Enlightenment Influence on the Founding Fathers + Assessments
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- Contributor:
- Mr. Robert's History
- Grade Level:
- 5-10
- Product Type:
- Full Lesson Plans with Activities
- File Type:
- DOC
- Pages:
- 27
- Answer Key:
- Yes
Description
"Enlightenment Influence..." presents students with the philosophies of four Enlightenment figures who greatly influenced the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights - John Locke, John Jacques Rousseau, Baron de Montesquieu, and Rene Descartes. After reading this, the students are asked to match lines from the Declaration with the figure who influenced them. In addition, they are to match the figure who most influenced the Constitution. Finally, they are asked to briefly explain the reasons for the influence of each Enlightenment figure.
Store: Mr. Robert's History
Includes:
- "Four Enlightenment Figures Ideals"
- "Match the Figures with Lines from the Declaration of Independence"
- "Match the Figure with the Constitution"
- Answer Key
- Document-Based Question - Short Answer Question
- Answer Key
- Short Answer Scoring Rubric (allows students to score each other's answers)
- Crossword + Crossword Key
- Graphic Organizer: "Four Takeaways"
- 3-2-1 Activity
- "Support from Text" Guide
- Declaration of Independence Parts 1 & 2 + Constitution Preamble - Text
- Printables
- Visuals
- No Prep
- California State History-Social Science Content Standards Addressed - 7.11.5
Common Core Standards Addressed
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.10 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.9
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.10
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.1D
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.9 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.9
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.9
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.9 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.10 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.9
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.9
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9