History & civilizations
Six political thinkers — Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Beccaria, and Voltaire — and their core beliefs open this 36-slide walk through the Age of Enlightenment, covering its definition and origins, the Philosophes' five guiding concepts, the salons that spread new ideas, scientific discoveries such as gravity and electricity, Baroque and Classical composers, Physiocrat and Adam Smith economic theory, and the American and French Revolutions. A companion five-page fill-in-the-blank outline mirrors the slide order so students can take notes as the presentation plays. Four think-pair-share slides pause the lecture; the note outline contains five discussion prompts, including an additional discoveries prompt. Placeholder text throughout the slides ("Insert an image of...") marks where teachers are expected to add their own portraits and illustrations.