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The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Description: 

In this unit, students will consider the impact of the many changes that took place during the 16th-18th centuries in Europe. Students will use multiple methods to examine the technological advancements of the Scientific Revolution, the conflict that this brought with the Church, and how scientists reconciled their beliefs about God with their new discoveries.  This unit also looks at the Enlightenment philosophes and how their ideas shaped the formation of future democracies as the age of absolutism came to an end.

This unit corresponds with Chapter 17 in Making Europe: The Story of the West, 2nd edition. Authors: Kidner, Bucur, Mathisen, McKee, and Weeks and published by the UK-based Cengage Learning.

Learning Targets: 
Explain the Scientific Revolution and its impact.
Explain the differences between traditional Christianity and the New Science on views of God, the natural world, and the human world.
Discuss the Enlightenment, how it drew upon the Scientific Revolution, its use of the principle of autonomous human reason, its impact on society, and its major debates.
Explain how the Enlightenment shaped Europeans' sense of identity and that of non-European peoples.
AttachmentSize
File Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Unit Plan.docx1.06 MB
Author: 
scole
Content Area: 
Social Studies
World History
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Unit
Licensing: 
Creative Commons Licence
Grade: 
9-12
Common Core Language Arts
Common Core Language Arts: 
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7
Tags: 
cohort04-10-17
Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
11th Grade
European History

How are the standards/objectives assessed?

Online discussions, Online Chapter Quiz, Online Chapter Activity, Comic Strip, Padlet Project and Presentation, Chapter Test

What concepts or procedures are being explained or demonstrated in this lesson object?

This unit really focuses on the concepts (or skills) of Periodization, Contextualization, and Continuity and Change.  Students will study the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment and be able understand and explain how they fit into the context of history (contextualization). Both of these periods of history have had long-lasting effects in the world and students will learn how history in other places can be categorized within these periods (periodization). They will also be able to discuss the changes that took place and how that affected the way people saw the world and the way people saw God and the Church.

What was your experience, both successes and challenges, using this lesson object with your students?

     I have not yet used this lesson with my students, so can't speak to its successes or challenges.  I have shown the media tools, Pixton and Padlet, to a few of my students to gauge their reaction and they were very excited about them.  We have started using Padlet in one of my other classes as a collaboration space and, so far, students really like it.  It's very simple to learn and use and they love the aesthetic of it as well.

     We have used the discussions already in class and they made for some of the most interesting ones of the year!  Who knew calling letter-writing an art would get so many people fired up?!  I also found that the discussion on Politics and the Enlightenment was a really good one.  Students were able to put the concepts of the Enlightenment in a greater context, especially with the 2016 presidential election right around the corner when we first had that one.