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Enlightenment Thinkers Word Search printable puzzle sheet, 15 hidden words

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Free Enlightenment Word Search (Printable PDF + Answer Key)

The Enlightenment was an eighteenth-century movement that put REASON and SCIENCE at the center of how people thought about government and society. This free word search pairs its thinkers with their big ideas. John LOCKE argued for NATURAL RIGHTS, Thomas HOBBES and Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU wrote about the SOCIAL CONTRACT, MONTESQUIEU proposed separating government powers, and VOLTAIRE championed TOLERANCE and free speech.

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DIDEROT edited the great French Encyclopedia, Immanuel KANT summed the age up as daring to think for yourself, ADAM SMITH wrote on free markets and Mary WOLLSTONECRAFT argued for the education and rights of women. Ideas were shared in the Paris SALON. The word list is hard and suits students from about 12 up; the answer key is on page two. Before and after: the Renaissance word searches and the French Revolution word searches.