The French Revolution
Differentiated Project List
Directions: Complete enough of the following projects to equal 100 points
1. Write a series of journal entries as if you lived during the French Revolution (______/_____60____)
a. Include your eye witness accounts for each of the following events:
i. Estates General/National Assemble
ii. Bastille/Women’s march on Versailles
iii. French Republic/anarchy in the streets
iv. War with Europe/Napoleon’s rise
v. Napoleon’s fall and the Congress of Vienna
b. Your entries must be at least ONE PAGE ( 23 lines of text per page, double spaced) in length and read as an eyewitness account typed
c. Creative and historical
i. Include a bibliography of sources used for each. See the following link for help à Citation Machine use MLA
d. Bound together somehow with a creative cover
2. Create a scrap book that might have been kept by someone during the French Revolution (______/_____50____)
a. It should commemorate YOUR (you are taking on the role of a figure during the revolution) experiences during the Revolution
b. Contain items such as pictures, pamphlets, souvenirs from different events AND a brief (3-5 sentences) explaining how each commemorates a particular event. i.e. a pamphlet from the beheading of Marie Antoinette
c. Be bound
d. Have a one page introduction (typed, double spaced, 23 lines of text per page) to YOUR character and their role in the French Revolution.
3. Create a timeline of the French Revolution (______/_____30____)
a. Include the following events on your time line
i. Storming of the Bastille
ii. Estates General
iii. Louis XVI crowned
iv. Women’s March on Versailles
v. Great Fear
vi. National Assembly
vii. Execution of Louis XVI
viii. Necker is Fired
ix. National Convention
x. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
xi. Tennis Court Oath
xii. Execution of Marie Antoinette
xiii. Constitution of 1791
xiv. Committee of Public Safety
xv. Paris Commune
xvi. Reign of Terror
xvii. Death of Robespierre
xviii. Declaration of War against Austria
xix. Constitution of 1795
xx. Napoleon’s Coup d’etate
b. Your timeline must be neat, creative, and INCLUDE the dates of the events.
c. You must also include illustrations for 10 of the events
4. Type five days worth of notes and hand them in (______/_____10____)
5. Make 20 flashcards of people, places, or events associated with the French Revolution and turn them in (______/_____10____)
6. Make a book of political cartoons from the French Revolution (______/_____20____)
a. Your book must contain 5 political cartoons WITH a paragraph explanation ( typed, 5- 10 sentences) attached to them
b. Be bound
c. Have a cover
7. Write a three page biography of any Revolutionary figure (______/_____40____)
a. Your biography must include the following:
i. Basic childhood information
ii. THEIR ROLE IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
iii. Life after the French Revolution
b. Must be typed (23 lines of text per page, three pages long)
c. Include bibliography citing where your sources came from
i. Must have TWO BOOK sources and two other sources
ii. see the following link for help à Citation Machine use MLA
8. Design a collage of image from the French Revolution (______/_____30____)
a. Your collage must include the following:
i. 15- 20 images of the Revolution (people, places, documents etc.)
ii. Colorful
iii. Numbers that correspond with a brief explanation of what the image is and why you chose it (3-5 sentences)
1. Explanations must be typed and affixed to the back of the collage
9. Create an original work of art depicting your interpretation of a major event in the French Revolution (______/_____40____)
a. Your work of art must include:
i. A title
ii. Historical context
iii. A one page explanation of what your work of art is about
* Serious Artist’s Only*
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10. French people and society on the eve of the French Revolution (______/_____5____)
11. The three Estates of French society (______/_____5____)
12. The Bankruptcy of the French Crown (______/_____5____)
13. The causes of the French Revolution (______/_____5____)
14. The Declaration of the Rights of Man – 1789 (______/_____5____)
15. The Summoning of the Estates General (______/_____5____)
16. The execution of Louis XVI (______/_____5____)
17. The Reign of Terror (______/_____5____)
18. Napoleon Bonaparte (______/_____5____)
DUE DATE: October 21th Weight: 2 Project Grades
The French Revolution
Differentiated Project Checklist
Directions: Go through the following and check off each item before handing in your project!
o Is your name is on EVERYTHING ( every flash card, etc)
o Did you submit a blank Differentiated Project List with your project items clearly highlighted?
o Are all of your project items affixed securely?