World History, Ch. 18, Sec. 2 Enlightenment Ideas Spread

Chapter 18 The Enlightenment and the American Revolution (1715-1800)
Section 2 Enlightenment Ideas Spread

1. Lesson Plan Focus
The ideas of the Enlightenment encouraged people to challenge existing ideas and to seek reform. Some rulers adopted Enlightenment ideas to make their countries more efficient and productive. New Styles of art and music included rococo and baroque. New ideas, however, brought little change to the peasants who constituted the majority of the population.

2. In-class Instruct
Write important terms on the board:

salons
enlightened despots barogque rococo
novels
peasants

Circle each term. Now, ask students to list brief facts about each. These facts are then a summary of the Enlightenment.

Guide for Reading, p. 461Vocabulary, p. 461
Caption, p. 461Caption, p. 462Caption, p. 464
Caption, p. 465

3. Close
For each circled term, have students identify and briefly profile an individual somehow associated with each.
HW Section 2 Review
p. 465 #1-6.
Extra Credit #7-8