might be interesting to look at the influence of the european enlightenment on the thinking of the american civil war, and in particular british and scottish enlightnment, jefferson, locke etc. see http://www.articlemyriad.com/influence-enlightenment-formation-united-states/
then via that, there's http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/themes/room_1_enlightenment.aspx
the mark steel lecture on thomas paine is also pretty good/funny, not that I think 16 year old kids like left wing comedy lectures http://www.marksteelinfo.com/audio/ThomasPaine.mp3
That's really useful stuff, thanks for that.
I don't know if there's a place to visit relating to it but you can always teach them about the Lancashire Cotton Famine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_Cotton_Famine
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might be interesting to look at the influence of the european enlightenment on the thinking of the american civil war, and in particular british and scottish enlightnment, jefferson, locke etc. see http://www.articlemyriad.com/influence-enlightenment-formation-united-states/
then via that, there's http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/themes/room_1_enlightenment.aspx
the mark steel lecture on thomas paine is also pretty good/funny, not that I think 16 year old kids like left wing comedy lectures http://www.marksteelinfo.com/audio/ThomasPaine.mp3