Encourage tinkering with ideas, relationships, connections. Set up situations where students have to find information not readily available in school texts. Provide opportunity for students to design open-ended explorations of the concept. Provide multiple options so students can plan a unique "proof" of learning.

students will create magazines of the Enlightenment.

Objective: Students to begin to apply their understanding of the Enlightenment worldview.

Activity: In groups students will create magazines of the Enlightenment. Each magazine will include the following:
a. a feature story on the worldview shift in the Enlightenment
b. 2 cartoons with written explanation showing the worldview shift
c. An editorial offering a perspective on the new worldview
d. A fictional interview with a current person who represents a shift in the current worldview.
It is important that at this point the class agrees on the rubric to be used for assessing the magazine. While each class will differ to a degree, the following standards should be considered.
a. Feature story – Is it written in a clear fashion? Does the worldview shift in the story coincide with the worldview shift discussed in the INFORM section of this unit? Is the grammar, sentence structure, etc., proper?
b. Cartoons – Is the message of each cartoon clear? Does the worldview shift in the cartoon coincide with the worldview shift discussed in the INFORM section of this unit? Has color been used in appropriate ways?
c. Editorial – Is the opinion of the writer clearly stated? Does the worldview shift in the editorial coincide with the worldview shift discussed in the INFORM section of this unit? Is the grammar, sentence structure, etc., proper?
d. Interview- Is the choice of current character appropriately explained? Is the worldview of the interviewee clearly one that is testing the current paradigms? How appropriate are the questions in the interview and the answers?
e. Overall – Is the magazine appropriately titled? Is the layout neat? Have any additional sections been added? (e.g. –ads, other letters to the editor, …)

Assessment: Student understanding of and ability to apply worldview.