Lesson+18-Theory+of+Absolutism+(Unit+4)

Mr. Martinson Lesson 18-Theory of Absolutism World History, 11th Grade Lesson Plan

=I. Objective: Students will study ABSOLUTISM in order to practice making inferences.=

=﻿II. WARMUP: WHAT CAN YOU INFER (GUESS) ABOUT THIS PERSON= =INFERENCE: DETAILS=

=﻿III. INTRODUCTORY: MAKING INFERENCES. []= []

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=﻿ABSOLUTISM: one rule should hold all the power within a country. Absolute monarch.= =DIVINE RIGHT: right given by God not the people to rule=

Opposite is democracy
=﻿Causes: conflict created fear and insecurity (strong leader whose authority is not questioned)= =﻿-Growth of armies resulted in higher taxes= =﻿-peasants start to riot because of high taxes=

=﻿Effects: Rulers regulate religion and society to control ideas= =﻿--Rulers increase the court (the aristocracy) sizes= =---create BUREAUCRACIES to control economies.=

=﻿2. Spanish Empire Weakens= =caused economic problems because INFLATION= =﻿occurs (prices increse, value of money decreases)= || =a. prosperous middle class due to number of= =﻿merchants and patrons of arts.= || =were kicked and they made up the merchants, and= =middle class= || =b. Philip II raised taxes_ on the Dutch= || =and prices grew.= || =c. Philip II tried to crush Protestantism_= =Dutch Protestants destroyed catholic churches= || =countries to pay for wars and went into _DEBT_.=
 * =Spanish Empire= || =Spanish Netherlands/Dutch= ||
 * =a. GOLD AND SILVER=
 * =b. Loss of middle class because MUSLIM AND JEWS=
 * =c. Guilds: a group of people dominate businesses in Spain=
 * =d. taxed the _peasants_, Monarchs _borrowed money from other=

=﻿e. Defeat of the Spanish Empire= || =d. TULIP MANIA!! crazzzzy= =﻿e. dominated the SPICE TRADE_= =﻿f. BANKERS of Europe= =﻿g. have the largest FLEET_= || = CONSIDERING THE ECONOMIES OF SPANISH AND DUTCH, = = WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THE DUTCH REVOLTED AND = = DECLARED THEIR INDEPENDENCE in 1579? = =﻿VI. GUIDED: GRADE TESTS.=

=NOV. 22= =OBJECTIVE: STUDENTS WILL STUDY ABSOLUTISM IN ORDER TO MAKE INFERENCES about defeat of Spanish Armada.= =﻿I. LOOK AT THE MAP ON PAGE 156. WHAT CAN YOU INFER FROM THE MAP?= =DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA.= []

=WHAT CAN YOU INFER FROM THE FOLLOWING PICTURES?=

=﻿V. INDEPENDENT: WHAT IS ABSOLUTISM? WHAT ARE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS?=

=﻿I. What does the Palace of Versailles tell you about the power and influence of Louis XIV?=



=﻿II. INTRODUCTORY: RELIGIOUS WARS= =III. GUIDED: DAILY LIFE OF LOUIS XIV=

=HALL OF MIRRORS - VERSAILLES 239 feet long, 34 feet wide and 40 feet high.= At one end of the hall is the Salon of War and the Salon of Peace at the other end. Seventeen windows overlooking the garden are matched by seventeen arcaded mirrors along the wall.