Unit 2: Revolution
Essential Questions:
1. How has the role of government evolved over time?
2. To what extent can philosophical and scientific theories impact human activity?
3. To what extent is revolutionary action necessary to promote change?
4. How does economic activity impact people and nations?
Days 1 & 2
To prepare: Any shorts or Chapter Summaries?
Topic: Absolutism; Divine Right of Kings
Format: - Note packet, Absolute Rulers
- PowerPoint Presentation to accompany note packet
Day 3
To prepare: Read Frederick’s Essay on Forms of Government and review seminar questions
Topic: Theories of Government; Enlightened Despotism
Format: Seminar Discussion
Day 4
To prepare: Read World History Short, “The English Revolution,” and complete first column of Guided
Reading.
Topic: Evolution of British Government
Format: - PowerPoint presentation (includes video segments)
- Note Packet, Evolution of British Government (includes primary sources)
Day 5
To prepare: Read textbook Chapter 5 (section 5) and complete second column of Guided Reading.
Topic: Evolution of British Government
Format: - PowerPoint presentation (includes video segments)
- Note Packet, Evolution of British Government (includes primary sources)
Review for test on Absolute Rulers (Chapter 5)
Day 5
Test
Day 6
To prepare: Read World History Short, “The Scientific Revolution,” and complete first column of Guided
Reading.
Do Now: In what ways is science revolutionary?
Topic: Scientific Revolution
Format: PowerPoint presentation
Day 7
To prepare: Read textbook Chapter 6 (section 1) and complete second column of Guided Reading.
Topic: Scientific Revolution
Format: PowerPoint presentation
Video: Biography of the Millennium
Day 8
To prepare: Read World History Short, “The Age of Reason,” and complete first column of Guided Reading.
Topic: The Enlightenment
Format: Note Packet, TheEnlightenment.
Video: Biography of the Millennium, Enlightenment Thinkers (13 minutes)
Students will use textbook, Chapter 6 (sections 2 & 3), to complete chart.
Day 9
To prepare: (1) Read Locke’s Second Treatise of Government; (2) Review Locke Seminar questions.
Topic: Social Contract Theory
Format: - Seminar Discussion
- Review for test
Day 10
Test
Day 11
To prepare: Read World History Short, “The French Revolution Begins,” and complete first column of Guided
Reading.
Topic: French Revolution
Format: - PowerPoint presentation
Day 12
To prepare: Read textbook Chapter 7 (section 1) and complete second column of Guided Reading.
Topic: French Revolution
Format: PowerPoint presentation
Video: Final scene of Marie Antoinette
Day 13
To prepare: Read World History Short, “Execution of a King,” and complete first column of Guided Reading
Topic: Declaration of the Rights of Man
Reform & Terror
Format: PowerPoint presentation
Primary source, Declaration of the Rights of Man. Analysis and interpretation of select provisions.
Students rewrite each provision in their own words and indicate agreement or disagreement.
Day 14
To prepare: Read textbook Chapter 7 (section 2) and complete second column of Guided Reading.
Topic: - Declaration of the Rights of Man
- Reform & Terror
Format: PowerPoint Presentation
Day 15 & 16
Topic: The French Revolution
Format: Video, The French Revolution: A New Republic is Born in Blood. 100 minutes.
Day 17
To prepare: Read World History Short, “Napoleon,” and complete first column of Guided Reading
Topic: Rise & Fall of Napoleon
Format: - Cooperative Learning, The Rise & Fall of Napoleon. (Accompanied by powerpoint images). In
groups, students will review a note packet and complete various tasks about Napoleon, including quote
interpretation, poetry analysis, and evaluative summary. Class discussion follows.
- Video: Biography of the Millennium, Napoleon (#27). 2 minutes.
Days 18 & 19
To prepare: Read textbook Chapter 7 (section 3) and complete second column of Guided Reading.
Topic: The French Revolution – A Summative Evaluation
Format: DBQ, Is Liberty, Equality, Fraternity a fitting epitaph for the French Revolution? Analysis of
documents and outlining for essay.
Days 20 & 21
To prepare: Read World History Short, “The Industrial Revolution,” and complete first column of Guided
Reading.
Topic: The Industrial Revolution
Format: - PowerPoint presentation, combined with video clips from (1) Mankind: The Story of All of Us, and (2)
Biography of the Millennium (Karl Marx)
- Documents: The Principles of Socialism; The Principles of Communism
Day 22
To prepare: Skim textbook Chapter 9 (sections 1-4) and complete second column of Guided Reading.
Topic: The Industrial Revolution - Inventors
Format: - Discussion of list of inventors from the Industrial Revolution and beyond
- Biography of the Millennium (Inventors) 15 minutes
- Introduction of Dinner Party Project
Days 23 & 24
Media Center research
Days 25 & 26
Class presentations
Day 27
To prepare: Read World History Short, “Changes in Russia.”
Topic: Marxism and the Russian Revolution
Format: - Class discussion
- Biography Video - Lenin
Day 28
To prepare: Read World History Short, “Communism Comes to China.”
Topic: Marxism and the Chinese Revolution
Format: - Class discussion
- Biography Video - Mao