PAY ATTENTION Write your own text. Do not plagiarise; that is, do not copy ideas that other people have written as if they were yours. If you use texts by other authors, include their name and the work, text, article, etc. where you found them. Scientific rigour and intellectual honesty are fundamental, because the aim is to convey the content in the truest and most impartial way possible. Therefore: 1 An encyclopaedia is a work in which all human knowledge is collected . The information is usually presented in articles in alphabetical order. Therefore, it deals with ver y diverse subjects, such as science, art, music and literature. Write an article to include in an encyclopaedia 17 Imagine you are helping to make an encyclopaedia in either digital or paper format. You have to write an expository text to explain one of the terms. Choose a term to write about. Look for current information and note down the sources where you find it. Give your reasons for choosing these sources. Write down the ideas you want to include in your article. Put them in order and prepare an outline or rough draft of how you want to organise them. Write the text. Make sure you check for spelling mistakes once you have finished. 18 Think about scientific rigour. Which was the hardest part of this task for you? Why? Why is scientific rigour important in this type of project? How can it be achieved? C R I T I C A L T H I N K I N G Were Enlightenment ideas and enlightened despotism compatible? 19 INVESTIGATE Find out whether enlightened despotism was practised by absolute monarchs. If this was the case, give an example. Measures were adopted to extend education, renew society, and transform the economy. Were these measures aimed at providing prosperity and happiness for the population, or at increasing the monarch's income? 20 CONTRAST Did the ideological foundations of absolutism fit well with Enlightenment thought? Why? 21 DECIDE Do you think the expression: "Everything for the people, but without the people" defines enlightened despotism well? For what reasons? Explain them to your partner. In your opinion, were Enlightenment ideas and enlightened despotism compatible? Give examples to support your answer. Always search for information from reliable and safe sources. Contrast data and information from different sources. In this type of text, distinguish between facts and opinions. 22. Carlos III U S E I N F O R M A T I O N R E S P O N S I B LY OR FALSE ? T R U E 29
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