Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Democratic Ideals of Us Government
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the foundational democratic ideas of the US Government, primarily stated by John Locke. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Why Do People Need a Government? Part 4: Limited Government
According to John Locke, the people own their government and can terminate it when it does not guard their interests.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: The Anti Federalists Part 2: Ratification by the People
The ratification of the Constitution was consistent with John Locke's social contract theory.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: The Elements of Democracy: Liberal Ideas Spread to America
On today's podcast, we examine the ideas that inspired the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: John Locke and the State of Nature
Today we are introduced to the natural rights philosophy of John Locke.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Why Do People Need a Government? Part 5: Human Equality
Do people naturally have equal political rights? John Locke thought so.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Most People Are Reasonable and Good
John Locke thought most people were reasonable and good. But those few, troublesome exceptions caused people to band together.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Why People Form a Social Contract
Why do people agree to form governments? John Locke thought he had the answer.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 92: Natural Rights Philosophy: John Locke
In today's podcast, we discuss the philosophy of John Locke.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 1532: We the People Lesson 2 Part 1: John Locke
Today we learn about a philosopher who strongly influenced the Founders: John Locke.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: John Locke and the State of Nature
By imagining life in a state of nature, John Locke was able to answer some important questions about government.
Crash Course
Crash Course Philosophy #6: Locke, Berkeley, and Empiricism
Crash Course video engages viewers in a discussion on empiricism, explaining the views of philosophers John Locke and George Berkeley. [9:51]
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Thomas Hobbes and John Locke: Two Philosophers Compared
Video created by Tom Richey in which he compares two philosophers significant to the Enlightenment of political thought. [16:31]
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Enlightenment: Video: The American Enlightenment
Use the video "The American Enlightenment" [1:10:55] to consider the two learning outcomes below. It features discussions of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; perfectionism; Deism; Benjamin Franklin; errata; Thomas Jefferson; syllogisms;...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
In this video, Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson talks to Sal about the Declaration of Independence, specifically the phrase "...Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness". [5:54]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Democratic Ideals in the Declaration of Independence
This video is a close reading of the beginnings of the Declaration of Independence to identify ideas of natural rights, social contract, limited government and popular sovereignty in the text. [7:52]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Early Modern: Locke on Personal Identity, Part 3
Part 3 of 3. What makes you the same person as the little kid growing up a number of years ago? Is the identity of a person tied to the persistence of a body or a soul or something else entirely? Can we even give any explanation at all...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Early Modern: Locke on Personal Identity, Part 2
Part 2 of 3. What makes you the same person as the little kid growing up a number of years ago? Is the identity of a person tied to the persistence of a body or a soul or something else entirely? Can we even give any explanation at all...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Early Modern: Locke on Personal Identity, Part 1
Part 1 of 3. What makes you the same person as the little kid growing up a number of years ago? Is the identity of a person tied to the persistence of a body or a soul or something else entirely? Can we even give any explanation at all...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Declaration of Independence
The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence is examined through Enlightenment philosopher, John Locke.