| S5 History |
Last
update -
30 November 2011 |
Official European
School History 4-5 Syllabus:
English,
French,
German. |
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Unit 2 - Enlightenment and the American
Revolution |
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Key Questions |
Lessons |
Additional resources and external links |
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What was the scientific revolution? |
Worksheet (PDF)
Video
introduction. |
The Galileo Project
website.
Video on the trial on Galileo.
(Funny but informative) Mark
Steel video on
Newton. Best
examples of previous
student scientific revolution timelines.
 
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Probably the most readable book on the history
of the scientific revolution is Dava Sobel's Longitude, the story
of John Harrison an English clockmaker who solved the problem of
how to measure longitude at sea. Highly recommended
It was also turned into an excellent
film. |
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Who were the Enlightenment philosophers? |
Worksheet (PDF)
Enlightenment website activity
worksheet. On Google Docs File>download as>Word |
Mark Steel video
on Descartes. K Clark's classic
Civilisation television documentary series examines the
impact of the Enlightenment.
Want to know more about Philosophy and some of the ideas
associated with the Enlightenment? For a modern take on the old
Cartesian question of existence play this clever
online game from the Philosophy Magazine. Two
outstanding books are
Sophie's World available in whatever language you speak and the
Philosophy Files a cartoon illustrated introduction to
Philosophy.
Links:
Wikipedia,
Philosopher.org on the Enlightenment,
History World, The
European Enlightenment, other
links,
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Fling the teacher
quiz on the
Enlightenment |
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Why did the American colonists want their
independence from Britain? |
The American Revolution Part 1 -
Worksheet |
Video - Liberty the American Revolution see part 1 "The
Reluctant Revolutionaries" 1763-1774
Video - History channel documentary - The
Revolution. |
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Why did the American colonists win the war of
independence? |
The American Revolution Part 2 -
Worksheet |
Mark Steel video on
Tom Paine. Dramatic
video reconstruction of the Boston Tea Party.
Video - Liberty the American Revolution see part 2
"Blows Must Decide" 1774-1776
Brief
history of the US flag - BBC
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Fling the teacher
quiz on the
War of Independence |
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