Period 2: World History II

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February 2021: Students will be studying the Enlightenment. Students will be focusing on the following objectives:

*How did scientific progress promote trust in human reason?

*How did the social contract and separation of powers affect views on the government?

*How did new ideas affect society and the economy?

*What roles did censorships and salons play in the spread of new ideas?

*How did philosophers influence enlightened despots?

*How did the Enlightenment affect arts and literature?

*Why were the lives of the majority unaffected?