The Enlightenment


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Direct Link: http://civics.sites.unc.edu/files/2014/03/EnlightenmentPPT.pdf

This PowerPoint-style presentation shows how Enlightenment ideas influenced the Founding Fathers' concept of independence and government.

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Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 9
Intended Audience: Educators educators, Students
Suggested Technology: Computers for Students, Internet Connection
Keywords: Enlightenment, Enlightenment thinkers, Rousseau, John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, Jean - Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Baron de Montesquieu, Natural Law, Philosophes, Thomas Hobbes, Reason, Scientific Revolution, Rene Descartes, Sir Isaac Newton
Instructional Component Type(s): Presentation/Slideshow
Resource Collection: CPALMS

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