2011 Stages of a Revolution Lesson
Plan
Date your papers:
Monday, Nov 28, 2011
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011
Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011
Thursday, Dec 1, 2011
Friday, Dec 2, 2011
Monday, Dec 5, 2011
• Essential and Guiding Questions:
1. What is a revolution (social, political, technological, etc.)?
2. How did the people’s view of Absolutism change as a result of the
Enlightenment?
3. What is the significance of absolute rule becoming shared Parliamentary
rule in England? How will this affect the rest of the world?
4. How did the French Revolution represent the best and worst of the
Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution?
5. When does a revolution end and how do you know if it was a success?
6. What causes people to rebel?
7. How did the political structures in France and England differ? How did
these differences affect the course of revolution in each country?
8. How did the disparity between the lives of the upper and lower estates
(classes) create tension in Europe (specifically France)?
9. What are the major stages of the French Revolution?
10. How did the Reign of Terror happen?
11. What effect did Napoleon’s reign as master of Europe have on France
and its conquered territories?
Monday, Nov 28, 2011
• Quiet Question: Type One Prompt---Examine the
Delacroix painting from the French Revolution and
complete the Put Yourself In The Picture Activity.
• Pair-Share: Turn to your partner and share your
Type One Prompts. After sharing your
observations, together answer the following
questions:
• a)What message does this painting depict about
the nature of revolutions? Why do you think that?
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• b)Do you agree with the artist’s interpretation of
revolutions? Why or why not?
Monday, Nov 28, 2011
• Class: Turn to your reading entitled “Anatomy of a
Revolution.”
• As Ms. Barben reads aloud and goes over the
historical premise of Crane Brinton, you are to
highlight and make notes on the reading.
• Class: We are going to watch The History
Channel’s “The French Revolution” DVD.
– As we do, you should be taking notes in the provided
graphic organizer “Point-Form Time Line”.
Monday, Nov 28, 2011
• Homework: Begin reading and Talk to the Text on the
photocopied supplemental reading “The French Revolution--An Overview.”
• Day One and Two: Read and Talk to the Text on the “History
Repeats Flowchart” and the “Rowdy Revolutions The French
Revolution” pages 91-103
• Day Three: Read and Talk to the Text on “The Course of the
French Revolution Flowchart” and “French Revolution
Overview” through the “Downfall of Robespierre”
• Day Four: Read and Talk to the Text on “The Results of the
French Revolution Flowchart”, “The Results of the French
Revolution” Reading, “The Legacy of the Revolution”, “What
Have We Learned from the French Revolution?”, and “The
Accomplishments of the French Revolution Charts”
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011
• Class: We are going to continue with
The History Channel’s “The French
Revolution” DVD. And you should
continue taking notes in the provided
graphic organizer “Point-Form Time
Line.”
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• Homework: Do the Day Two part of the
Reading Assignment.
Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011
• Class: We are going to finish The History Channel’s
“The French Revolution” DVD. And you should
finish your notes in the provided graphic organizer
“Point-Form Time Line.”
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• Pair-Share: Turn to your partner and compare and
contrast your notes. This is the time to add and
revise.
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• Homework: Do the Day Three part of the Reading
Assignment.
Thursday, Dec 1, 2011
• Individual: Using your Reading Assignment and your DVD
Graphic Organizer, complete the 3-2-1 Summary Activity.
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• Class: Students will share some of their 3-2-1 points. Ms.
Barben will answer some of the questions raised. Others
will be answered as we move through the unit.
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• Class: Ms. Barben is going to begin her Stages of a
Revolution Powerpoint Presentation. As she does this,
you are to take DETAILED notes on how the French
Revolution followed the historical pattern.
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• Homework: Do the Day Four part of the Reading
Assignment. This will be collected the next class period.
Friday, Dec 2, 2011
• Collect Reading Homework
• Class: Ms. Barben is going to continue
her Stages of a Revolution Powerpoint
Presentation. You should continue to
take DETAILED notes.
• Homework: Work on your Notebook
and Study Guide.
Monday, Dec 5, 2011
• Class: Ms. Barben is going to finish her Stages of a
Revolution Powerpoint Presentation. You will finish
your DETAILED notes.
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• Homework: You are going to create a Metaphorical
Representation on the Stages of a Revolution.
• You will create a Metaphorical Representation on
Stages of a Revolution examining the French
Revolution--It is up to you to either focus on the
positive or negative aspects. You have a choice
between using a Simile, a Metaphor, or an Analogy for
this homework assignment.
2011 Defining Stages of a Revolution Metaphorical
Representation Grade Sheet:
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• ________1. The assignment was turned in on time. For
each day late, it is 10% off the grade._________
• ________2. The assignment was:
• done neatly,
• in color,
• on a blank piece of paper,
• and the paragraphs were typed,
• spell-checked,
• and grammar-checked.
• Watch for capitalization errors!
• The assignment reflected good effort and thought.
• Worth 10 Points.
• ________3. The student created a Metaphorical Representation on
defining and exploring the Stages of a Revolution through events of the
French Revolution. It was up to the student to either focus on either the
positive or negative aspects. Worth 5 Points
• “The Stages of a Revolution as exemplified by the French Revolution was
like …”
– …being on a roller coaster with all the twists, turns, peaks, and drops that
leaves you feeling exhilarated and also sick in the stomach at the same time.”
– …going through a haunted house where you never know what is around the
corner to scare you and make you scream in fright or laugh in delight.”
– …being in high school where different social cliques fight for domination and
people are in and out of the cliques as the years move on.”
– …going through a move where you have to pack up your life, move, unpack,
learn a new neighborhood and school, and discover that not much has
changed from your old life to your new one.”
– …being overweight, trying several fad diets, then find a healthy way to lose
weight and keep it off for some time, but then fall back into bad habits and
gain most of the weight back.”
– …come up with one of your own that make sense and covers the all the
Stages of a Revolution to earn 5 BONUS POINTS.
• ________4. Under the chosen metaphor, simile, or analogy, the student
illustrated a scene that supported the literary comparison:
• The student incorporated specific historical information into the drawing.
This will be done in pictures and words.
• It may be hand-drawn or generated on the computer.
• Either way, they must be historically specific to the people, beliefs, and
events from the Powerpoint Presentation and Yellow Supplemental
Reading.
• Use historical images from the time period incorporated into the
illustration to help prove your point. This is very important.
• YOU MUST ADDRESS ALL NINE STAGES OF A REVOLUTION WITH
EXAMPLES FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
• Do this in color and on a blank piece of paper.
• Examples: What would the roller coaster cars represent? What would the
different passengers in the roller coaster cars represent? What would the
roller coaster tracks represent? What would a twist in the rails represent?
What would a climb or drop in the rails represent? What would the name
of the roller coaster ride represent?
• Worth 45 Points.
• ________5. On the back of the Metaphorical Representation, the student
wrote TWO typed, well-developed paragraphs. In the paragraphs, the
student:
• You explained the literary comparison using referring to the specific
historical elements in the illustration and explaining their relationships to
your literary comparison.
• You used historical terms, definitions, aspects, and examples from the
Powerpoint and Supplemental Reading
• You did not write vague or general statements.
• You did not keep repeating the same information or point to make it
appear longer.
• Each paragraph was a minimum of TEN WELL-DEVELOPED SENTENCES!
• Go back to the Examples Questions. Use those types of questions to
guide your paragraphs.
• YOU MUST ADDRESS ALL NINE STAGES OF A REVOLUTION AND FRENCH
REVOLUTION EXAMPLES FOR EACH.
• Worth 45 Points
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• Comments:
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