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Additional Lessons 1 - 10 of 25 for Thomas Hobbes
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1. Influence of Locke, Hobbes, and Montesquieu
Virginia and United States Government Origins and Foundations of American Government Session 2: Influence of Locke, Hobbes, and Montesquieu____ Prerequisite Understanding/Knowledge/Skills The students are expected to have knowledge of the Enlightenment. The students are expected to understand that the natural rights philosophy is a direct reaction to the divine right theory of government. The students are expected to know the difference...
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Grade Level: K-12
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2. McCarthy v. Murrow: The Public Battle that Defined America's New Self in the Aftermath of World War II
...product is similar, yet the method of achieving that product is vastly different. 3. Working with primary sources and determining what our political parties stand for. In this activity, students will use primary source documents and other statements and place the author's ideas on the spectrum. a. Thomas Hobbes -- "No knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short," vii and "the only way to erect such a common power as may be able to defend the...
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Grade Level: 9-12
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3. Political Theory Through the Ages
...Take a field trip to Monticello, Jefferson s home; Montpelier, Madison s home; Mount Vernon, Washington s home; or Gunston Hall, Mason s home. Visit the National Archives in Washington, DC, to see the original documents. Invite a historian into the classroom to talk about the philosophies of Locke, Hobbes, and Montesquieu. Have students explore school division documents for evidence of the rights of the people within the school community. Small Group Learning Have students develop PowerPoint presentations on one specific document studied in this lesson. Use the jigsaw method to share information. Divide students into...
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4. Four Enlightenment Thinkers
...__ K-4 ___ 5-8 _X_ 9-12 Subject Tag: Social Studies: U.S. History: Colonial America Social Studies: U.S. History: World Revolutions Social Studies: Social Sciences: Philosophy Synopsis: This lesson plan introduces students to four Enlightenment thinkers, Baron de Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke. Students will write a short speech as one of these thinkers. This exercise can be used for a World History class or in a United States History class when covering the political ideas found in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Keywords: Baron de Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Roussea...
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Grade Level: 9-12
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5. How the American Revolutionary War was a European Battle
...England 6. Name 2 influential European leaders during the American Revolution King George, Lord Cornwallis, General Howe, Count de Rochambeau, Baron Von Steuben, Tho as Gage, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Bernardo de Galvez 7. Name 2 influential American leaders during the American Revolution Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington 8. Name 1 turning point during the American Revolution Crossing of the Delaware Battle of Saratoga 9. What was the inspiration behind the Declaration of Independence? The Age of Enlightenment - John Locke, Thomas Hobbs, Montesque 10. How did the American Revolution impact/ins...
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Grade Level: 9-12
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6. The "Write" Stuff: Strategies and Conventions for Expository Writing
...RS History Topics 1. Write a letter to Socrates to explain your view of what wisdom truly is. 2. Write a letter to Alexander the Great to either commend or reproach his style of conquest. 3. Write a letter to Julius Caesar to either commend or reproach his style of rule. 4. Write a letter to either Thomas Hobbes or John Locke to explain your ideas of human nature. 5. Write a letter to Thomas Jefferson to state what you believe the natural rights of man are. 6. Write a letter of sympathy to the family of Marie Antoinette. 7. Write a letter to James Watt to thank him for his developments in steam power. 8. Write a lette...
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Grade Level: 6-8
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7. Enlighten Me
...covery filled trip back to the Age of Enlightenment. The great `thinkers' and their ideas guide us on our to journey to better understand the movement that laid the groundwork for the American and French Revolutions. This unit uncovers the basis of natural rights, and search for reason. Join Locke, Hobbes, and Montesquieu as they watch their ideas inspire Jefferson and the birth of a new nation. OVERVIEW A. Concept Objectives 1. Students understand that societies are diverse and have changed over time. (Colorado State History Standard 3) 2. Students understand how science, technology, and economic activity have develo...
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Grade Level: 6-8
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8. Muhammad: Legacy of Prophet - The "Constitution of Madinah" and the Mayflower Compact
...ng, the religious and secular governance of the colony to be in effect indistinguishable. This contract was based upon the original Biblical covenant between God and the Israelites. But it also reflected early17th-century social-contract theory, which was later to receive such notable expression in Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan (1655) and Locke's Treatise of Civil Government (1690). "What was remarkable about this particular contract was that it was not between a servant and a master, or a people and a king, but between a group of like-minded individuals and each other, with God as a witness and a symbolic co-signatory. It...
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Grade Level: 9-12
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9. The Enlightenment Tea Party
...TO TAKE BEFORE TEACHING THIS LESSON: Decide which five Enlightenment thinkers you want to use in the lesson. The instructions and handouts below are written for use with Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Jefferson, and Rousseau, but you could substitute any of those for Benjamin Franklin, George Mason, Thomas Hobbes, Thomas Paine, or others. If you decide to include more or other philosophers, be sure to update the handouts before you distribute them. Make name cards for each of the individuals you select - enough for each student assigned to that thinker to have one. See sample to copy and fold at the end of this lesson...
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Grade Level: 6-12
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10. Newton and The Enlightenment
...PROCEDURE: 1) Prepare a list of names of some of the great thinkers/leaders of the Enlightenment from a variety of fields, or have students brainstorm to produce such a list (perhaps using the appropriate section of the World History textbook). Examples: Government Philosophy/Theology/Law Louis XIV Thomas Hobbes Peter the Great John Locke Maria Theresa Spinoza Catherine the Great Montesquieu Elizabeth I Voltaire Oliver Cromwell Rousseau David Hume Hugo Grotuis Literature Science and Technology Johnathon Swift Isaac Newton Alexander Pope Rene Descartes Voltaire Robert Hooke Madame de Stael Music/Art Christopher Wren Jo...
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Grade Level: 9-12
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