1. Read Pg 141. Define What Enlightenment Thinkers Did

Enlightenment Study 2014

Plan

1. Read pg 141. Define what Enlightenment thinkers did.

2. List: John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, Rene Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, Denis Diderot, Mary Wollstonecraft

resources: enlightenment thinkers PPT

http://regentsprep.org/regents/global/themes/goldenages/enlight.cfm

http://people.hofstra.edu/alan_j_singer/242%20Course%20Pack/3.%20Tenth/109.pdf

http://www.education.com/study-help/article/european-history-enlightenment-thinkers/

http://thecaveonline.com/APEH/revueenlightenment.html

General Information on the Enlightenment

Age of Reason & Enlightenment

The Electronic Passport to the Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment

Encyclopedia Britannica

John Locke

The John Locke Foundation

Islands of Freedom

The Window, Philosophy on the Internet

Thomas Hobbes

Alfred Weber, History of Philosophy

Online Index of Hobbes's Works

The Window, Philosophy on the Internet

Jacques Rousseau

The Rousseau Association

The Window, Philosophy on the Internet

Voltaire

LucidCafe

Dr. Paul Briens, WSU

Rene Descartes

Adventures in Modern Philosophy

The Window, Philosophy on the Internet

Baron de Montesquieu

Fordham Univ, Modern History Sourcebook

Catholic Encyclopedia

3. Write a report on an assigned thinker.

You will be assigned to investigate one of the prominent thinkers of the Enlightenment. Information can be found using the links provided below. Your presentation should include the following information about the Philiosophe you have been assigned:

·  Date and place of birth & death

·  A brief overview of his family history

·  Education Received

·  Significant works published. Include the title of each work with a brief summary of the main points if possible.

·  Summarize in 3 to 5 sentences the key ideas that make up the philosophies of your assigned thinker. Remember, the focus of this investigation centers on the question, "How should societies govern themselves?"

Present information to class.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/the_enlightenment.shtml

VIDEO

http://video.about.com/europeanhistory/Overview--The-Enlightenment.htm

SlideShare

http://www.slideshare.net/Mr.J/enlightenment-philosophers

http://www.slideshare.net/akashag11111/enlightenment-in-europe