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What drove the forces of absolutism?
What were the characteristics of the absolutist monarchs?
Portait of Louis XIV
Description
At the same time the influence of the Renaissance was settling across Europe many nations began turning to more powerful monarchs - the absolutists. They held the idea that unyielding, total authority dwelt in themselves. Some of the asbolutist monarchs cared for the people they ruled. Others, like Louis XIV shown above, cared nothing for the lives of the people he ruled. In this unit we are going to look at the growth of absolutism.
Objectives
Students will identify and explain the forces that drove absolutism in the 17th and 18th Centuries.
Students will create a personal response to the essential questions about absolutism.
Essential questions
See the handout.
Special instructions
- Use the instructions on the handout to access and complete this assignment.
- Include your short answers and essay question on a separate sheet of paper and attach it to the handout.
Vocabulary
NA
Rubric
100%
The essay addressed the subject clearly.
The essay explained how the subject related to Elizabethan England.
The essay answered each of the subject question.
Information in the essay was accurate.
Use of language - syntax, grammar, punctuation, capitalization - was correct.
The essay included a correctly created works cited page.
90%
The essay did not address the subject clearly.
The essay explained how the subject related to Elizabethan England.
The essay answered all but 2 of the subject question.
Information in the essay was generally accurate.
Use of language - syntax, grammar, punctuation, capitalization - was generally correct.
The essay included a correctly created works cited page.
80%
The essay did not address the subject clearly.
The essay failed to explain how the subject related to Elizabethan England.
The essay answered all but 3 of the subject question.
Information in the essay was generally accurate.
Use of language - syntax, grammar, punctuation, capitalization - contained frequent errors.
The works cited page was not correctly formatted.
70%
The essay did not address the subject clearly.
The essay failed to explain how the subject related to Elizabethan England.
The essay answered all but 3 of the subject question.
Information in the essay contained frequent errors.
Use of language - syntax, grammar, punctuation, capitalization - was poor.
The works cited page was not correctly formatted or it was missing.
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Links
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Media files
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Online files
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Sound files
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