Looking for a simple and straightforward reference on the Enlightenment for your young historians? Check out this list of key terms and important figures from the period, followed by a traditional assessment where your learners will be asked to match historical figures with their appropriate accomplishments and respond to brief constructed response questions. Finally, your class members will read an excerpt from Rousseau's The Social Contract and consider his argument against the use of force as a means of governance.

Additional Tags

the social contract, jean jacques rosseau, social studies

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Pros

• Can download resource as a Word document and edit
• Excerpt from Rousseau's The Social Contract and follow-up discussion questions included

Cons

• Does not include instructional steps nor contextual information for instructor
• Answer key does not adequately support assessment
• Will involve extra time to correct spelling errors and reformat text

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.8 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.6 RH.11-12.8