Last lesson of the year!
Learning Intention:
I am learning about the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and their effects on the way people think even today.
Success Criteria:
I can define the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment.
I can identify the most famous scientists and philosophers of the time, and explain what they accomplished.
I can recite the steps of the Scientific Method.
I have created a timeline of the Scientific Revolution.
I can list the three natural rights we are all born with, and other rights too!
I can explain what capitalism is in my own words.
I know the consequences of the signing of the English Bill of Rights.






You can blame Rene Descartes for two things. What are they?



Enlightenment thinkers were the first Social Scientists.
They apply the Scientific Method to a social problems.
Economics, the study of money.
Politics, the study and practice of governments.
Psychology, the study of how people think and act.
Sociology, the study of human society.
History, the study of past events by humans.
Law, the study of systems of laws.
and Linguistics, the study of language.
These are all examples of Social Sciences that came to exist because of the work of Enlightenment thinkers.
Do you want to be a Social Scientist? If so type which type you'd like to be and why. If no, still explain why.
What the the three natural rights every person is born with? (According to Western Enlightenment Thinking...)
We all have natural rights.
What rights do you believe you have?
Type as many as you can think of.
The English Bill of Rights was the first every written document to outline the rights of the citizen. It authorized free elections, freedom of speech, the right to petition (complain to the government), and protected people from cruel and unusual punishments.
Of the rights mentioned above, which is the most important to you? Why?
Below is an image I made to help you understand the birth of Science as it's own subject.
Scientific acts have been occurring for as long as man has invented things but historically people didn't see doing these things as Science, they saw it as philosophy.
The Greeks were especially famous for this.
Saint Thomas Aquinas opened the doors for science to exist in Europe. He was a Catholic priest who said you could be a Christian and also learn about the world using sources other then or in addition to the Bible. Then comes all the scientists we've learned about in class who one by one start to support theories using tested evidence.
Science can be said to officially exist as an educational subject after Sir Francis Bacon in England and Rene Descartes in France both publish the Scientific Method that all scientists use today.
You really like Science and what to get extra credit in Mr. Bergh's History class?
Watch the video below as a step on your +100 hours of learning outside of school.
In this video Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravity is proved incorrect. Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity is actually more compelling a theory of why stuff falls down.
To receive extra credit write to Mr. Bergh or speak to Mr. Bergh in person a full explanation of
(1) what Sir Isaac Newton's Theory of Gravity is,
(2) what Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity is,
(1) what Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity is,
(4) how it works, and
(5) how Einstein's theory is more accurate then Newton's theory.