Provide "acknowledged body of knowledge" related to the concept. Emphasize the most significant aspects of the concept in an organized, organic manner. Present information sequentially so students see continuity. Draw attention to important, discrete details; don't swamp students with myriad facts.

Examine the philospohes and their impact on politics, society and economics.

Objective: The students will be able to see the worldview shift that occurs during the Enlightenment.

Activity: 1. Examine the philospohes and their impact on politics, society and economics.
2. Look at how the absolute monarchs in Austria, Prussia and Russia adopted the Enlightenment worldview in their regimes.
3. C/c Enlightenment worldview with medieval worldview
4. View videotape from History Through Art – The Enlightenment

Step 2
a. As students enter class the next day, you should be playing Mozart concerto or sonata. Explain that the focus of today’s class will be Rousseau’s Social Contract.
b. Give each student a sheet of 11x14 paper and have them fold it in half.
c. Have the students open the folded paper and on the left-hand side write down everything they remember about Rousseau from their assigned reading. Do this with no notes available. You should still be playing Mozart during this part of the activity. Take about 5-10 minutes for this depending on how much your students have retained.
d. Place students in 4 groups and gie each group on Rousseau quotation (see addendum for the quotes I used). The task for each group will be to create a living sculpture, and the sculpture may move or evolve if necessary to demonstrate the idea.
Give the students about 10 minutes to create their sculpture and then perform them in order.
Note: While the students create the sculptures you should play a Beethoven symphony or the Gloria from Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis.
When the sculptures are presented and explained, have your students take notes on the presentations on the right had side of their folded paper—opposite their own notes from Rousseau. This part of the process will probably take 20-25 minutes depending on the complexity of the sculptures and the clarity of the explanations.
e. Have students turn to the cover of their Rousseau book. They will now create a cover for the book. Emphasize that there should be minimal text0only the name of the work or Rousseau- everything else should be visual. While they do this (take about 5-10 minutes) play the final movement from Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique.
When you are finished you can have the students reflect on what they now understand about Rousseau. In addition you can have them reflect on the music they heard throughout. The choice of music is intentional. Rousseau reflects the shift to the romantic period in literature with his emphasis on nature, etc.
The music shifts from Mozart (classical, precise-in line with Enlightenment rationalism) through Beethoven (the transition from classical to romantic) to Berlioz (romanticism at its height). In that way it reflects the change one sees in Rousseau’s writing.

Assessment: Level of understanding of worldviews. You will be able to tell a great deal based on student discussion and questions.