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    MODERN WORLD HISTORY­GREEN 

    Enlightenment: mid­1600’s to late 1700’s  
    Unit Objectives & Assignments 
     
    Why are we studying this unit? 
     
    1. The Enlightenment was the continuation of ideas & principles introduced by the Renaissance 
    and the Scientific Revolution that first broke with the medieval ways of thinking. Together, 
    these three movements helped usher Western Europe into the modern era by asserting the 
    use of reason, secularism and natural rights as the basis of society. 
    2. Enlightenment philosophes wrote several important works that would later influence the 
    leaders of the French Revolution, the Founding Fathers of the United States and even 
    Japanese farmers at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. 
    3. The ideals of the Enlightenment serve as the foundation of our course. We will return to these 
    principles throughout the year in our quest to understand the meaning of a “modern society,” 
    as well as during our research project regarding the United Nations’ Millennium Development 
    Goals. 
    Essential Questions 
     
    1. Are the ideals of the Enlightenment the foundation of a modern society? 
    2. How and in what ways are the ideals of the Enlightenment reflected in the U.N. Millennium 
    Declaration & the Millennium Development Goals?  
    Objectives 
     
    By the end of this unit you should be able to: 
    1. State the goals of the Enlightenment. 
    2. State the ideals of the Enlightenment. 
    3. Recognize and explain direct quotations from the writings of Paine, Diderot and Condorcet. 
    4. Identify the following Enlightenment thinkers & describe how each challenged authority: 
    • Paine                                           
    • Diderot 
    • Condorcet 
    • Locke 
    • Voltaire 
    • Montesqieu 
    • Smith 
    • Wollstonecraft 
    5. Determine whether the ideals of Enlightenment are the foundation of a modern society. 
    6. Analyze how and in what ways the ideals of the Enlightenment are reflected in the U.N. 
    Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals. 
    Assessments 
     
    1. In‐class journal entry that addresses question #1. 
    2. Take‐home essay that addresses essential question #2. 
    3. In‐class 20‐25 question multiple choice quiz on objectives 1‐4 
    Assignment   Date due 
    Monday, 9/8  Tuesday, 9/9 
    1. Read “The Enlightenment” introduction.  QOD: After reading Paine, what ideals do 
    2. Read the “Attack on Religion”  you think the Enlightenment was trying 
    introduction & the introduction to and  to promote and why? 
    excerpt from Thomas Paine’s The Age of 
    Reason. 
    Tuesday, 9/9  Wednesday, 9/10 
    1. Read the “Compendium of Knowledge”  QOD: What do you think Diderot was 
    introduction & the introduction to and  trying to achieve with the Encyclopedia? 
    excerpt from Diderot’s Encyclopedia. 
    Wednesday, 9/10  Friday, 9/12 
    1. Read the “On the Progress of Humanity”  QOD: What was Condorcet’s vision for the 
    introduction & the introduction to and  world? Is it attainable? 
    excerpt from Marquis de Condorcet’s 
    Sketch. 
    Friday, 9/12 & Monday, 9/15  Tuesday, 9/16 
    1. Prepare for in‐class journal entry that 
    answers EQ #1. 
    2. Prepare for MC quiz on Objectives #1‐4. 
    Tuesday, 9/16  Wednesday, 9/17 
    1. Read the Introduction to the United  QOD: What do you think the purpose of 
    Nations at the following link:  the United Nations is? 
    http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/ 
    unintro/unintro.asp 
    2. Take notes on the following: 
    • When, why and by whom the United 
    Nations was formed. 
    • Principles outlined in the U.N. 
    Charter & Declaration of Human 
    Rights. 
    • How the General Assembly and 
    Security Council work. 
    Wednesday, 9/17  Thursday, 9/18 
    1. Read the excerpts from the “United  QOD: What is the tone of this 
    Nations Millennium Declaration.”  declaration? 
     
    Thursday, 9/18  Thursday, 9/25 
    1. Begin working on take‐home essay that 
    answers EQ #2. 
     
     
     
     
     

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