Test - Monday (9/28) - the test will have four short answer questions and you will have to answer two of the questions with a complete answer that draws on the ideas and historical evidence contained in this unit.
The test is geared to evaluating how well you think using the ideas and history covered in the unit. When I grade test questions I will be looking for three things - identifying the "big ideas" embedded in the question, supporting those ideas with relevant historic evidence and explaining how the evidence is connected to the "big ideas".
The test is geared to evaluating how well you think using the ideas and history covered in the unit. When I grade test questions I will be looking for three things - identifying the "big ideas" embedded in the question, supporting those ideas with relevant historic evidence and explaining how the evidence is connected to the "big ideas".
Sample test questions from previous years - Listed below are test questions from the past several years. Use them to help study.
1. How did the work of the writers of the Enlightenment show that the success of Enlightenment ideas about society was dependent on spreading those ideas out to a larger population?
2. How were the ideas of the Enlightenment in conflict with the Absolute Monarch model of government typified by Louis XIV?
3. How did the results of the Glorious Revolution demonstrate that Parliament had learned the lessons from the English Civil War about the danger of overthrowing a monarch?
4. How did the work of Newton and other scientists in the Scientific Revolution affect the way the thinkers of the Enlightenment thought about how to improve society?
5. How did Enlightenment thinkers think that restraining government power would actually improve society?
6. Using both examples from England and the United States, how was the development of the “rule of law” based on written documents?
7. How did the Scientific Revolution involve developing a system for approaching problems that first showed that the solar system and then later the universe worked according to a system of natural laws?
8. How did the palace of Versailles represent both the benefits and problems associated with Louis XIV’s rule France as an absolute monarch?
Unit Essay - The question for the unit essay is "Should political decisions be made from the top down (traditional) or bottom up (liberal)? You should be starting to organize your ideas and evidence for answering this question. Your essay should:
- Be no more than three pages - size 11 font with 1 inch margins
- Have a clear thesis with the structure of the essay following the logic of the thesis
- Cite sources with an basic in-text citation that states the lesson unit and the number of the source. For example, if you were using the second source from the lesson on Enlightenment Ideas, you would write: (Enlightenment Ideas, Source # 2)
The essay will be due on Tuesday (9/29) - The test will have four short answer questions and you will be required to answer two of the questions.
