World History Unit 9
The Old Regime: Absolutism and Enlightenment
9 Instructional Days - 4th 6 Weeks
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Big Idea:
Describe mercantilism, the change of power for monarchs, reasoning, and the continuation of spirit of inquiry
Student Expectations:
Priority TEKS
WH.20(A) [Readiness] explain the development of democratic‐republican government from the English Civil War and the Enlightenment
WH.20(B) [Supporting] identify the impact of political and legal ideas contained in the following documents: the English Bill of Rights
WH.27(D) [Supporting] describe the origins of the Scientific Revolution in 16th century Europe and explain its impact on scientific thinking worldwide
Focus TEKS
WH.1(E) [Supporting] identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world history from 1750 to 1914: the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment’s impact on political revolutions
WH.7(F) [Readiness] explain the impact of the Ottoman Empire on Eastern Europe and global trade
WH.8(A) [Readiness] explain how 17th and 18th century European scientific advancements led to the Industrial Revolution
WH.20(C) [Supporting] explain the political philosophies of individuals such as John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Voltaire, Charles de Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, and William Blackstone
Ongoing TEKS
WH.16(A) [Supporting] locate places and regions of historical significance directly related to major eras and turning points in world history
WH.18(F) [Supporting] formulate generalizations on how economic freedom improved the human condition, based on students’ knowledge of the benefits of free enterprise in Europe’s Commercial Revolution
WH.19(B) [Readiness] identify the characteristics of the following political systems: absolute monarchy, democracy, republic, limited monarchy
WH.20(B) [Supporting] identify the impact of political and legal ideas contained in the following documents: the English Bill of Rights
WH.26(C) [Supporting] identify examples of art, music, and literature that transcend the cultures in which they were created and convey universal themes
WH.30(A) [Processing] use social studies terminology correctly
WH.30(B) [Processing] use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation
Student Learning Targets:
- I will understand the competition among European powers for control of the global economy
- I will compare monarch structures, pre-colonization and post colonization
- I will identify the spirit of inquiry that stemmed from the Renaissance which led to the Scientific Revolution
- I will analyze how Enlightenment thinkers applied reason to create the basis for government documents
Essential Questions:
- How did the spirit of inquiry lead to revolutions?
- How did ideas from Enlightenment thinkers contribute and shape the newly formed democratic governments?
- How did the process of globalization create a unification of the world?
- How did the role of monarchs change?
Extra Information:
Adopted Textbook: World History Texas - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Holt McDougal
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