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19th-Century Science: Maxwell, Darwin, and New Worldviews

6th Grade · Social Studies · NCHS

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Explore how breakthroughs in electromagnetism and evolutionary biology by Maxwell and Darwin transformed 19th-century technology, philosophy, and social thought.

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usWH-ERA-7.S4D.4National Center for History in the Schools Standards · 6th Grade

[Grades 7-12] Assess the social significance of the work of scientists, including Maxwell, Darwin, and Pasteur. [Examine the influence of ideas]

usWH-ERA-7.S5A.1National Center for History in the Schools Standards · 6th Grade

[Grades 7-12] Assess the social significance of the work of scientists, including Maxwell, Darwin, and Pasteur. [Examine the influence of ideas]