Sheepshead Bay High School

Mr. John O’Mahoney, Principal

Social Studies Department

Unit Plans
Unit Theme: Age of Enlightenment

Overarching Question(s):
- How did the questioning spirit of the Renaissance help shape the Renaissance?
- How did the Enlightenment spread to other parts of the world?
- Does the Enlightenment still shape our world today?

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Excerpts from Two Treatises U.S Declaration French –

the leviathan by of Government of Declaration of
Thomas by John Locke Independence? the Rights of
Hobbes Man

Formative Assessment Task #1 Formative Assessment Task #2

Comparison of the Ideas of Hobbes vs. Look at the U.S and French Declarations
the Ideas of John Locke and discuss the many ways the
Enlightenment impacted these
documents.

Summative Assessment Task

Discuss the impact of the Enlightenment

on the following countries/regions:
Great Britain 1600’s
France 1700’s
Latin America 1800’s
Sub Saharan Africa 1900’s
Middle East - Today