{"id":241,"date":"2019-12-17T22:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T22:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-westernciv-humandevelopment\/chapter\/m5-module-overview\/"},"modified":"2020-01-15T18:50:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T18:50:21","slug":"m5-module-overview","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-westernciv-humandevelopment\/chapter\/m5-module-overview\/","title":{"raw":"M5 \u2013 Module Overview","rendered":"M5 \u2013 Module Overview"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"m5-\u2013-module-overview\">\r\n<h2 id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1578939148341_30\">M5 - Module Overview<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"box py-3 generalbox center clearfix\">\r\n<div class=\"no-overflow\">\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nPerhaps \u201cmodern\u201d seems like a peculiar term to use for the period from around 1600 to 1800.\r\n\r\nSurprisingly, perhaps, it was in the 1580s that the term \u2018modern\u2019 came to refer to \u2018present times\u2019, according to the Online Etymology Dictionary.\r\n\r\nThe Modern Period is most associated with the concept of Enlightenment: the enlightenment of new relationships with nature, with God, and with one's social order.\u00a0 .\r\n<h4>Readings<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>All required readings for this module are in the module itself. Please read this material carefully, reflect on it, and read it again.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>Learning Activities<\/h4>\r\n<h4>M5 - Discussion 1 - The Blank Slate<\/h4>\r\nHow and why has this preference for the blank slate come about and what social and political factors are involved in its continuing promotion?\r\n<h4>M 5 - Discussion 2 - At the Coffee House<\/h4>\r\nA center of communication and discourse in the 17th and 18th Centuries was the Coffee House. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainreview.org\/essay\/the-lost-world-of-the-london-coffeehouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lost World of the London Coffeehouse<\/a> explores the scene as a haven of caffeine-fueled debate that helped shape the modern world. To what would you liken the Coffee House in today's society?\r\n<h4>M5 - Written Assignment - Lives of the Peasants<\/h4>\r\nWhat was it like living in the 17th Century? In this assignment, take a closer look at some aspect of life then. 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