New Ideas - The Enlightenment
| AP Psychology | Current Events | Resource Room (SETSS) |
|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | Periods 3 & 5 | Period 8 |
| Mr. Ott | Mr. Ott | Mr. Ott |
Aim: What are the implications of the Enlightenment and to what extent?
Do Now: What are natural rights?
Lesson Overview:
| Item | Approx Time |
| Do Now | 3-5 Min |
| Activity | 30 Min |
| Discussion | 10 Min |
New Ideas: Locke, Baroque to Rococo, Scientific Thinking, and Enlightenment
- Students will be assigned a philosopher to research and understand They will be given categories of information to research and discover their assigned philosopher’s ideas regarding each topic They will be asked to use their primary source readers, case study book, and outside research to find information. This information will then be used to hold a salon in which students will act as their assigned philosopher in a group discussion with other figures from the Age of Enlightenment.
- Historical Thinking Skills: I 1-3, II 4-5, III 6-7, IV 8-9
- Learning Objectives: OS-4, OS-5, OS-7, OS-8, OS-9, OS-10; SP-1, SP-4, SP-7, SP-11; IS-6, IS-9
-At the end of the activity, students will be asked to write a summary of their assigned philosopher and one other philosopher that they spoke with at the salon
- Historical Thinking Skills: I 1-3
- Learning Objectives: SP-2, SP-3, SP-11
- Students will conduct their own research to find examples of Rococo art. They will look back to the Baroque information from Unit I and compare and contrast the two styles [CR1b]
- Historical Thinking Skills: II 4-5, III 6-7, IV 8-9
-Students will then be asked to respond to the following question: What is the major difference between Baroque and Rococo art, and how can these changes in artistic expression be explained? [CR10]
- Historical Thinking Skills: I 1-3
- Learning Objective: OS-12
[CR1b] The course includes diverse primary sources, including written documents, maps, images, quantitative data (charts, graphs, tables), and works of art
[CR10] The course provides opportunities for students to compare historical developments across or within societies in various chronological and geographical contexts - Comparison
Classwork & Homework
Lesson PowerPoint: The Enlightenment
Lesson Activity: The Enlightenment - Primary & Secondary Documents
Homework: Assignments
Special Education Modifications
- Teaching Model: Co-Teaching
- Special Education Teacher will work with All students General Ed and Special Ed.
- Special Ed Students:
- Teacher will read-aloud to students when necessary.
- Teachers will break down assignments into smaller tasks.
- Teachers will work with students on vocabulary acquisition by breaking down words into prefixes/suffixes and etymology.
- Teachers will group students according to learning style inventory as a homogeneous group.
- Teachers will keep students on-task by managing distractions and on-task behavior.
- Teachers will modify note-taking by modeling notes from PowerPoint to chalkboard/whiteboard.
- Teachers will differentiate lessons by using; verbal cues for auditory learners, graphic organizers for visual learners, and hands-on cues for tactile learners.
- Special Ed Students: