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“Meeting of the Minds” Enlightenment Press Conference (15 Participation Points)

“Meeting of the Minds” Enlightenment Press Conference (15 Participation Points). Directions: In your table groups, research and report on one of the prominent Enlightenment philosophers. Step #1 : In your groups, assign/choose the from the following roles:

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“Meeting of the Minds” Enlightenment Press Conference (15 Participation Points)

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  1. “Meeting of the Minds” Enlightenment Press Conference(15 Participation Points)

  2. Directions: In your table groups, research and report on one of the prominent Enlightenment philosophers. Step #1: In your groups, assign/choose the from the following roles: • Enlightenment Philosopher: researches and answers questions during the press conference • Press Advisor: lead researcher before press conference and “life line” during press conference • Art Director: coordinates/researches/creates POSTER to introduce philosopher and their major ideas and/or accomplishments • Investigative Reporter: research other philosophers and write 3 questions for each to possibly ask during press conference Grades are “mostly” individual and are based on the quality of in-class work and the performance during the actual Press Conference.

  3. Step #2: Use the information packet and outside material to research your assigned philosopher. Try to find out as much as possible about them and their influence on GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY. Step #3: Prep your philosopher. Try to anticipate some of the questions the press may ask. Step #4: Press Conference. Introduce philosopher, including poster, and answer questions from other groups. Due Date: Wednesday, 3/19 Extra Credit Opportunity!! +2 to team if your philosopher doesn’t need to meet with Press Advisor +1 to team if your question forces a meeting with Press Advisor

  4. Thomas Hobbes(England 17th Century) “In a state of nature, life would be nasty, brutish, and short”

  5. John Locke(England 17th Century) “Government power is derived from the consent of the governed”

  6. Baron de Montesquieu(France 18th Century) “It is necessary by the arrangement of things that power checks power.”

  7. Voltaire(France 18th Century) “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

  8. Jean Jacques Rousseau(Switzerland 18th Century) “Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.”

  9. CesareBeccaria(Italy 18th Century) “Crimes are more effectively prevented by the certainty rather than the severity of punishment.”

  10. Mary Wolstonecraft(England 18th Century) “If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?”

  11. Thomas Jefferson(England/United States 18th & 19th Centuries) “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.”

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