The Worldly Philosophers | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Scotland - This location symbolized home to Adam Smith.

England - This was a society with a wealthy upper class and a poor lower class.

New Lanark - This community, in Scotland, was a Utopian community visited by celebrities from all over the world.

New Harmony - This was a model Village of Cooperation community located in Posey County, Indiana.

France - Adam Smith traveled to this country when he worked as a tutor.

Germany - This is the birthplace of Karl Marx.

Minnesota - This is the birthplace of Thorstein Veblen.

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