Chapter 3 – The French Revolution and Napolean 1789-1815
California Standards
H-SS 10.2.1 Compare the major ideas of philosophers and their effects on the democratic revolutions in England, the United States, France, and Latin America (e.g., John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Simón Bolívar, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison).
H-SS 10.2.2 List the principles of the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights (1689), the American Declaration of Independence (1776), the French Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789), and the U.S. Bill of Rights (1791).
H-SS 10.2.4 Explain how the ideology of the French Revolution led France to develop from constitutional monarchy to democratic despotism to the Napoleonic empire.
H-SS 10.2.5 Discuss how nationalism spread across Europe with Napoleon but was repressed for a generation under the Congress of Vienna and Concert of Europe until the Revolutions of 1848.
Ch. 3.1 On the Eve of Revolution (pg. 108)
Project 1- 3.1 Kickoff Read the “Witness History” selection - pg 108
According to Demoulins, what elements do monarchies thrive on?
Why do you think the crowd would find this speech inspiring?
Project 2- 3.1 Prior Knowledge
How might the ideas of the Enlightenment influence peasants and the middle class in countries with absolute monarchs, such as France.?
Project 3- 3.1 Vocabulary
Project 4- 3.1 Standards Quiz
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Ch. 3.2 The French Revolution Unfolds (pg 114)
Project 1- 3.2 Kickoff Read the “Witness History” selection – pg 114
Who is "the Austrian" the mob is referring to?
Why are the Parisian women so angry with the king and queen?
Project 2- 3.2 Prior Knowledge
Ask students to recall the problems that led to the start of the French Revolution and the formation of the National Assembly. Then have them predict what the National Assembly might do to try to solve some of those problems.
Project 3- 3.2 Vocabulary
Project 4- 3.2 Standards Quiz
Project 5- 3.2 Section Quiz
Ch. 3.3 Radical Days of the Revolution (pg 121)
Project 1- 3.3 Kickoff Read the Witness History selection
Point out that the picture shows Marie Antoinette in a tumbrel.
How does Dickens describe the tumbrels?
How do you think he feels about using the carts for those about to die?
Project 2- 3.3 Prior Knowledge
Note that the French Revolution had a radical stage of excessive violence.
Ask students to preview the pictures and brainstorm possible reasons for the atrocities that often take place in revolutions.
Project 3- 3.3 Vocabulary
Project 4- 3.3 Standards Quiz
Project 5- 3.3 Section Quiz
Ch 3.4 The Age of Napoleon
Project 1- 3.4 Kickoff Read the Witness History selection
How does Napoleon's statement after his victory at Lodi, Italy, reflect his ambition?
Project 2- 3.4 Prior Knowledge
Remind students that, in 1799, Napoleon was a popular military leader.
Ask them to predict how his military background might influence France and Europe.
Project 3- 3.4 Vocabulary
Project 4- 3.4 Standards Quiz