V2 - French Revolution - Enlightenment

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3.1 The Enlightenment and the French Revolution

What do you know about the French Revolution?

This period - French Revolution

• What was the French Revolution?
•  What happened?
• Why did it happen?
• Why was it so important?

Test Test Test

Test in testweek 24/25 (from 18 June)

Test about:

• Learnbeat 3.1 Enlightenment 
• Learnbeat 3.2 French Revolution

Learning Goal

1. You can give a definition of liberty, equality, natural rights and separation of powers and explain the difference between them.

Today

• Scientific Revolution
• Video about the Enlightenment (Verlichting) Thinkers
• Reading Learnbeat
• Questions 

Enlightenment

• Means 'Verlichting'
• It is a period in time in which people started asking questions about society
• From these ideas came the democracy that we live in!

Before the Enlightenment

What are we looking at here?

Who talks to God?

Why do bad things happen?

Why is the king, the king?

How do doctors make people better?

What is air and space?

The Scientific Revolution

• Before the enlightenment = Religion, magic, we’ve always done it like that

• After the enlightenment = The Scientific Method
  
  

Scientific Revolution

• Why do we get sick?
• Why do things fall?
• Why and how to planets move?
  
• Why do we see colours?
• Why do magnets work?
• Why is there air?
• Why does heat produce energy?

Scientific Revolution

• Why do we get sick?
• Why do things fall?
• Why and how to planets move?
  
• Why do we see colours?
• Why do magnets work?
• Why is there air?
• Why does heat produce energy?

The Enlightenment

Political Ideas

• Why is the king the boss?
• Why do some people have more freedom than others?
• Do people have rights?
• All people?

The Enlightenment
Political Ideas

• Philosophers and other thinkers started to ask questions 
• Not only about the world but also about society, people and God

Video Assignment

• Take a piece of paper
• Watch the video
• Write down all the concepts in the video (liberty, equality etc.)
• Try to write down a definition for each

What does equality mean?

What does liberty mean? What kind of liberty?

Reading!

Go to:

• Learnbeat 3.1 - Enlightenment

Read:

• Theory 2 and 3

Write down:

• Words you don't understand
• Theory you don't understand

When was the Enlightenment period?

1. 1500-1600
2. 1600-1700
3. 1700-1800
4. 1800-1900

Homework

• Read Learnbeat 2,3 
• Make Basics 2  

Write down something you learned today

Write down something you did not understand today

3.1 The Enlightenment and the French Revolution - Lesson 2

When was the Enlightenment period?

1. 16th century
2. 17th century
3. 18th century
4. 19th century

What was the Enlightenment period?

What was the Scientific Revolution? Explain

What were some important Enlightenment ideas? Write down at least 2

Today

• Enlightenment concept such as liberty and equality
• Reading Learnbeat together
• Questions 

Enlightenment Political ideas

• Natural rights

• Liberty

• Equality

• Separation of powers

John Locke:

All people have natural rights that nobody can take away, not even a king.

Natural rights

Example: 

• Every person has a right to live life

Can you think of a right that every person should have?

Reading!

Go to:

• Learnbeat 3.1 - Enlightenment

Read:

• Theory 4 (skip Abolitionism), 5 and 6

Write down:

• Words you don't understand
• Theory you don't understand

Why was there inequality in 18th century Europe?

What are natural rights? Give at least two examples

Get to work!

Go to:

• Learnbeat 3.1 - Enlightenment - Basics

Read:

• Theory 3 (skip Abolitionism), 4 and 5

Write down:

• Words you don't understand
• Theory you don't understand

Explain why we can say that Locke's ideas were based on Enlightenment ideas

Homework

• Read Learnbeat 4 (skip abolitionism), 5 & 6
• Make Basics 3, 4 & 5

Source Questions

1. Read the question – What are you being asked to do?
2. Is there concept I need to explain? If so, what?
3. The source – who made it, when, how does it link to the concept?
4. Find the important elements of the source that you need to answer the question.

Source Questions

What do I write?

• If necessary, explain the concept
• In the source I can see………………. / In the source I read that…………..
• This shows that………………..because………………

Statement: During the enlightenment scientists began to use a new method which led to many new discoveries. Use this source to explain this new method and why it was so different from previous centuries.

• Read the question – What are you being asked to do?
• Is there concept I need to explain?
  
• The source – who made it, when, how does it link to the concept?
• Find the important elements of the source that you need to answer the question.

Statement: During the enlightenment scientists began to use a new method which led to many new discoveries. Use this source to explain this new method and why it was so different from previous centuries.

• Write your answer:
• If necessary, explain the concept
• In the source I can see………………. / In the source I read that…………..
• This shows that………………..because………………

Write your answer