| Key Questions |
Activities |
Resources |
| Introducing the French Revolution and
understanding the legacy: Why is the French Revolution an
important event to study? |
(Individual) Read Brooman (82-93)
select five long-term consequences of the revolution and explain
them (Group)
Begin the group website by each researching the
importance of the following concepts and their relationship to
the French Revolution: nationalism, liberalism, egalitarianism,
rationalism and revolution. At this stage you also need to have
started the planning and structuring of your website.
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Brooman Revolution in France
Chapter 5
Group website planning sheets
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| What were the long-term causes of the
French Revolution? |
(Group) Research and write five new
pages for your group website: long-term causes index with links
(not in shared borders) to political causes, economic causes,
social causes and cultural causes. |
Brooman - Political causes (15-18) -
abuse of power e.g. sealed letters and Marie Antoinette.
Economic causes (8-12) poverty and taxation. Social causes (4-8,
10-11) - three estates and rights and privileges. Cultural
causes (12-14) - philosophes and Jean Calas of Toulouse. |
| How important were economic causes of
the French Revolution? |
Individual Essay |
As above. See examples from Rachelle
(well organised and concise) |
| What were the short-term causes of
the French Revolution? |
(Group) Research and write a section
of your website on the short-term causes of the revolution.
These causes begin with freak weather which caused the poor
harvest in the summer 1788. Other causes that need to be
included: unemployment, reform of the Estates General,
complaints list and the Tennis Court Oath. |
Brooman 21-25 |
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