Read: The Declaration of Independence from the packet given in class today
Task: Take notes on the reading according to the directions on the packet (see below)
Due: Tuesday, 9/25*
Note: You do not need to read the Bill of Rights and the Preamble to the Constitution. We will review those in class on Monday.
*This assignment will not be accepted late, since we are having a class discussion on the material on Tuesday.
Packet Directions: Read the United States Declaration of Independence. Take notes in the left-hand column on parts of the document that relate to the Enlightenment.
• Identify ideas that reflect the spirit of the Enlightenment
• Identify ideas that represent particular thinkers (Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau)
• Identify behaviors of the King of England that Enlightenment thinkers would have disagreed with
