World History · Week 4 · Foundations and Democratic Revolutions

Ideas That Start Revolutions

Students connect the ideas of Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Jefferson, and Bolívar to the revolutions they inspired and name the beliefs that drive their own choices.

Self-awarenessGrade 10About 20 minutesGrade 10

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Students will: Students connect ideas from Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Jefferson, and Bolívar to revolutions they shaped or justified in England, America, France, and Latin America and explain how beliefs shaped perspectives.
SEL skill: Connect a personal belief to the hope behind it
What it looks like: Students name a belief that drives their own choices and the hope behind it.
Content focus: Ideas that start revolutions
Format: Partner exchange

Self-awareness

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Standards

10.2.1: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 10: World History, Culture, and Geography: The Modern World (standard 10.2, item 1)
CA HSS Analysis Skill: HI1 Show the connections between particular historical events and larger social, economic, and political trends. (Historical Interpretation)
C3 Framework (national): D2.His.4.9-12 Analyze the complex and interacting factors that influenced people's perspectives during different historical eras.
Literacy in history: RH.9-10.6 Compare the point of view of two or more authors on the same or related topics.

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