The “Enlightenment” was a movement that represented a turning point in intellectual history. While all these old guys (and ladies) spent a lot of time reading and writing (stuff you may consider boring) they did have some fun every once and a while. They would get together at a party called a “salon” (no not the kind of place where you get your hair cut). At a “salon” they would eat, drink and be merry- oh and talk about how smart they are and what their ideas were. Since I know you all love to eat and talk- if you do the research right and prepare for a salon, we will have one as a class. That’s right I will bring you food! AND LET YOU EAT IT! As Marie Antoinette said, “Let them eat cake.”
Your task is to research one of these characters;
Adam Smith
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Mary Wollstonecraft
Jean Jacques Rousseau
You need to write a short biography (only ½ to a full page typed) in YOUR OWN WORDS. Then you need to have a note card written up with some key ideas you could discuss at our party. Lastly you need to create a “prop” or some kind of item your person might bring to a salon- obviously it has to be related to your character- John Locke would not have brought a leaf blower.
And when this is all done in a couple days- we will have a salon!
Your task is to research one of these characters;
Adam Smith
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Mary Wollstonecraft
Jean Jacques Rousseau
You need to write a short biography (only ½ to a full page typed) in YOUR OWN WORDS. Then you need to have a note card written up with some key ideas you could discuss at our party. Lastly you need to create a “prop” or some kind of item your person might bring to a salon- obviously it has to be related to your character- John Locke would not have brought a leaf blower.
And when this is all done in a couple days- we will have a salon!
