Scientific Farming, The Story of the World, Book 3, Chapter 16

Scientific Farming, up until now, farming was the occupation of the lowest level of  society.  The peasants were the ones who produced the food.  The way that they farmed was passed down from father to son.  Was this the best way to grow crops?  No one knew.  This was how it was always done.  But now with the Englightenment,  people began to study not only science, but also how to grow food more effectively. 

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Read pages 139-141 and have a discussion about the Agricultural Revolution with your teacher. 

Questions: 
How did the philosophers live at this time in history? 
What were the disadvanges of the old way of sowing seeds? 
What did the new machine do? 
How did older farmers rotate the crops? 
What happened to the wheat when the crops were not rotated? 
Which crops gave back nutrients to the soil? 
Which four crops did Thompson suggest to use?  What nickname did he get? 
How did this help farmers? 
How did enclosing the fields help farmers? 
What could simple farmers eat now that they couldn't in the past? 
Why is planting in rows more effiencient than just throwing the seeds?
Who was Jethro Tull? 
What did he invent? 
How did this Agricultural Revolution help the society? 


Homework: You are a farmer and want to buy an enclosure.  Write your letter to the government about your up-to-date farming and animal raising ideas.  Convince the government that you will put the land to good use. 

For more information about Jethro Tull go here: https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/jethro-tull

The Universal Laws of Newton and Locke, The Story of the World, Book 3, Chapter 16

Instead of going ahead in history, we are taking a side trip into what was going on in the history of ideas of science and philosophy.  Issac Newton and John Locke's ideas have shaped our modern world. Each came from a different viewpoint, Newton's ideas have changed about how we view the physical world but John Locke's ideas have shaped our poltics and the way we view education and government.  Read pages 136-138 for a compact view of these two great men.



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https://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/isaac_newton.php  More information about Issac Newton

Issac Newton

http://www.philosophyslam.org/11_11.html More information about John Locke

 

Questions:

What happened to the Feudal System at this time in history? 

What did Galileo observe about the Sun and the stars? 

Who did he call friends?  Why did people study Aristotle and Ptolemy (Tolemy) ? 

What method did Galileo use to study the stars? 

Why didn't Issac Newton's parents expect him to live?  How old was he when he died? 

What was the title of his book?

What did he explain in the book? 

Why did Cambridge close down? Where did Newton go? What did he do? What ideas did he get from the apple tree? 

What do we call the force that Newton described? 

How did people react to Newton's ideas? 

Who was John Locke and what did he write? 

Why did Locke leave England? 

What did he do during this time? When did he come back? Why? 

What ideas about government did he write? 

Did the people agree with these ideas? 

What do we call this time period in Europe? 

How did Japan react to these ideas? 

  

Homework: Choose one of these men, and write him a letter about why you would like to meet and discuss his ideas.  Write 5 questions you would want to ask.  (Extra credit)  Write the answers that he gives you.