Enlightenment and the American Revolution

Students will look at excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, the Social Contract, and the Second Treatise of Government to analyze the Enlightenment's influence on the American Revolution. 
Resource ID#: 209521 Type: Lesson Plan
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Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Microsoft Office
Instructional Time: 40 Minute(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Keywords: self-evident, fortune, tyranny, happiness, abolish, consent of the governed, deprive, despotism, dissolve, endow, grievance, impel, impose, institute, natural rights, oppression, quarter, rectitude, self-evident, tyranny, tyrant, unalienable rights, usurpations
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Text Resource,  Student Center Activity
Instructional Design Framework(s): Confirmation Inquiry (Level 1), Writing to Learn
Resource Collection: Summer 2023 Integrated Civics and Social Studies

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