MS.
BROWN’S GLOBAL HISTORY CLASS
GRACE
DODGE CAREER AND
THE FALL
OF ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
“THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION”
INTRODUCTION
You are now being
placed in
TASK
1. You will use the Global Public
Policy Analyst.
2. Your task, to write a one page article
for your newspaper, ”The Journal” to be published at the end of the
month.
3. You are to use the information gain from
the GHPPA to complete your journal article.
4. You will use Microsoft word to type
your article.
4. The article write up
will be based upon your knowledge of Global History and your research.
5. AN
ORAL PRESENTATION IN THE FORM OF A DEBATE- You will give an oral presentation of 5 Minutes to the class explaining how you
investigated your research and reading
your article.
You
should convince the class of the validity of your
findings in your article.
PROCESS
1. Each of you will be put into groups of
three.
2. Each of you will be responsible to
debate the views of the king Louis XVI and the first and second estates.
3. You are to pick the investigative
subjects (Causes of the problem and gathering evidence).
4. Each group will come
up with three valid facts to support
your views.
5. You will research the
French Revolution in
5. You will need to record your research on
the Public Policy Analyst
worksheets. These worksheets will be used
to make up your hypothetical
opinions. The GHPPA will give you examples to help understand the worksheets. (Click on the links below for each worksheet).
a. Worksheet1 (Defining the Problem)
b. Worksheet2 (Gathering evidence of the Problem)
c. Worksheet3 (Determining the causes of the Problem)
6. Your
group will use the Internet sources listed in
“resources” as well as outside printed material to complete your task
7. These worksheets will be used for
your oral presentation.
RESOURCES
Each resource below is a
hyperlink to give you information on the French Revolution in
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppa/intro.html
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/french/french.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/frenchre_effectsoftherevolution.asp
http://history.evansville.net/revoluti.html
GENERAL
SEARCH ENGINES
Each group will be graded
on the following table:
PERFORMANCE |
Excellent 90-100 (A) |
Very Good 80-89 (B) |
Good 70-79 (C) |
Needs Improvement 60-69 (D) |
Incomplete 0-59 (F) |
Completion of
Worksheets |
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Journal Article
Write Up |
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Oral Debate Presentation |
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Social Studies
Standards |
English Language Arts Standards |
World History |
Read and comprehend
informational materials |
Geography |
Produce a report of
information |
Civics, Citizenship, & Government |
Participate in group
meetings |
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Prepare and deliver an
group presentation |
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Utilizing and analyzing
functional documents |
CONCLUSION
You have learned, from your research and presentation in
this web quest, that the French Revolution was one of the life changing turning
points in history. It changed the monarch’s authority and peasants and
estates ability to fight for liberty, equality, and Fraternity. You also have
seen how unity can bring forth a united front and the importance of studying
public policy in ages past. Kudos, on completing your task as a reporter.
Our next web quest will investigate the public
policies the Industrial Revolution.
I’ll bet you can’t wait!!