SS.912.W.5.5

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Analyze the extent to which the Enlightenment impacted the American and French Revolutions.
General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: World History
Standard: Analyze the causes, events, and effects of the Enlightenment and its impact on the American, French and other Revolutions.
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved

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2105340: Philosophy (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
2120910: Philosophy Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
2109310: World History (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
2109320: World History Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
2109810: Florida’s Preinternational Baccalaureate World History (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
2109315: World History for Credit Recovery (Specifically in versions: 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
2105355: Philosophy Honors: Ethics (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
7921027: Access World History (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
2109342: Humane Letters 2 History (Specifically in versions: 2020 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
2109343: Humane Letters 2 History Honors (Specifically in versions: 2020 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))

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SS.912.W.5.AP.5: Identify how the Enlightenment impacted the American and French Revolutions.

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Lesson Plans

The Bill of Rights :

Students will analyze the first 10 amendments of the Constitution and note the influence of Enlightenment philosophers and the importance of them in government and our daily lives. 

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Enlightenment and the American Revolution:

Students will look at excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, the Social Contract, and the Second Treatise of Government to analyze the Enlightenment's influence on the American Revolution. 

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The Declaration of Independence, Magna Carta and Common Sense:

In this lesson plan, students will analyze excerpts from the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, and Common Sense. 

The main purpose of this lesson is to have students gain an understanding of the important documents that led to the American Revolution.

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Enlightenment Influences on American Foundational Documents:

This lesson will draw a connection between the Enlightenment ideas of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes and the creation of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the French Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.

This lesson includes guided notes for students to complete during the lesson, built in review questions, and a guided practice for students to complete that contains primary source text from the documents.

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Declarations During the Age of Revolutions - Lesson 2 of 3:

In this lesson, students will analyze the Declaration of the Rights of Man to identify examples of Enlightenment ideals and civic participation.

This is lesson 2 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating Social Studies and Civics.

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Declarations During the Age of Revolutions - Lesson 3 of 3:

In this lesson, students will analyze the Haitian Declaration of Independence for Enlightenment influence and civic participation.

This is lesson 3 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating Social Studies and Civics.

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Enlightenment Ideals, Revolutionary Influence?:

This will include specific Enlightenment thinkers with an emphasis on the ideals that influenced the Declaration of Independence and both the American Revolution.

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Declarations During the Age of Revolutions - Lesson 1 of 3:

In this lesson, students will analyze the Declaration of Independence to identify examples of Enlightenment ideals and civic participation.

This is lesson 1 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating Social Studies and Civics.

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The Enlightenment Influences on the Declaration of Independence:

Students will become familiar with important Enlightenment philosphers, their ideas, and how they influenced the creation of the Declaration of Independence.

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Enlightenment to Revolutions :

In this lesson plan, students will analyze documents from major Enlightenment thinkers. Students will compare and contrast the Declaration of Independence to the Declaration of Rights of Man to evaluate the impact of the Enlightenment influenced both the American and French Revolutions. Students will use documents to make an argument about whether the Enlightenment was the strongest influence of the Revolutions.

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Intellectual Influences on the U.S. Constitution:

In this lesson students will learn to evaluate how ideas from the past influenced the political thinking of the Framers when writing both the Declaration of Independence and in reforming the country under the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.

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Enlightenment's Influence on the Declaration of Independence :

In this lesson plan, students will analyze the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence and identify an Enlightenment ideal that justified the grievance.

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