Name:____________________________

Enlightened Philosophers & Scientific Revolutionaries Activity Menu

Application:- How, where and why can we use this knowledge, skill or process?- How has this person changed the way the world thinks?

o (Changed the world’s actions, thoughts)

Activity:Using the notes you have gathered from various sources, choose one of the following ways to share how you can APPLY this person’s ideas to your life.

Philosophers:You may pick from the following list or come up with a person on your own:

1) Voltaire 9)Bacon2) Beccaria 10)Paine3) Descartes 11)Scheele4) Galileo 12)Newton5) Rousseau 13)Montesquieu6) Wollstonecraft 14)Locke7) Copernicus 15)Hobbes8) Smith 16)Vesalius

This must be turned in with your project!!!

Create/Write a commercial to sell one of the Enlightened philosopher’s ideas.

Write a children’s book about this person’s life and work.

Create a Facebook profile for this philosopher (be sure to be thorough & complete)

Create a movie that goes over this person’s work and life.

Your Choice:Come up with your own unique way to show what you know. (See Mr. Lehr for a list or project and you must get the okay from Mr. Lehr first!)

Write a rap or song about one of the Enlightened philosophers. You can either write an original song or put words to an already existing song.

Enlightened Philosophers RubricApplication – Effective- How and where can we use this knowledge, skill, or process?- How should my thinking and action be modified to meet this particular situation?

20 Points Possible

Masterful: fluent, flexible, and efficient; able to use knowledge and skill and adjust understandings well in novel, diverse, and difficult contexts. 5 = ASkilled: competent in using knowledge and skill and adapting understandings in a variety of appropriate and demanding contexts. 4 = BAble: able to perform well with knowledge and skill in a few key contexts, with a limited repertoire, flexibility, or adaptability to diverse contexts.

3 = CApprentice: relies on a limited repertoire of routines; able to perform well in familiar or simple contexts; limited use of personal judgment and responsiveness to specifics of feedback/situation.

2 = DNovice: can perform only with coaching or relies on highly scripted, singular "plug-in" (algorithmic and mechanical) skills, procedures. or approaches.

1 = FWiggins, Grant, and McTighe. Understanding by Design. 1st. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998.

Ways I will do quality work for my project:

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What I did that was quality work:

What I would do differently next time:

Student Grade: Teacher Grade:

COMMENTS:

Kryza, Kathleen. Practical Strategies for Differentiating Instruction. 1st. Bellevue, WA: Bureau of Education and Research, 2006.