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BLUE BOOKS
If you could interview someone from 100 – 300 years ago, who would you interview? What would you ask them? Why?
Take 5 minutes to write.Use the whole time writing.
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Renaissance inspired a spirit of curiosity in
many fields Scholars began questioning ideas that
existed for hundreds of years During the Reformation, religious leaders
challenged the way they were told to think about God and salvation
Scientific Revolution challenged the way people viewed the universe and their existence in it
The Scientific Revolution was anew way of thinking about the natural world
Based on careful observation and a willingness to question accepted beliefs
During the Renaissance, scholars uncovered many classical manuscripts – often ancient authorities didn’t agree with each other
European explorers discovered new people, plants, animals and foods not indigenous to Europe – there were new truths to be found
NEW MODELS OF THE UNIVERSE
Nicolas Copenicus – heliocentric (sun-
centered) theory
Johannes Kepler – elliptical orbits around the
sun, not circles
Galileo Galilei – laws of motion
Francis Bacon – scientific method – a logical
procedure for gathering and testing ideas
Rene Descartes – analytical geometry
Isaac Newton – laws of gravity
ENLIGHTENMENT
Philosophers admired Newton for using REASON to explain the laws of nature
People began to look for laws governing human behavior
They hoped to apply reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society – government, religion, education and economics
Enlightenment reached its height in mid-1700s
Step 1: Get a computer, turn it on and log in. Don’t touch it again after that til told.Step 2: Receive Enlightenment worksheet from Ms. Whitman. Look it over, do you have any questions?Step 3: Receive Enlightenment thinker from Ms. Whitman.
“I think, therefore I am.”Step 4: Learn about the Enlightenment thinker online and complete the worksheet. Learn it well, you will have to teach the information to your classmates! Ask if you have questions.Step 5: Get together in small groups of the SAME philosopher to compare and clarify informationStep 6: Interview your fellow Enlightenment philosophers.
You should be conducting 3 interviewsBut you can interview multiple of a certain philosopher
to better understand their ideasYou are the philosopher! Answer like them!