Lesson Plans
Meaghan McCauley
Week of October 6th, 2008

Monday-Friday: 48-minute classes.

Objectives:
1) Connect Enlightenment ideals to the U.S. constitution and government.
2) Summarize Chapter 22.
3) Review for Chapter 22 Test.
4) Formally assess Chapter 22.

Essential Question:
The time period 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 Europeans viewed the world?
2) How did the “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 American Republic?

Monday:
1) Warm Up: Primary Source-The Declaration of Independence.
2) Enlightenment Chart.
3) The Last Word: How does the Enlightenment continue to impact all of us today?
Homework:
1) Chapter 22 Review Sheet (due Thursday)

Tuesday:
1) Warm Up: Let’s talk about the Chapter 21 test.
2) Structured Notes on Chapter 22.
Homework:
1) Chapter 22 Review Sheet (due Thursday)

Wednesday:
1) Review Game: Fling the Teacher!
Homework:
1) Chapter 22 Review Sheet!
2) Study for the Chapter 22 Test!

Thursday and Friday:
1) Chapter 22 Test!
Homework:
1) Have a great long weekend!