8.2: The Ideas of the Enlightenment

1. Content Vocabulary
2. Reading Progress Check (p.136): What are two ways in which philosophes sought to change the world?
3. Guiding Question (p.136): How did the belief in logic and reason promote the beginnings of the social sciences?
4. Reading Progress Check (p.136): What roles did Adam Smith believe the government should fulfill in society?
5. Critical Thinking (p.136): How did both printing and the Encyclopedia contribute to the promotion of Enlightenment ideas?
6. Critical Thinking (p.138): Do the coffeehouses of today serve the same purpose as early ones?  Why or why not?
7. Reading Progress Check (p.138): How did Mary Wollstonecraft use the Enlightenment ideal of reason to advocate rights for women?
8. Reading Progress Check (p.139): How do Haydn's interests as a composer reflect the influence of Enlightenment Ideas?
9. Lesson 2: Review: #1, 3, 7

• We will also discuss some Current Events occasionally and may be asked to locate them on a map.
• We will explore a map of Africa and the Middle East and wrote down some major names to watch.