Units 5: Absolute Monarchs and Enlightenment
Unit Homework & Assessments:On 11/06: Unit 4: Exploration Essay (Motives or consequences of exploration) - 40 points
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Final Exam Resources:
Absolute SuperHero Project (Due 11/21)
RESOURCES: - PPLD > RESEARCH > ALL DATABASES - Click on "World History in Context" - (You will need your library login and code) - Search your person and then click on the appropriate filters to sift through the results. Biographies, Primary Sources, Academic Journals, Magazines are helpful - JSTOR (Use your TCA JSTOR login, the library can help you with this) - Fordham University's Modern History Sourcebook Website (Contains many helpful primary and secondary sources.) See the follow subsections of the website: Absolutism or Constitutionalism |
(Unit 5 Calendar
Monday, November 4:
Tuesday, November 5:
Wednesday, November 6:
Thursday, November 7 - Friday, November 8:
Monday, November 11 (Veterans Day):
Tuesday, November 12:
Wednesday, November 13:
Thursday, November 14:
Friday, November 15:
Monday, November 18:
Tuesday, November 19:
Wednesday, November 20:
Thursday, November 21:
Friday, November 22: SNOW DAY!
Monday, November 25 - November 29: Thanksgiving Break Monday, December 2:
Tuesday, December 3:
Wednesday, December 4:
Thursday, December 5:
Friday, December 6:
Monday, December 9:
Tuesday, December 10 - 13: Final Review Days Monday, December 16: Finals Week |
Unit 5 Resources:SirKEY NOTES: HAND OUTS:
READINGS: Unit 5 - Absolutism to Enlightenment Review Guide
VIDEO RESOURCES:
TERMS: In addition to knowing the definition of the following terms (who, what, where, when), know the why it is important to the story of this unit? How are the terms related or connected to the bigger story? Ch 4.1 (142-146) Absolutism Divine Right of Kings Philip II of Spain Elizabeth I Battle of Lepanto Sir Francis Drake Treaty of Nonsuch Babington Plot “Protestant Winds” Spanish Armada Siglo de Oro Miguel Cervantes El Greco Ch 4.2 (148-152) Huguenots Henry IV (Henry of Navarre) St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre Edict of Nantes Cardinal Richelieu La Fronde Louis XIV Beninge Bossuet “I am the State.” Cardinal Mazarin Versailles Jean-Baptiste Colbert Ch 4.3 (154-160) James I Charles I Oliver Cromwell New Model Army Petition of Right Roundheads Cavaliers English Civil War Thomas Hobbes Charles II & James II William III and Mary II Glorious Revolution English Bill of Rights Ch 4.5 (168-173) Peter the Great St. Petersburg Table of Ranks Chapter 5 (Pages 180-204 Philosophe Natural Law Immanuel Kant Thomas Hobbes John Locke Natural Rights Social Contract Denis Diderot Voltaire Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Astell Jean-Jacques Rousseau Baron de Montesquieu Cesare Beccaria Adam Smith Laissez-Faire Encyclopedia Salons Enlightened Despots Frederick II – The Great Joseph II George III Stamp Act George Washington Popular Sovereignty Thomas Jefferson Thomas Paine James Madison Benjamin Franklin ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
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Units 5 - Absolute Rulers and European Enlightenment
This unit examines how nations turned to absolute monarchies in Spain, France, and Russia. It also shows how the English Parliament resisted the formation of an absolute monarchy in the 17th century. Lastly, the unit will show how the European Enlightenment challenged the philosophy of absolutism.
Unit Homework & Assessments:
On 11/06: Unit 4: Exploration Essay (Motives or consequences of exploration) - 40 points
- Due 11/12: Joannie Fischer, “Cardinal Knowledge: A Network of Spies …” U.S. News & Report, Feb. 2003. p. 51. Annotate and margin notes. Who was Cardinal Richelieu? How did he strengthen the French Monarchy?
- Due 11/14: Examine "A Day in the Life of the Sun King." Create a comic strip depicting the day to day schedule of Louis XIV
- On 11/15: Unit 5 Quiz #1 "Spanish and French Absolutism" (Multiple Choice, Matching, and a couple short answer questions) - 15 Points
- Due 11/21: Absolute Superhero Project (50 pts)
- On 11/22: Unit 5 Quiz #2 "English Absolutism - Democracy" (15 pts)
- On 12/09: Unit 5 Quiz #3 "Enlightenment" Quiz (Multiple Choice, Matching, and a couple short answer questions) - 20 Points
Unit 5 Calendar
Monday, November 4:
Tuesday, November 5:
Wednesday, November 6:
Thursday, November 7 - Friday, November 8:
Monday, November 11 (Veterans Day):
Tuesday, November 12:
Wednesday, November 13:
Thursday, November 14:
Friday, November 15:
Monday, November 18:
Tuesday, November 19:
Wednesday, November 20:
Thursday, November 21:
Friday, November 22:
Monday, November 25 - November 29: Thanksgiving Break Monday, December 2:
Tuesday, December 3:
Wednesday, December 4: Visual Analysis: Salon Portrait Notes: How did Enlightenment Ideas Spread." See also Chapter 5.2 (World History Textbook) "Enlightenment Ideas Spread." p. 188-193. Enlightened Despots: Read and Discuss: Frederick II, "Excerpt from the Forms of Government" AND Joseph II (Green Sherman Textbook) Ticket to Exit: Write a paragraph that compares and contrasts the views of James I to Frederick II with respect to the role of monarch. Thursday, December 5: Notes: American Revolution Background (See Chapter 5.3 Ellis) Activity: Note how the Enlightenment is reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights. Friday, December 6: Review Activity: Identify each philosophe, his/her key beliefs and create a visual/sketch Monday, December 9: Enlightenment Quiz (may have absolute rulers) Tuesday, December 10 - 13: Final Review Days Monday, December 16: Finals Week |
Unit 5 Resources:SirKEY NOTES: HAND OUTS:
READINGS: Unit 5 - Absolutism to Enlightenment Review Guide
VIDEO RESOURCES:
TERMS: In addition to knowing the definition of the following terms (who, what, where, when), know the why it is important to the story of this unit? How are the terms related or connected to the bigger story? Ch 4.1 (142-146) Absolutism Divine Right of Kings Philip II of Spain Elizabeth I Battle of Lepanto Sir Francis Drake Treaty of Nonsuch Babington Plot “Protestant Winds” Spanish Armada Siglo de Oro Miguel Cervantes El Greco Ch 4.2 (148-152) Huguenots Henry IV (Henry of Navarre) St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre Edict of Nantes Cardinal Richelieu La Fronde Louis XIV Beninge Bossuet “I am the State.” Cardinal Mazarin Versailles Jean-Baptiste Colbert Ch 4.3 (154-160) James I Charles I Oliver Cromwell New Model Army Petition of Right Roundheads Cavaliers English Civil War Thomas Hobbes Charles II & James II William III and Mary II Glorious Revolution English Bill of Rights Ch 4.5 (168-173) Peter the Great St. Petersburg Table of Ranks Chapter 5 (Pages 180-204 Philosophe Natural Law Immanuel Kant Thomas Hobbes John Locke Natural Rights Social Contract Denis Diderot Voltaire Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Astell Jean-Jacques Rousseau Baron de Montesquieu Cesare Beccaria Adam Smith Laissez-Faire Encyclopedia Salons Enlightened Despots Frederick II – The Great Joseph II George III Stamp Act George Washington Popular Sovereignty Thomas Jefferson Thomas Paine James Madison Benjamin Franklin ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
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