3-17: Read the comic “Galileo’s Universe” silently or aloud with the person next to you, then answer the following questions as your Do Now:
1. If you were the guard in the story (p.36), how would you respond to Galileo’s comments? (The guard says: “It is not my job to worry about these matters.” Do you agree, or would you respond differently?)
2. Why do you think that Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, and other scientists and philosophers cared so much about understanding the world around them, even if this got them into trouble?
3-21: In a written ½ page essay on a separate page from other Do Nows, consider some or all of the following questions; you have 10 minutes:
1. What do you think it means for a view or opinion to be “enlightened”?
2. Compare and contrast two widespread modern ideas or opinions with the older ideas/opinions they have replaced. Think of controversial issues such as slavery, gender, ethnicity, social classes and castes, wars, democracy, etc.
3. What is one area in which you feel that humanity has become more “enlightened”? What is one area in which humanity has become less enlightened, or stayed the same? Has human society made moral progress, gone in reverse, or stayed basically the same?
3-30/3-31:
1. Define “nationalism.” If you don’t know what it is, quickly go to the bookshelf and look it up in the textbook glossary.
2. Provide one example of nationalism.
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