7th Grade: Unit 9

CQ: What were the ideas of the Enlightenment??

CQ: What does it mean to be Enlightened?

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Staging the Compelling Question

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Supporting Question 1: 

What was the Enlightenment and what were the Enlightenment writers' views on human rights?

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Supporting Question 2: 

What were the social, economic, and political problems that were pointed out by the Enlightenment writers?

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Supporting Question 3:

What did Enlightenment writers say that would inspire others to think differently about their current social, political, and economic condition?  

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Supporting Question 4: 

How did the Age of Reason writers and speakers influence people to action and revolution?

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Summative Performance Task

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Taking Informed Action

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