By Eugiene Delacroix (1830). Oil on canvas. Louvre,Paris, France.
Essential Questions: 1. What is worth fighting for? Who decides? 2. What is the meaning of equality and is it achievable? 3. What is a revolution?
Objectives: 1. Explain the meaning of the term revolution 2. Identify and assess the causes of the French Revolution 3. Explain the meaning of key terms and people associated with the Revolution 4. Identify the major events of the French Revolution.
Picture the French Revolution in your head. It's a bit complicated BUT:
causes_french_revolution3.gif
We can sort it out.
Opener for the French Revolution (Wallwisher) PERIOD 2: Please post to the Wallwisher:
1. Is this account similar to the one in the textbook you have read? Why or why not?
2. What Estate was the writer from? How do you know?
3. What would King Louis XVI think reading this account and why?
Timelines: Using timetoast we will construct timelines of the events leading to the French Revolution through the crowning of Napoleon as Emperor of France.
Creat username and passwords on Timetoast.com
Fill in events and descriptions as discussed in class. You may add pictures and details as you see fit. The more the better!
Follow the instructions below to link your timeline to your wiki page.
Directions for Using Timetoast.com: Step 1: Create Your TimelineStep
2: Click"your timelines"On The Upper Right Hand CornerStep
3: Find Your Timeline, Then Click "Publish" * * IMPORTANT: Your Timeline MUST Be Published In Order To Get An Embed Code.After You Have Completed Step 3, Your Timeline Should Now Be Under The "Public Timelines Section"
Step 4: Find Your Timeline and Click "View"Step
5: Scroll Down The Page and Underneath The Timeline There Should Be An "Embed/Share" ButtonStep
6: Click "Embed/Share"
Step 7: Copy The Embed CodeEmbed Your Timeline In Your Appropiate Wikispace Page
How To Embed Your Timeline In Wikispaces:
Step 1: Go To Wikispaces.com and Sign In To Your AccountStep
2: Create A New Page Titled "French Revolution", That's Where You Will Embed Your TimelineStep
3: Click "Widgets"
Step 4: Scroll Down and Select "Other"
Step 5: In The Box, Paste Your Timeline Embed Code Which You Copied From Timetoast.comStep
6: Click "Save"Your Timeline Should Then Appear In Your Wikispace Page.
Go to you Timetoast account and view your timeline. At the top right corner, switch to "text view" and then copy and paste the chart onto your wiki space below your timeline. This chart can be used as a study guide for the assessment.
08/09/1788
Estates General called into session
The king was in trouble. The mobility was not happy with his attempt to tax their estate. Nobility wanted to pass the cost on to the Third Estate
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05/09/1789
Estates General meets in Paris
King calls all estates together to address the financial problems of the country. This is th efirst time they have been called together since 1614 or 175 years!
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06/17/1789
Third Estate refuses to abide by kings one vote for each estate order.
Third Estate procoamis themselves the National Assembly and states they have the right to make laws for France. King Louis responds by locking them out of the meeting place using his guards to prevent their entry unless they abide by the old rules.
Tennis_court_oath_tiny
06/20/1789
Tennis Court Oath
The members of the Third Estate meet at the indoor tennis court of Versailles and pledge not to leave unitl they have written a constitution for the nation they represent. The king eventually concedes to their demands.
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10/05/1789
Women of Paris March on Versailles
7000 Women of Paris march to the palace carryinig weapons and demand bread from King Louis....King agrees to return with his family along with them to Paris to live in his Tuileries Palace.
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07/25/1792
Brunswick Manifesto
Austira and Prussia warn that if the Royal Family is hurt there would be trouble. This angers the revolutionaries as the enemy troops begin to mount on the borders and threaten to march on Paris.
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10/09/1792
French forces defeat the Austrian and Prussian invaders
Austria attempts to restore the monarchy though force. Although initially successful in their military attack, they are defeated. A great feeling of relief and exhuberance takes hold for the revolutionaries of Paris at the victory over foreign armies.
Reflection on Timeline: French Revolution and Rise of Napoleon:
Directions:
Work is to be completed below your embedded timeline on the French Revolution page of your wiki.
A. Review your time line annotations
B. Identify and explain three events that were reactions to causes of the French Revolution (outcomes)
Example: (do not use these examples)
1. The Tennis Court Oath was a reaction to the lack of political voice of the Third Estate for centuries as the hands of the Old Order. It led to the creation of the National Assembly which sought political and economic equity
2. The National Assembly created the Declaration of the Righhts of Man......
The great writers of the Enlightenment influenced the French Revolution in many ways.
Using the book and the internet to gather information, fill in the graphic organizer found below:
Heading topic: Evaluation of the Lady Gaga Video on the French Revolution
To be Completed in Paragraph form: ( you may complete as a work document and then upload it to your wiki or answer directly below)
1. In a well formulated paragraph evaluate how watching the video and reading the lyrics increased your understanding of the major events of the French Revolution. Provide evidence from the video or lyrics
2. Identify and explain the lines of the song that describe the causes of the revolution
3. Identify and explain lines that describe changes caused by the Revolution
4. Which part of the video did you like the best and why? The Republic Section 2
Opener: Read through chapter 6 section 2 and follow directions on sheet
Remember to write in the copy provided you must click "enable editing at the top of the page.
Save a copy of your completed work and then upload to your French Revolution page of your wiki
Directions:
1. On the left list things you see and hear
2. On the right make comments on each
3. Summarize what you gained from watching the video
IN ORDER TO WRITE IN THE DOCUMENT PROVIDED YOU MUST CLICK ON ENABLE EDITING AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE
Once you have completed your work copy and save it to your hard drive or desk top using the file name: Governments of Revolutionary France Then upload the file to your French Revolution wiki page
Napoleon takes Control
Background:
The chaos of the French Revolution was the perfect setting for the meteoric rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon was considered to be a military genuis and often was able to be "at the right place at the right time." Within a few brief years, Napoleon rose from a mere army captain to the emperor of France.
Follow the link below to the interactive map : (you will need to scroll down to the middle of the page for the map) Napoleon's Empire Map
Using the map and its different layers, answer the questions found on the worksheet below and then post to your own Wiki page. You should open the worksheet, complete the exercise and then save as a file to your wiki.
By Eugiene Delacroix (1830). Oil on canvas.
Louvre,Paris, France.
Essential Questions:
1. What is worth fighting for? Who decides?
2. What is the meaning of equality and is it achievable?
3. What is a revolution?
Objectives:
1. Explain the meaning of the term revolution
2. Identify and assess the causes of the French Revolution
3. Explain the meaning of key terms and people associated with the Revolution
4. Identify the major events of the French Revolution.
Picture the French Revolution in your head. It's a bit complicated BUT:
We can sort it out.
Opener for the French Revolution (Wallwisher)
PERIOD 2: Please post to the Wallwisher:
What is a Revolution?
PERIOD 7:Please post to the Wallwisher:
What is a Revolution?
Image Detective Activity:
Ask a Question
Write down Clues
Draw a conclusion
Below is an actual primary source account of the "Storming of the Bastille"
Read the account and answer the questions below it:
The Fall of the Bastille
A Parisian Newspaper Account of the Fall of the Bastille
Questitons:
1. Is this account similar to the one in the textbook you have read? Why or why not?
2. What Estate was the writer from? How do you know?
3. What would King Louis XVI think reading this account and why?
Handouts used:
Fill in the chart with descriptions of the events and results and then plot the dates and information on the Timetoast Timeline:
Timelines:
Using timetoast we will construct timelines of the events leading to the French Revolution through the crowning of Napoleon as Emperor of France.
Creat username and passwords on Timetoast.com
Fill in events and descriptions as discussed in class. You may add pictures and details as you see fit. The more the better!
Follow the instructions below to link your timeline to your wiki page.
Directions for Using Timetoast.com:
Step 1: Create Your TimelineStep
2: Click "your timelines" On The Upper Right Hand CornerStep
3: Find Your Timeline, Then Click "Publish" * * IMPORTANT: Your Timeline MUST Be Published In Order To Get An Embed Code.After You Have Completed Step 3, Your Timeline Should Now Be Under The "Public Timelines Section"
Step 4: Find Your Timeline and Click "View"Step
5: Scroll Down The Page and Underneath The Timeline There Should Be An "Embed/Share" ButtonStep
6: Click "Embed/Share"
Step 7: Copy The Embed Code Embed Your Timeline In Your Appropiate Wikispace Page
How To Embed Your Timeline In Wikispaces:
Step 1: Go To Wikispaces.com and Sign In To Your AccountStep
2: Create A New Page Titled "French Revolution", That's Where You Will Embed Your TimelineStep
3: Click "Widgets"
Step 4: Scroll Down and Select "Other"
Step 5: In The Box, Paste Your Timeline Embed Code Which You Copied From Timetoast.comStep
6: Click "Save" Your Timeline Should Then Appear In Your Wikispace Page.
Go to you Timetoast account and view your timeline. At the top right corner, switch to "text view" and then copy and paste the chart onto your wiki space below your timeline. This chart can be used as a study guide for the assessment.
Reflection on Timeline: French Revolution and Rise of Napoleon:
Directions:
- Work is to be completed below your embedded timeline on the French Revolution page of your wiki.
A. Review your time line annotationsB. Identify and explain three events that were reactions to causes of the French Revolution (outcomes)
Example: (do not use these examples)
1. The Tennis Court Oath was a reaction to the lack of political voice of the Third Estate for centuries as the hands of the Old Order. It led to the creation of the National Assembly which sought political and economic equity
2. The National Assembly created the Declaration of the Righhts of Man......
The great writers of the Enlightenment influenced the French Revolution in many ways.
Using the book and the internet to gather information, fill in the graphic organizer found below:
Use Croc Docs to mark-up the primary source Declaration of the Rights of Man found below.
CROC DOCS
Lady Gaga French Revolution Video and Lyrics:
To be completed in your wiki:
Heading topic: Evaluation of the Lady Gaga Video on the French Revolution
1. In a well formulated paragraph evaluate how watching the video and reading the lyrics increased your understanding of the major events of the French Revolution. Provide evidence from the video or lyrics
2. Identify and explain the lines of the song that describe the causes of the revolution
3. Identify and explain lines that describe changes caused by the Revolution
4. Which part of the video did you like the best and why?
The Republic Section 2
Opener: Read through chapter 6 section 2 and follow directions on sheet
Fill in the terms and connections for the chart below on section 2:
Reign of Terror Video Exercise:
History Chanel Video on Reign of Terror:
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Remember to write in the copy provided you must click "enable editing at the top of the page.Save a copy of your completed work and then upload to your French Revolution page of your wiki
Directions:
1. On the left list things you see and hear
2. On the right make comments on each
3. Summarize what you gained from watching the video
Reign of Terror: History Channel
Directions:
Once you have completed your work copy and save it to your hard drive or desk top using the file name: Governments of Revolutionary France
Then upload the file to your French Revolution wiki page
Napoleon takes Control
Background:
The chaos of the French Revolution was the perfect setting for the meteoric rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon was considered to be a military genuis and often was able to be "at the right place at the right time." Within a few brief years, Napoleon rose from a mere army captain to the emperor of France.
Worksheets for Napoleon found below:
Video of Napoleon
Napoleon: Portrait comparison:
Anaylze the two different paintings of Napoleon and answer the questions found on the workheet.
Map Activity for Napoleon's Empire:
Follow the link below to the interactive map : (you will need to scroll down to the middle of the page for the map)
Napoleon's Empire Map
Using the map and its different layers, answer the questions found on the worksheet below and then post to your own Wiki page. You should open the worksheet, complete the exercise and then save as a file to your wiki.
TERMS:
Legacy of Napoleon:
To Help you prepare for your article review the following topics on the PBS site listed provided below:
a. Youth and Family Life
b. Tyrant or hero
c. Self-made myth
d. Perspectives on Napoleon
PBS Napoleon site:
Use the worksheet below to help you organize your information for the article:
More resources to explore for the article:
Naploeon information from thinkquest
Napoleon information summary BBC
Interactive timeline for Napoleon's life and accomplishments
Naploeon biography
Naploeon short biography
Naploeon Quotes
Naploeon short
This is the Checklist to be used to complete your article assignment:
The Template for your article is found below.
Example :
Rubric for the assignment:
You are going to upload this assignment to your Wiki page AND hand in a hard copy.
Student Binder Table of contents: French Revolution and Napoleon's Empire
Period 2 Table of contents:
Period 7 Table of contents:
Napoleon Red Bull Commercial:
Rockin Napoleon Video: