted-Ed: Universal Human Rights Heroes of the Enlightenment 1 Heroes of the Enlightenment 2 |
Benchmark SS.7.C.1.1 - Recognize how Enlightenment ideas including Montesquieu’s view of separation of powers and John Locke’s theories related to natural law and how Locke’s social contract influenced the Founding Fathers.
Benchmark Clarifications - Students will identify and describe the Enlightenment ideas of separation of powers, natural law, and social contract. Students will examine how Enlightenment ideas influenced the Founders’ beliefs about individual liberties and government. Students will evaluate the influence of Montesquieu’s and Locke’s ideas on the Founding Fathers.
Benchmark Clarifications - Students will identify and describe the Enlightenment ideas of separation of powers, natural law, and social contract. Students will examine how Enlightenment ideas influenced the Founders’ beliefs about individual liberties and government. Students will evaluate the influence of Montesquieu’s and Locke’s ideas on the Founding Fathers.