2014 The Philosophes of the
Enlightenment Lesson Plan
Academic A
Date ALL your papers:
Monday, September 15, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014---Library
Odd Block Day Wednesday, September 17, 2014---Library
Even Block Day Thursday, September 18, 2014---Library
Friday, September 19, 2014---Individual Project
Monday, September 22, 2014---Individual Project
Tuesday, September 23, 2014---Individual Project
Wednesday, September 24, 2014---Individual Project
Friday, September 26, 2014---Upload Projects To SchoolWires
Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014
• Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt---Working with
your partner, you are going to complete the Brain
Chain Organizer. The purpose is to make connections
between important concepts, people, and vocabulary
covered in the last lesson.
• So you will be using your graphic organizer notes from
that lesson---HAVE THEM OUT!
• Select 10 people, concepts, terms, or locations from
the list provided and put them in the logical order to
make connections in the CONCEPTS boxes.
• Then in the LINKS boxes, write a sentence explaining
how each pair of terms is connected.
Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014
• Class: We are going to watch a
short film clip from United
Streaming that reviews the
concepts and a few examples of
philosophes. It runs for about
3:22 minutes.
Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014
• Individual: Common Formative Assessment---We will now begin
a project that will focus on research, note-taking, bibliography,
and parenthetical citing skills. You will learn how to use the
program NoodleTools that is required for all the research projects
and papers in the high school.
• You will be assigned one of the following philosophes to research
and create a PowerPoint presentation on to teach your
classmates.
• The PowerPoints will be uploaded on the SchoolWire’s teacher
page, and your classmates will be viewing and taking notes for
their graphic organizer from the PowerPoints.
• Handouts:
• Handout on how to use NoodleTools
• Handout on how to do parenthetical citations
• Handout on how to upload to SchoolWires
• Pink Grade Sheet
Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014
• Assigned Philosophes:
1. Thomas Hobbes---Focus on views on man and government
2. John Locke---Focus on views on man, government, social contract, and natural rights
3. Voltaire----Focus on views on man, government, and natural rights
4. Jean Jacques Rousseau---Focus on views on man, government, social contract, and
general will
5. Baron de Montesquieu---Focus on views on man, government, and natural rights
6. Baruch Spinoza---Focus on views on man and religion
7. Hugo Grotius---Focus on natural laws, international law, and government
8. Mary Wollstonecraft---Focus on views on man, concept of equality, and natural rights
9. Cesare Beccaria---Focus on government and system of crime and punishment
10. Adam Smith---Focus on laissez-faire capitalism, three laws, and role of government
11. Mary Astell---Focus on views on man, concept of equality, and natural rights
12. Olympe de Gouges---Focus on views of man, concept of equality, and natural rights
13. Thomas Paine---Focus on views of government, natural rights, and slavery
14. Thomas Reid ---Focus on free will and common sense
15. Marquise de Concordcet---Focus on government, equality, and progress
Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014
• Format:
• To be done in PowerPoint format----white background and
black font, use Calibri font
• Bulleted format
• Must have a minimum of FIVE different visuals within the
PowerPoint
– Image of philosophe
– Symbol or book cover explained in context
– THREE other visuals---choice of maps, political cartoons, or other
visual references
• Must have a bibliography from NoodleTools cut and pasted
into the last slide
• Must have parenthetical citations on each slide to document
where the information came from in your research
• An example one has been created and uploaded to the
teacher page.
Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014
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Slide Topics:
Title Slide----Philosophe name with image of him/her---1 slide
Biography Slides----1 to 2 slides
Main Ideas and Books/Essays (Works)---total of 4 to 6 slides
– 2 to 3 slides on Main Ideas explained
– 2 to 3 slides on Main Works explained
• Primary Source Quote with Explanation---1 to 2 slides
• Impact/Influence----on native country, continent, world---1 to 2
slides
• Symbol----unique title page of book or image that really
represents ideas---1 to 2 slides
• Bibliography with a minimum of FOUR different sources---1 slide
• Total of 10 to 16 slides
Day One: Monday, September 15, 2014
• Resources to Use:
• ABC-CLIO: World History The Modern Era (Library database)
• http://www.gvsd.org/Page/4701 (If needed – USERNAME:
greatvalley PASSWORD: library)
• Modern History Internet Sourcebook---Enlightenment and
American Revolution:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.asp
• Spartacus Educational---British History:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://www.iep.utm.edu/
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/
• Luminarium Anthology of English Literature----17th Century and
Restoration: http://www.luminarium.org/
• Wikimedia Commons: commons.wikimedia.org
Day One: Monday, September 15,
2014
• Homework: Work on the
Study Guide questions for
Lesson One.
Day Two: Tuesday, September 16,
2014
• Library/Research Day One:
• Instruction on how to use NoodleTools and set up
bibliography.
• Go to TWO different websites and copy and paste
the information into separate Word documents.
• Put sources into NoodleTools.
• Homework: Highlight and make notes on the
information you found and copied into the Word
documents labeling what slides the different
information would go into.
Block Day: Library Days Two and Three
• Finish last of research for historical content and
copy and paste the information into separate Word
documents.
• Research WikiImages for your required visuals for
the PowerPoint.
• Put sources into NoodleTools.
• Homework: Highlight and make notes on the
information you found and copied into the Word
documents labeling what slides the different
information would go into.
Day Four: Friday, September 19, 2014
• Creation of PowerPoint Work Day
One:
• Complete Title Slide.
• Complete Biography Slides.
• Begin Main Ideas and Works Slides.
• Homework: Finish Main Ideas and
Works Slides.
Day Five: Monday, September 22,
2014
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Creation of PowerPoint Work Day Two:
Complete Primary Sources and Explanation Slides.
Complete Impact/Influence Slides.
Complete Symbol Slides.
Homework: Finish up any of the slides up to this
point that are not done.
Day Six: Tuesday, September 23, 2014
• Creation of PowerPoint Work Day Three:
• Complete Bibliography Slides.
• Peer Editing Conference---You will be matched up
to edit each other’s work.
• Homework: Make all final revisions to slides.
Day Seven: Wednesday, September
24, 2014
• Creation of Powerpoint Work Day Four:
Addition to Lesson Plan
• Teacher will conference with students on their
powerpoints.
• Last day to make any necessary revisions.
• Homework: Finish up all revisions.
Day Eight: Friday, September 26, 2014
• Completion of PowerPoint and Upload Work Day Five:
• Upload PowerPoint to SchoolWires at the start of class---NO
CLASS TIME TO WORK ON IT!
• Class time to begin to visit your classmates’ PowerPoints
and take notes in the provided graphic organizer filling it in.
– You should visit at least TWO today in class.
• Homework: For the next week and a half, your homework
will be to visit the other PowerPoints created by your
classmates and take notes in the provided graphic organizer
filling it in.
– You should do one to two a night to get done in time.
– You need these notes for the culminating assessments.