Vocabulary
• Émigrés: Nobles who fled France during the Reign
of terror
• Jacobins: Political group of radicals
• Coup D’Etat: Military takeover of government
• Self-Determination: people create their own
destiny
• Define Emigre
Review
– Nobles who fled France during Revolution
• Who was Maximilian Robespierre?
– Ruler of France post-Louis XVI, Head of Committee on
Public Safety, Radical, led Reign of Terror
• Why is the storming of the Bastille and beheading
of Louis/Marie symbolic?
– People taking power from Monarchy
• What did Tennis Court Oath say?
– That the people are united against the monarchy,
wanted reform
• Where did the ideas come from for the
Declaration of Rights and Sentiments?
– Enlightenment, American Declaration of
Independence
French Revolution Quiz (20 pts)
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Identify two causes of the French Revolution
Machiavelli advocated what form of government?
Define social contract
Who was Robespierre?
What was the Bastille?
Who were Jacobins?
What did the Tennis Court Oath say?
Why did French women March on Versailles?
Who was executed during the reign of terror (hint:
do NOT say everyone or anyone)
Coming soon….
• Extended Bellringer
Agenda
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Extended Bellringer
Autograph Hunt
Notes: Rise of Napoleon
Index Card: Napoleon
Read Napoleonic Code
Exit ticket
Extended Bellringer
• Can you place the events of the French
Revolution in correct chronological order?
• You and your partner will be given a stack of
events. Each one of you must put them in correct
order on your desk WITHOUT USING YOUR
NOTES!
• It’s ok to be wrong the first time (or two) – learn
them!
Objectives
• Students will demonstrate an understanding
of how Napoleon was able to gain and
consolidate power in France by completing an
exit ticket
Autograph Hunt
• You will be given a vocab word
• Find the definition of your word on page 14.
Write your word on the line.
• You will go around the room. Find someone
with a different word. Have them autograph
your page, SWITCH CARDS, and keep going
until your page is full 
Mod 3
• Add:
– 23. Name of the Queen of France _____________
– 24. Machine used for executions ______________
– 25. Political group that advocates radical change
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Agenda
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Bellringer and Review Questions
Index card for Napoleon (mod 7)
Review Rise of Napoleon
Read and Questions: Napoleonic Code
Review Questions
• What was the committee on Public Safety?
– Committee established by French to create new
government after Louis XVI executed. Headed by
Robespierre. Created reign of terror.
• Who was Napoleon?
– Emperor of France after Robespierre, coup d’etat
• Define nationalism
– Pride in your country
• What woman from France also inspired nationalism in
France during 100 years war?
– Joan of Arc
• What religion was dominant in France?
– Catholic
Rise of Napoleon
Background
• After Reign of Terror, France was unstable
• People were sick of terror, death and chaos
• Craved stability and peace…
Rise of Napoleon
• Napoleon a famous French general who won
many battles
• Was a French celebrity
• Able to seize power from an ineffective
government through a coup d' etat
• Originally he ruled with advisors, then
declared himself emperor
Rise of Napoleon
• Created set of laws called Napoleonic Code
• Brought back nationalism (pride in ones
country) to France
• Expanded French territory (created French
Empire)
What
imagery is
present?
Mod 7: Index Card
• Take a minute to fill out a new index card for
your people pile for:
• Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleonic Code
• Read the excerpts of the Napoleonic Code on
pages 19-20 of your packet
• Complete the following questions:
Napoleonic Code
• Who enjoys civil rights in France?
• What is a husband required to do for his wife?
What is his wife required to give him? What
ancient Chinese philosophy is similar?
• What punishments can a father give his child if
he is under 16?
• Who is the administrator of all property in a
household?
• In your opinion, what was the status of
women in post-revolutionary France?
Exit Ticket
• How was Napoleon able to get power in
France?
• Why did the French welcome his rule?
• What was his set of laws called?
• How did Napoleon increase nationalism?
Agenda
• Bell ringer/Review Questions
• Notes: Fall of Napoleon
• Exit ticket
Objective
• Students will be able to demonstrate an
understanding of how Napoleon lost the
French empire by completing an exit ticket
Review Questions
• Who was Napoleon?
– Emperor of France after Robespierre, General
• What was the Committee on Public Safety?
– Panel selected to create government after Louis XVI,
Robespierre was leader
• Who were the Jacobins?
– Radical political party. Robespierre was a Jacobin. In favor
of revolution
• Who was targeted during the reign of terror?
– Anyone viewed to be against the revolution
• Why did the French welcome Napoleonic rule?
– Craved stability and peace after reign of terror
• What was Napoleon’s greatest contribution?
– Napoleonic Code
The Fall of Napoleon
Fall of Napoleon
• The British were Napoleon’s biggest enemy
• To destroy them he began the Continental
Blockade
– Any neutral country or ally of the French empire
were prohibited from trading AT ALL with Britain
– Attempt to economically starve them
Fall of Napoleon
• Tsar Alexander I, an ally of Napoleon, refused
to be part of continental blockade anymore
(was hurting Russian economy)
• So Napoleon decides to invade Russia….in
June. With 30 days supply of food.
• Think about how you dress in June….Now
think about what Russia’s weather is like
Average Russian Temps
Invasion of Russia
• As Napoleon’s troops march through Russia, the
Russian army keeps withdrawing
• As they withdraw they burn all villages and land
• Scorched Earth Policy
• Prevented French troops from living off the land
Invasion of Russia
• Supplies began running out
• Weather became colder….
Stages of Freezing to Death
• How cold have you ever been?
Step one
• Shivering and goose bumps
• As you get closer you may fail “pinky to
thumb” test
Step Two
• “Life or Limb” response
• Sweating accelerates heat loo up to 35X as
fast because of wet skin
• Better to continue walking than rest and
rewarm
• No sensation in skin, extremities will develop
large blisters
• Black skin
Step Three
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Hypothermia
Violent shivering and confusion
Ice crystals form in cells
Tissue damage and purplish discoloration
Step Four
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When body temp reaches 89.9 stop shivering
Difficulty speaking
Cell processes shut down
Paradoxical undressing (malfunction of
hypothalamus)
Stage Five
• Can’t walk or talk
• Organs fail including heart
• Brain death begins but takes a long time
Invasion of Russia
• Began using frozen dead bodies as boats to
cross rivers and to make walls against wind
Infographic
Invasion of Russia
• When French troops arrived in capital of
Moscow, Tsar Alexander I had set all prisoners
free from jails, gave them guns/gun
powder/fireworks, and let them burn Moscow
to the ground
Scorched Earth
• Napoleon’s troops, seconds from death, had
been praying for food/shelter once in Moscow
• There was NOTHING left to the city
• Forced to turn around and march back in
horribly cold temps
Invasion of Russia
• Invaded with 600,000 men and 50,000 horses,
30 day supply of food
• Russia had poor roads, no agriculture (winter),
disease (typhoid) from malnutrition
• Only 100,000 men returned
First Exile
• Defeated at battle of nations, Exiled to island
of Elba
• Still managed to gain support at home, escape
island, and return to attempt to regain power
Battle of Waterloo
• Napoleon engaged in battle in Belgium to
regain power
• Lost the battle of Waterloo, signified the
official end of Napoleon’s rule
• King Louis XVIII restored (Congress of Vienna)
Second Exile
• Exiled again to island of St. Helena (off Africa)
where he died.
• Originally thought to have been poisoned, it is
now known he had stomach cancer
Video Clip
• Napoleon’s Battle at Waterloo
Agenda
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Bell ringer
Review the fall of Napoleon
The Congress of Vienna
Closure
Languages Fuel Nationalism
Review
• What were the causes of Napoleon’s fall from
power?
Target: The Fall of Napoleon
Essential Learning: The French
Revolution
Objectives
• Describe how the Congress of Vienna sought
to return Europe to pre-1792 rule.
• Identify the characteristics that unite a group
of people.
• Define nationalism
Essential Questions
• How did the Congress of Vienna seek to return
Europe to pre-1792 rule?
• What characteristics unite a group of people?
• What is nationalism?
• European aristocracy meets in Vienna to
discuss the state of Europe after the fall of
Napoleon.
Congress of Vienna
• Wanted to restore
balance of power to
Europe
• The Congress redrew
Europe's political
map, returning old
monarchs to power
• Klemens Wenzel Von
Metternich- Leader of
Austria, leader of
Congress
• The Napoleonic Wars created instability of
European monarchs and their colonies.
• The Enlightenment convinced people that
they should rule themselves and because
everybody was fighting Napoleon, they could
not maintain order in their colonies, which
were united by nationalism (common culture,
traditions, heritage, and ethnicity). PRIDE IN
one’s country and the desire to be free.
Essential Questions
• How did the Congress of Vienna seek to return
Europe to pre-1792 rule?
• What characteristics unite a group of people?
• What is nationalism?
pp. 46-47 Languages Fuel Nationalism