| S5 History |
Last
update -
04 May 2023 |
Official European
School History 4-5 Syllabus:
English,
French,
German. |
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Unit 2 - Enlightenment and the American
Revolution |
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Key Questions |
Lessons |
Additional resources and external links |
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What was the scientific revolution? |
Worksheet (PDF)
Video
introduction. |
What was the enlightenment? A short
introductory
video from the University of Nottingham.
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The brilliant
Dr
Bronowski explains the
importance of
Galileo and
Newton |
The Galileo Project
website.
Video on the trial on Galileo.
(Funny but informative) Mark
Steel
video on
Newton. Best
examples of previous
student scientific revolution timelines.
 
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Probably the most readable book on the history
of the scientific revolution is Dava Sobel's
Longitude, the story
of John Harrison an English clockmaker who solved the problem of
how to measure longitude at sea. Highly recommended.
It was also turned into an excellent
film. |
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Who were the Enlightenment philosophers? |
Worksheet (PDF)
Enlightenment website activity
worksheet. On Google Docs File>download as>Word
Factual recall test on the Enlightenment! |
Mark Steel
video
on Descartes. K Clark's classic
Civilisation television documentary series examines the
impact of the Enlightenment.
Two
outstanding books are
Sophie's World available in whatever language you speak and the
Philosophy Files a cartoon illustrated introduction to
Philosophy.
The Scottish Enlightenment - BBC Scotland.
From Philosophy magazine are these
Philosophy experiments: Is torture ever justified?, Would
you eat your cat? Should you kill the backpacker? etc.
Links:
Wikipedia,
Philosopher.org on the Enlightenment,
History World, The
European Enlightenment, other
links,
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Fling the teacher
quiz on the
Enlightenment |
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Why did the American colonists want their
independence from Britain? |
The American Revolution Part 1 -
Worksheet Dramatic BBC
video reconstruction of the Boston Tea Party.
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Video - Liberty the American Revolution see part 1 "The
Reluctant Revolutionaries" 1763-1774
History channel website on the
American Revolution
and this page on the
Boston Tea Party.
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Alistair Cooke's
America is a
classic 13 part history of the USA produced in 1972.
This fourth episode deals with the
revolution of 1776:
Making a Revolution |
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Why did the American colonists win the war of
independence? |
The American Revolution Part 2 -
Worksheet |
Mark Steel
video on
Tom Paine.
Video - Liberty the American Revolution see part 2
"Blows Must Decide" 1774-1776
Brief
history of the US flag - BBC
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Fling the teacher
quiz on the
War of Independence |
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