Desired Result (9 Hours)
Power Standards:

10.2 Students compare and contrast the Glorious Revolution of England, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their enduring effects worldwide on the political expectations for self-government and individual liberty

Sub Standards:
10.2.1 - Compare the major ideas of philosophers and their effects on the democratic revolutions in England, the United States, France, and Latin America (e.g., John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Simon Bolivar, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison).

10.2.2 - List the principles of the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights (1689), the American Declaration of Independence (1776), the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789), and the U.S. Bill of Rights (1791).

Big Ideas:
Constitution - social contract
Separation of powers
Checks and balances
Declaration of Independence
Natural rights
Freedom and equality
Influence of Enlightenment on democracy
Ideal form of government
Essential Questions:

  1. Which ideas are worth fighting for?
  2. How does the U.S. Constitution reflect the ideals of the Enlightenment?
  3. What form of government is best for maintaining order in society?
Understandings:
Students will know…

Compare ideas of Enlightenment thinkers

Explain how Enlightenment ideals have influenced revolutions by using revolutionary documents
Skills:
Students will be able to …

Analyze primary sources

Synthesizing and summarizing ideas

Read multiple primary sources and group them by theme.
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