Please enter the room quietly and make note of the daily objective, class work and homework in your agendas. You wi

1. Please enter the room quietly and make note of the daily objective, class work and homework in your agendas. You will need journals today.

2. Writing Prompt Procedures: 1) Write name and class period on Writing Prompt Rubric. 2) Type your name and period on your Writing Prompt Essay. 3) Staple Writing Prompt Rubric on top of Writing Prompt Essay. 4) All Writing Prompts must be typed. You will lose points on your overall score if these procedures are not followed.

3. Exploration and Enlightenment Writing Prompt Directions: Use your knowledge from 7.11, the political and economic change in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, to address the following prompt in paragraph form. Prompt: Europe changed greatly between the 16th and 18th centuries as a result of multiple movements. The Age of Exploration, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment all helped shape history. The explorations exposed the world to new lands and unlimited opportunities because of the new ability to tap into various resources. Scientists and mathematicians opened society’s eyes to new ways of thinking and inventions during the Scientific Revolution. During the Enlightenment the influence from the Scientific Revolution led to new ideas about government, which ultimately led to democracy. Task: Choose one key figure from this time period and describe their role. Discuss the cause and effect that their impact left on exploration, science, or influence on government.

4. Write this on the back of your rubric. Introduction Sentences: During the (Age of Exploration or Enlightenment)... OR The Enlightenment was... OR The Scientific Revolution was... Second Section: One of the people that had a great impact on the (Age of Exploration/Enlightenment/Scientific Revolution) was... [Name someone]. Third: They (description of what they did) because (why they did it). Fourth Section: If they had never (restate their accomplishment) then (what would have been a result?

5. Go through your textbook and identify page numbers for a minimum of THREE of these people Possible selections: Vasco da Gama Ferdinand Magellan Galileo Galilei Rene Descartes Christopher Columbus Nicolaus Copernicus Isaac Newton John Locke Amerigo Vespucci Johannes Kepler Francis Bacon Voltaire Jean Jacques Rousseau Baron de Montesquieu Mary Wollstonecraft Adam Smith

6. Introduction: The Age of Exploration was - a time when Europeans began to launch great voyages of discovery. a time when new lands were discovered. when European sailors used new sailing innovations to discover new parts of the world. Introduction: The Scientific Revolution was - a time when scientists began to use experiments to examine the natural world. a time when scientists used new technology and new ways of thinking to understand our universe. Introduction: The Enlightenment was - a time when Enlightenment thinkers began to question the role of government. a time when philosophers began was to improve government, society and economics.

7. Causes Effect

8. If ________________ then __________

9. Introduction - The Age of Exploration/The Enlightenment/The Scientific Revolution was... An important person during this time period was.... This person did...and as an effect.... If this cause never happened, what might have happened instead?

10. DUE DATES: ALL PERIODS (1 - 8):Your Writing Prompt is Due Wednesday 05/23/2012 MAKES SURE: 1) Your name and period are written on your rubric form. 2) Your name and period are on your writing prompt. 3) You've stapled your rubric to your writing prompt. 4) Your essay is typed. GO TO MY BLOG: Radfordstimemachine.edublogs.org. Go to my blog if you want to see this lecture again.