9th Grade Social Studies
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Louis XIV “The sun king”
The Storming of the Bastille
The
Marat
The lack of social, economic and political
equality in
Under
absolutism, most people in
A major revolution broke out in
You will be a participant in the Revolution. You were
an eyewitness. You have a chance to evaluate this monumental event for future
historians. You have a chance to set an example that could prevent revolutions
and save lives in the next millenniums.
.
1) You will use the TIPS Public Policy
Analyst worksheets to define the social, economic and political problems,
determine the causes of the problems and evaluate the public policies of the
revolution. You will present your report on the French Revolution in five page,
type-written report using Microsoft word or any other word processing
application.
2) You must use internet sites, books and teacher
handouts as resources for your report. These resources must be annotated in a
bibliography and the end of your report.
3} You will use the TIPS website, GHPPA, to complete
the worksheets that will guide you in writing your report.
4} Each group will also be responsible to produce a
power point presentation on one or more of the GHPPA steps. You will use clip
art and downloaded illustrations to enhance your presentation. The Power point
must be a minimum of 10 slides.
5} The Power points will be presented to the class by
the group as a whole. The presentation will last a minimum of 10 minutes and be
interactive with your classmates.
1)
You will be divided into groups and each group will be
assigned a specific social class in the The First
Estate, The Second Estate and the Third Estate.
2)
Every member
of the group will pretend to be embedded in one of the groups that erupted during the
revolution and give an eye witness account of how the events unfolded and the
outcome of the event for the newspaper
you work for.
3)
Using a variety of resources and internet ( textbooks, handouts) your group will
research the topic of the French Revolution.
You will use the following Public Policy Analyst worksheets to record
your information.
4)
You will use the internet resources given to you and
other print material to complete the worksheets on the GHPPA worksheets
below. You will define the social
problem, gather evidence of the problem, determine the causes of the problem
and evaluate the existing public
policies of the French
Worksheet1:
Defining the Social Problem
Worksheet2:
Gathering evidence of the problem
Worksheet3:
Determining the causes of the problem
Worksheet4:
Evaluating existing public policies
of the French
Your group
must be sure to cover the following topics:
a)
Absolute Monarchy – on the eve of the revolution
b)
Social Inequality – Since the Middle Ages, everyone
in
c)
Economic Injustices – The situation in
d)
Enlightenment – Throughout the 1600s and 1700s,
Enlightenment thinkers were critical of
e)
English and American examples.
Every member of the group should report on one of the
events of the revolution listed below or your own choics.
March-May 1789 Election
of deputies to the Estates General
1) o5/05/1789 The French Estates General meets at
2) 06/17/189 The
Third Estate (commoners) of the Estates-General meets separately and declares
itself to
be a National Assembly. King Louis XVI closed
their meeting place, so they repair to the tennis court at the Louv
3) July 1789 The ‘Great Fear’
4)
5)
6)
7) October 1789 Foundation
of the Club of Jacobins
8)
9)
10)
11)
12) July 1790 Foundation
of the Club de Cordellies
13)
14) July 1791 Acceptance
of the Constitution by the King
15) Oct 1791 Formation
of the Legislative Assembly
16)
17)
18)
19)
20)
21)
22) Sept 5, -
Chronology
of the French Revolution
An
outline of events in the French Revolution
The
French Revolution (1789-1799)
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring
the French Revolution
France during the
French Revolution and Under Napoleon Bonaparte
The People and the French Revolution - LectureThe French Revolution--Behind RoV
British Newspaper Coverage of the French Revolution
http://www.fsu.edu/~napoleon/Lecture 11: The Origins of the French Revolution
French Revolution - start of the end of western civilization
An outline of events in the French Revolution
www.webcrawler.com www.dogpile.com
The project grade will be based upon the following evaluation scale:
Standard
5: Civics, Citizenship, and Government
This web
quest focuses on the following
E1c: Read and comprehend informational materials
E2a: Produce a persuasive essay
E3a: Participate in one-to-one conference with
the teacher
E3c: Prepare and deliver an individual
presentation.
E3d: Make informed judgments about TV, radio,
film.
E4b: Analyze
and subsequently revise work to improve its clarity and effectiveness.
