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