Lesson Plans
Meaghan McCauley
Week of September 29th, 2008

Monday-Friday: 48-minute classes.

Objectives:
1) Finish formally assessing Chapter 21.
2) Complete first departmental common assessment.
3) Analyze Galileo’s trial.
4) Examine Enlightenment thinkers and their ideas.

Essential Question:
The time period from 1500-1815+ was a turning point in world history. What new ideas and accompanying major political, social, and economic changes were characteristic of this revolutionary era?

Departmental Focus Questions:
1) How did the Scientific Revolution change the way European’s viewed the world?
2) How did “enlightened philosophers” attempt to explain the relationship between human behavior, government, and society?
3) What were the key events that led to the birth of the new republic?
4) How did the Scientific Revolution inspire the Enlightenment?
5) What lasting effects have the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment had on the world today?

Monday:
1) Finish Chapter 21 Test.
2) Begin/Finish Common Assessment #1-Informal Textbook Inventory.
Homework:
1) Read and Complete Section Assessment for Chapter 22, Section 1, “The Scientific Revolution,” #1-3.

Tuesday: HIGH SCHOOL SURVEY! B Period
1) Finish Textbook Inventory.
Homework:
1) None.

Wednesday:
1) Focus Question: Would you lie to save your life?
2) Class Discussion and Questions: Galileo-Science and the Church
3) Close Activity: Technology Interview Handout.
Homework:
1) Read and Complete Section Assessment for Chapter 22, Section 2, “The Enlightenment in Europe,” #1-4.

Thursday:
1) Focus Question: Which enlightened philosopher makes the most sense to you and why?
2) Who Am I? Slide Show.
Homework:
1) Read and Complete Section Assessment for Chapter 22, Section 4, “American Revolution: Birthplace of a Republic,” #1-4.

Friday:
1) Focus Question: What type of governments do the enlightened philosophers prefer?
2) Enlightenment Jigsaw.
3) The Last Word: Student Recap.
Homework:
1) Have a great long weekend!