Enlightenment Thinker Baseball Card Project

GLENOAK HIGH SCHOOL - World Experience 2012-2013

Name: ______Date: ______Mod: ______

Enlightenment Baseball Cards

Directions: You will create a collector's set of baseball cards for the Enlightenment thinkers listed below. Working with a group you will research the thinkers, share your research with your group members, then create your own individual deck of cards. You will be able to use these cards to help you study for the Unit Exam as well as the Nine Weeks Exam.

Hobbes Montesquieu Locke Wollstonecraft Voltaire Smith Rousseau Diderot

Card Guidelines:

Side 1:  Name: At the bottom of the card you will write the first and last name of your thinker.  Illustration: Draw a symbol that represents the ideas, contributions, or accomplishments of the thinker.

Symbol

FIRST & LAST NAME Side 2:  Name/Date of Birth/Date of Death: Write the name of and birth/death date of your thinker at the top of the card in the left corner.  Statistics: Divide the rest of the space into four sections.

1.) Main Idea: Thinker's main ideas or philosophies: MUST LIST TWO or more

2.) Quote: Write one quote from the thinker that supports his/her main ideas. Analyze the quote.

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3.) Significance: Why do we still care about this person, what types of ideas did he contribute to society, how do his/her ideas influence life today?

4.) Batting Average/Abilities: Make up a batting average or special power/ability that relates to what the thinker invented, contributed, believed, or accomplished. Write why you chose the special ability/average.

BIRTH - FIRST & LAST NAME DEATH

THINKER'S MAIN IDEAS

1.) 2.) 3.)

QUOTE FROM THINKER Quote should talk about their ideas...an explanation of the quote should go here as well.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THINKER

Why is he important? Why do we still talk about him today?

BATTING AVERAGE/ABILITIES Why did you give this thinker that average/ ability?

RUBRIC Side 1: 1.) Name ______/4 2.) Symbol/Picture ______/4 Side 2: 3.) Name of Thinker and DOB/DOD ______/4 4.) Thinker Main Ideas ______/8 5.) Quote & Explanation/Analysis ______/8 6.) Significance/Impact on society/politics/culture ______/8 7.) Batting Average ______/4

8.) Neat, Clean, Organized ______/3 9.) Use of Color ______/2

TOTAL: ______/45

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