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Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Philosophically Correct

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Trace how philosophers throughout history have envisioned the ideal government. Explore ideas from Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, and more.
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Digital History

Digital History: By What Right [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two opposing philosophies concerning the relationship between government and its citizens were expressed by Thomas Hobbes and John Locke in the 17th century. Compare these two philosophies and see how they were related to the colonists'...
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Why Government?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Dig into philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke's ideas and see how they've influenced those that have followed in their footsteps.
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Activity
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Developments in Democracy

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning activity in which students study the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau. Lesson includes individual, group and whole class activity in which students write, discuss and debate the role...
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: The New Intellectual Order: Man, Nature and Society

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of the different philosophers of the Renaissance period. Includes a general look at Bruno, Montaigne, Descartes, Hobbes, and Locke with links to their biographies. The lecture tries to give the readers an insight into the...
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Handout
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: English Deism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy describes the influence of several different English Deists with long paragraphs explaining their works, politics, and major ideas. Entries on Hobbes, Locke, and Hume, as well as on...

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