Week 5

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school

program

1. Redo the test?

2. Program of this period

3. Start chapter 4

Redo the test: What do you need to do?

1. Contact me (by email or after class)

2. Make a 'Plan van Aanpak' : What are you going to do differently to make sure you don't have to redo the test in P3?

3. Hand in a handwritten! summary of 2.1 - 2.5
( If you did this already, you can make a cheat sheet instead)

Important dates

5 feb: Handing in your summaries or cheat sheet before class

11 Feb : Redo's starting at 14.00

13 Feb: Hand in your Practical assignments!

Plan for this period

- Only once a week :(

- Starting with chapter 4?

The Enlightenment

Any thoughts?

The Enlightenment (de verlichting)

- Many scientific discoveries and inventions

- A movement: reason and intellect would make it possible for man to understand everything

- Optimistic mentality: rational thinking would improve life

New ideas

- Religion                                                  - Equality

Religious tolerence                                all people born equal

Voltaire: God as clockmaker              equal rights

Atheism                                                        Freedom of speech, religion

                                                                         A constitition (grondwet)

                                                                         Abolitionism (Abolitionisme)

Political thinkers

Absolutism (absolutisme)

The king got his power directly from God

John Locke

Kings got their power from the people

People had the right to dismiss a incompetent government

(Social contract)

Political thinkers

A system to prevent the abuse of power

The seperation of powers (trias politica)

- legislative power (wetgevende macht)

- executive power (uitvoerende macht)

- judiciary power (rechterlijke macht)

                                                                                       Charles Montesquieu

These powers should not be controlled by one person

Read page 82

Who is this?

Why is he and his project a good 

example of the Enlightenment 

mentality? 

For now..

- Read the text on page 80 - 83

  

Prepare at least two questions you have about the text for next weeks lesson

Homework

- Prepare the questions

- Make the introduction questions on page 84 

!! Don't forget: Hand in your handwritten summaries or cheat sheet in next week if you want to redo the test !!