Spring Break Studies: The Enlightenment and Revolution

Due to the Coronavirus, our DC trip was canceled. All the museums are closed and tours canceled. The kids here have an early and extended Spring Break sans homework or studies.


My daughter will have new board games, her phone, flute and this study to keep her occupied:

Her reading is Chapter 22 of a World History textbook, but just the last 2 sections.
Resources: Quizlet Self Review
Videos: The Enlightenment (CC #18), Political Theory (Thomas Hobbes), )Political Theory (John Locke), Contractarianism (CC #37), The School of Life (Voltaire),  Montesquieu and Rousseau, Beccaria's Crime and Punishment, Mary Wollstoncraft,

Intro: Empiricism
Day1
Read pg. 629-630
Watch: The Enlightenment (CC #18), Political Theory (Thomas Hobbes), )Political Theory (John Locke), Contractarianism (CC #37)

Questions:

1. What was the Enlightenment era?
2. What products "civilized" Europeans?
3.  What activity broadened Europeans' minds and what did they learn?
4. Explain Leviathon's "state of nature" and how governments arose.
5. According to Hobbes governments could do what?
6. Draw a Venn Diagrahm of Hobbes and Locke.

Day 2
Read pg. 630-632
Watch: The School of Life (Voltaire),  Montesquieu and Rousseau, Beccaria's Crime and Punishment,

Questions:

1. Why wasn't Voltaire an atheist?
2. What is "rational religion"?
3. What was Voltaire's view of the church?
4. How was Voltaire an anglophile?
5. How is the title Candide a satire? What was the theme of the story?
6. What was Montesquieu's greatest contribution to America?
7. How is Rousseau's Social Contract different from Locke's?
8. Why isn't Rousseau's idea of freedom taught much in America?
9. What was the traditional view of crime?
10. What were Beccaria's views on crimes and which one do you think is the most important. Why?

Activity: Interpret the Chart (pg.632) and answer the 2 questions

Day 3 Women and the Enlightenment
Read pg. 633-635
Watch: Mary Wollstoncraft,

Questions:

1. How did Wollstoncraft's childhood affect her worldview?
2. What is Wollstoncraft's legacy?
3. How did Wollstoncraft's view on education differ from Rousseau?
4. What were the outcomes of the Enlightenment?
5. Why might women be critical of the Enlightenment?
6. Answer the document-based questions on pg. 635

Day 4: The Enlightenment Spreads
pg. 636-637
Watch: Salons, Neoclassical Art,

Day 5: Enlightenment and Monarchy
pg. 638-639
Watch: Catherine the Great

Day 6: The American Revolution
pg.640-645
Watch:

Questions (pg. 645)

ASSESSMENT (pg, 646-647)