Tuesday, 11/15

● Review● Enlightenment notes part II● Choice: Memory or Quizlet● CNN Student NewsReminders:● Unit 4 test, study guide due Friday● Meet your tutoring groups (IMC if I’m gone)

Review

Learning Targets

I will be able to...● Identify the contributions of important

philosophers to the Enlightenment

Study Guide #24-26

Enlightened Thinkers - Mary Wollstonecraft● Mary Wollstonecraft, an English writer,

wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women○ Argued for the rights of women ○ Argues that women are not

naturally inferior to men, but seem to be only because they lack education

○ Both men and women should be treated as rational beings

● Salons helped spread the ideas of the Enlightenment and gave some women new power

Mary Wollstonecraft Fun Fact- She married a philosopher and forefather of the anarchist movement.- She died at 38, ten days after giving birth to her daughter, Mary Shelley nee Wollstonecraft.- Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, one of the most heralded works of literature in the Romantic Era, ironically making fun of people’s devotion to science.

Enlightened Thinkers - Montesquieu● Montesquieu

○ French political philosopher

● Montesquieu’s most lasting contribution to political thought:○ Analysis of the governmental

system of checks and balances, aka separation of powers

Enlightened Thinkers - Adam Smith

● Adam Smith ○ Scottish philosopher, pioneer of

political economy, and key figure in the Enlightenment

● Wrote the best statement concerning laissez-faire in his book, Wealth of Nations

● Wealth of Nations, is a groundbreaking work of the capitalist economic system

Enlightened Thinkers - Beccaria● Cesare Beccaria

○ Italian criminologist, philosopher, politician, and one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers

● Beccaria argued that capital punishment was ineffective in preventing crime

part 1

part 2

Choice: Memory Game OR Quizlet (my teacher webpage)● Memory--1 or 2 partners● OR● Quizlet (msroisum.weebly.com -go to Unit 4)

○ First: 15 question multiple choice-85%- show me ○ Then: your choice (flashcards, matching game, etc)