Social 23
We continued watching "The French Revolution: Years of Hope" in class today. If missed today's class you missed a lot of exciting parts of the film, including: Louis XVI being imprisoned, the September Massacres, the abolishment of the monarchy, the French victory at the battle in Valmy, the trial of Louis XVI and his execution, and Charlotte Corday killing Marat. I told you that on Wednesday, October 5th your research assignment is due. As well on that day, you will have your French Revolution Unit Exam (the study guide appears below).
Upcoming important dates for Social 23 students:
- French Revolution Writing Assignment (Letter) due Monday, October 3rd
- French Revolution Research Assignment due Wednesday, October 5th
- French Revolution Unit Exam is on Wednesday, October 5th
Study guide for French Revolution Unit Exam:
The following guide will only provide you with general topics for review (how you review and study for this exam is entirely up to you).
1. Key People in the French Revolution
- Danton
- Robespierre
- Lafayette
- Louis XVI
- Marie Antoinette
- Marat
- Necker
- Mirabeau
don't forget the "philosophes"! (Smith, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau)
2. Organization of French Society:
- First Estate
- Second Estate
- Third Estate
3. Key Events in the French Revolution:
- Calling of the Estates-General
- Tennis Court Oath
- storming of the Bastille
- creation of the National Assembly
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
- Women's March to Versailles
- Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are forced to return to Paris
- Louis XVI is imprisoned
- September Massacres
- French victory at Valmy
- Louis XVI's trial and execution
- creation of the Committee of Public Safety
- the Reign of Terror
- Marat is killed
- collapse of the Committee of Public Safety
- execution of Robespierre
4. Causes of the French Revolution
- underlying causes
- immediate causes
5. Key Terms:
- Old Regime
- bourgeoisie
- assignats
- estates
- cahiers
- coup d'etat
- the Estates-General
- the National Assembly
- the National Convention
- the Directory
- Bourbon
- plus other key events and key people
Please use any notes or presentations that have been delivered in class as study materials. I will include some websites very soon to use to review for this exam, and to aid in the research assignment.
Social 10
Today we discussed the two articles regarding Albertan independence in class. We first collected ideas pertaining to arguments for and against independence that appeared in the articles. Next, I asked you to develop some ideas for or against independence. Finally, we had a class discussion on this issue, with people who were "undecided" in the middle, and people who were either "for" or "against" sitting on opposite ends of the room. I hope that you enjoyed this class discussion today.
Upcoming important dates for Social 10 students:
- Regionalism Unit Final is Monday, October 3rd
- French-English Relations Timeline is due on Monday, October 3rd
2 comments:
Just wondering, for the timeline due on Monday, can we hand it in, in a different format (i.e. booklet, table, etc) instead of a poster?
- Social 10-1
You can hand in the timeline in any format that you wish (as long as it's on paper). Your timeline should have the following though: dates, event titles (ex. FLQ Crisis), and a brief description of the event and its significance in French-English relations (no more than 5 sentences or 5 point form lines), and a graphic/picture to accompany the event. You may use any word processing program that you wish (or it can be handprinted or written, as long as it's legible), clip art, word art, or downloaded photos/pictures/graphics to use on your timeline.
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