Post on 17-Jan-2016
AMERICAN STUDIES: RATIONALISM
Goals: • Make realistic predictions• Make inferences that show background
knowledge and textual (picture) support• Draw conclusions based on information given
on the Rationalism period• Take effective and meaningful notes
PICTURES OF RATIONALISM
PEOPLE DURING RATIONALISM
THEMES IN WRITING DURING
RATIONALISM
EMPHASIS ON SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND SELF-CONTROL
REASON AND SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATION
RULE OF LAW AND ORDER
MAN’S ABILITY TO PERFECT HIMSELF AND SOCIETY
FREEDOM FROM RESTRICTIVE LAWS
TYPES OF WRITING DURING
RATIONALISM
POLITICAL DOCUMENTS
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
PRIVATE LETTERS
EPISTLES
ESSAYS
SPEECHES