1	The Enlightenment Mrs. McPhee-Djan
2	How did the ideas of the Enlightenment change the world? Do Now: What does the phrase “all men are born free and equal mean to you?”
3	What was the Enlightenment?
4	"The Enlightenment was a time..." The Enlightenment was a time when thinkers used the ideas of the past to analyze their status in the world.
5	John Locke
6	"Do you agree with Locke’s..." Do you agree with Locke’s belief that “… all men are created free and equal?”
7	Jean-Jacques Rousseau Rousseau was a French philosopher of the Enlightenment. Rousseau was best known for his statement that “… man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.” His major work of publication was The Social Contract
8	"What do you think Rousseau..." What do you think Rousseau meant by his statement that “…man is born free and everywhere he is in chains”?
9	Voltaire Voltaire was an Enlightenment playwright Voltaire was the first person to endorse the idea of free speech.
10	"Do you believe that free..." Do you believe that free speech is an important right for people to have?
11	Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft was an especially unique Enlightenment philosopher because she was a woman. She advocated for equal education for all people (male and female).
12	"How do her ideas affect..." How do her ideas affect you today?
13	Montesquieu Montesquieu believed that all of the power of a government should not rest in the hands of a single person. He encouraged “Separation of Powers.”
14	"How have Montesquieu’s ideas affected..." How have Montesquieu’s ideas affected us today?
15	Think… Before moving on to the task, you and your partner need to fill out the following worksheet to help you understand the social problems that the Enlightenment writers were writing about. Identifying the problem
16	Your Task You and a partner will assume the roles of interviewer and interviewee. The interviewer will be asking the assigned question to the interviewee. The interviewee will assume the role of one of the previous philosophers. With the remaining time, the interviewer will present their interviewee to the class.