UNIT 8—ATLANTIC REVOLUTIONS
GOALS: Students will be better able to
 Explain the multiple factors that caused the French, Haitian, and Latin
American Revolutions
 Compare/contrast the U.S., French, Haitian, and Latin American Revolutions
 Discuss the political rights and responsibilities that these revolutions helped
establish
 Analyze key documents from these revolutions and evaluate the balance
between individual rights and the common good
 Explain the effects of these revolutions on ideas of abolition, women’s rights,
or nationalism
DATE
M
2/11
T
2/12
W
2/13
TH
2/14
READING DUE
ASSIGNMENT DUE
Strayer p. 491-495
(in class)
MOODLE/ TECH.
ASSIGNMENTS
VOCAB./ PEOPLE TO
KNOW





ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What is the purpose of government?
What are the characteristics of a “good” government?
Are the individual and his/her rights more important
than the community and its well-being, or vice versa?
What is a revolution and when is it necessary?
What kind of violence is an acceptable tool of
revolution?
PLACES TO KNOW
& LOCATE
Eurocentrism
individual rights
Common Good
See map
assignment
Strayer p. 501-504
(audio)
F
2/15
M
Reilly p. 741-745
2/18 (audio)
Reading quiz over Enlightenment
Strayer p. 501-504
NHD Projects due at 4:00
Analysis of
Declaration of
Independence—using
bookmark & IN p. 23
T
Excerpts from U.S. Analysis of U.S.
2/19 Constitution &
Constitution (IN p.
Articles of
24) & Articles of
Confederation
Confederation (IN p.
25)
W
Strayer p. 504-507 Revolutions organizer of
2/20 (audi0)
French Revolution
Ency. Of World
History—Rev.France (online)
Declaration of
Independence
Thomas Jefferson
inalienable rights
Articles of
Confederation
Constitution
James Madison
Reading quiz over First, Second, & Third
Strayer p. 504-507 Estates
& Ency. Of World Estates General
History
ancien régime
Louis XVI
Maximilien
Robespierre
Reign of Terror
Napoleon Bonaparte
DAY’S ACTIVITIES
 Read Strayer p. 491-495 and complete
worksheet over the reading
 Introduction to Unit 8—video clip,
current events, and essential questions
 Unit 8 map assignment
 Video—“Crash Course in World History”
 Complete revolutions organizer for U.S.
Revolution
 Guest speaker—Dean Jacobs (per. 2,6,7)
 Work day (per. 1 & 4)
 Essential questions—how would
Jefferson answer them (worksheet)
 Analysis of King George’s “crimes”—
revolution or not?
 Discussion of Unit 8 essential
questions—how and why did the
founders change their answers to these
questions?
 DBQ on the causes of the French
Revolution
TH
2/21
Reilly p. 745-748
Analysis of
(audio); U.S. Bill of Declaration of the
Rights
Rights of Man &
Citizen (IN p. 26) and
U.S. Bill of Rights (IN
p.27)
F 2/22 Strayer p. 507-510
(audio); Ency. Of
World History—
Rev.-Haiti (online)
M
Reilly p. 755-757
2/25 (audio); 1801
Constitution
(handout, audio)
Analysis of Letter to
the Directory (IN p.
28) and 1801
Constitution (IN p.
29)
T
Strayer p. 510-513
2/26 (audio)
W
Reilly p. 758-763
2/27 (audio)
Analysis of A
Constitution for
Venezuela (IN p. 30)
TH
2/28
F 3/1
M 3/4
Unit 8 podcast
assignment
ASSIGNMENTS:
 2.11-2.19 Vocabulary Check
 2.20-2.21 Vocabulary Check
 2.22-2.25 Vocabulary Check
 2.26-2.27 Vocabulary Check
 8 document analyses in IN p. 23-30
 Unit 8 podcast assignment
Reading quiz over
Strayer p. 507-510
& Ency. Of World
History
Declaration of the
Rights of Man and
Citizen
Marquis de Lafayette
 2.11-2.19 Vocabulary Check
 Compare and contrast Declaration of the
Rights of Man and Citizen and the U.S.
Bill of Rights
grands blancs
petits blancs
gens de couleur libres
Toussaint
L’Ouverture
Jean-Jacques
Dessalines
Directory
 2.20-2.21 Vocabulary Check
 Video—“Crash Course in World History”
 Revolutions organizer for Haitian
Revolution
Reading quiz over creoles
Strayer p. 510-513 Miguel Hidalgo
José Morelos
Simón Bolívar
José de San Martín
Americanos
mestizos
republican
government
 Discussion of Unit 8 essential
questions—how would L’Ouverture
answer these questions
 2.22-2.25 Vocabulary Check
 Video—“Crash Course in World History”
 Revolutions organizer for Latin
American revolutions
 2.26-2.27 Vocabulary Check
 Discussion of Unit 8 essential
questions—how would Simón Bolívar
have answered these questions?
 Comparison with U.S., French, &
Haitian Revolutions
 Unit 8 Quiz—Per. 1,6,7
 Unit 8 Essay—Per. 2,4
 Unit 7 reflection
 Unit 8 podcast assignment
 Unit 8 podcast assignment
UNIT 8 PODCAST ASSIGNMENT:
 The directions for this assignment are available in the Hand-out folder and Moodle Unit 8
 Students will have two class periods to work on this assignment—Mar. 1 & 4
UNIT 8 REFLECTIONS:
 Complete the Unit 8 reflection page; Use the general reflection questions and the Unit 8
podcast assignment for the assignment reflection