Curated OER
The Social Contract
In this online interactive history activity, high schoolers respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about The Social Contract by Rosseau. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive activity.
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The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 20 multiple choice questions about Rousseau's The Social Contract. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
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Discourse on Inequality
In this online interactive philosophy worksheet, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Discourse on Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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Unit 12: Enlightenment and French Revolution
For this Enlightenment lesson, students respond to 34 short answer questions about John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Baron de Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, and Mary Wollstonecraft.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Jean Jacques Rousseau
This site features the author Jean Jacques Rousseau including a biography and the full text of the nonfiction work, The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712 1778)
Biography of the French deistic philosopher and author Jean Jacques Rousseau.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Romanticism
This site from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook provides great information on the Renaissance. No text on this page, but a series of links from roots of Romanticism, to Romantic philosophy, to Romanticism in the Arts.
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh: Neo Classicism to Romanticism
This resource provides an interesting chart that compares and contrasts the differing styles of both Neo-Classicism and Romanticism.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right
Read the full text of "The Social Contract" by Jean Jacques Rousseau. This book argued against monarchies and sparked revolutions in Europe, especially France.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jean Jacques Rousseau
A philosopher whose ideas influenced the French Revolution and the American Revolution.