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World History II
Mr. Finch and Dr. Hodges
Semester I: Global Expansion and Revolutions (1500-1914)
Unit 1 - Introduction & World Trade & Migration (1500-1750)
Unit 2 - Renaissance, Reformation & Enlightenment (1500-1750)
Unit 3 – Political Revolutions (1750-1830): Chapter 16
October 5 – October 23, 2009
Mary Wollstonecraft
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Marie Antoinette
Unit Overview
Although the word "revolution" usually elicits images of street demonstrations, violence,
and armies, this chapter places the changing conditions, ideas, and aspirations of
revolutionaries and their opponents in the foreground for analysis. Many of these ideas
have become the “self-evident” truths of western society. What are these ideas? How are
revolutionary ideas related to the events discussed in previous units? How did ideas
motivate people to initiate or support revolution? Is the legacy of a revolution a new
society or merely a disrupted era of history? Which ideas from the early revolutionary era
seem most significant to you in the 21st century?
Key Topics for Revolutions
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(S) Class conflict
(P) Monarchy vs. Republic
(E) Feudalism abolished
(C) Classical & Romantic
Guiding Questions for Revolutions
1. Compare the major revolutions of the France & Latin America in terms of the social,
political, and economic changes they influenced.
2. How did the era of revolutions in Europe and the Americas impact cultural change?
3. Why did the French Revolution have so much greater impact on world history than the
other revolutions discussed in this chapter?
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Key Terms for Revolutions
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hypocrisy of democratic statements
(538)
bourgeoisie (boor-zwah-ZEE)
Estates-General
Louis XVI
Bastille (bas-TEE-yuh)
Jacobins (JAK-uh-bins)
The Terror
Napoleon
Simón Bolívar (see-MOaN bowLEE-varh)
Class & Assignments
A. Map Locations
1. Locate and the following features on the Blank MAPS of South and
Central America:
Havana, Mexico City, Panama, Caracas, Bogota, Lima, Rio de Janerio,
and Buenos Aires.
2. Also include: Falklan Islands, Equator, Caribbean Sea & Pacific Ocean
3. Title the map: South America 1830.
4. Add the following battles to the map of Europe from the previous unit:
Trafalgar, Waterloo, and Moscow.
B. Timeline Dates
1. Create a horizontal timeline that shows the following: French Revolution
and era of revolts by Bolivar & San Martin, .
2. Include the following specific events: Tupac Amaru leads Inca revolt in
Peru (1780), Napoleon seizes power (1799), and Mexico declares
independence (1822).
3. Title the timeline: Revolutions 1750-1830.
Monday, Oct. 5
Class: None
HW:
 Read, highlight and margin note, “The First Anti-American Revolution” (538539) and “The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789-1812” (539-542).
 Create a Comparison CHART for the American and the French revolutions.
Tuesday, Oct. 6
Class:
1) Collect and check Research Paper sheets.
2) Read “Revolution in North America” (536-537).
3) Begin chart comparing the American and French revolutions.
HW:
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Read, highlight and margin note, “Two Enlightenment Views.”
List 3 achievements and 3 failures of Enlightenment ideas (best of all possible
worlds…) beginning with “Enlightenment Education.”
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Wednesday, Oct. 7
Class:
1) Discuss: On what points do Rousseau and Wollstonecraft agree? Disagree?
2) What warning signs of eminent revolution did political and intellectual
French leaders fail to recognize?
3) Continue chart comparing the American and French revolutions.
HW:
Complete Map of Europe from Unit II. Add Trafalgar, Waterloo, and Moscow to
Europe map from unit II.
Thursday, Oct. 8
Class:
1) Present Crane Brinton’s “Anatomy of a Revolution” in FR Revolution PPT.
2) Have students consider other possible explanations for revolutions. Read
“Historiography of the French Revolution” (544).
HW:
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Read, highlight & margin note pages 541-545 (Stop before “Napoleon in
Power…”).
Complete IDs: Estates-General, Louis XVI, Bastille, Jacobins, The Terror.
Friday, Oct. 9
Class:
1) Create motives, course, and results of the French Revolution chart.
2) Continue French Revolution PPT 2.
HW: None.
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Monday, Oct. 12
Class:
1) Complete and discuss the motives, course, and results of the French
Revolution chart.
2) Introduce Revolutionary Diary project.
HW:
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Read, highlight & margin note pages 545-547.
Paragraph writing: How did Napoleon’s actions contribute to the impact of the
French Revolution on the World?
Tuesday, Oct. 13: Napoleon Spreads the Revolution
Class:
1) Discuss answers to question: How did Napoleon’s actions contribute to the
impact of the French Revolution on the World?
2) DBQ picture analysis: How do pictures on 541, 542, 544, and 545 suggest the
importance of the French Revolution.
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3) Show and discuss the Napoleon Pictures PPT.
HW:
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HW: Read, highlight & margin note pages 550-554.
Be prepared to discuss: Why did many of the leaders of the revolutions in Latin
America feel disillusioned despite their accomplishments?
Wednesday, Oct. 14
Class: Napoleon video.
HW: None.
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Monday, Oct. 19
Class: None
HW:
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Review pages 550-554 assigned on 10/13.
Be prepared to discuss: Why did many of the leaders of the revolutions in Latin
America feel disillusioned despite their accomplishments?
Tuesday, Oct. 20: Latin American Independence
Class:
Discuss: Why did many of the leaders of the revolutions in Latin America feel
disillusioned despite their accomplishments?
HW:
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Read, highlight & margin note pages 554-557.
Be prepared to discuss: Are revolutions worth the destruction and disruption?
What aspects of society were impacted most by the American revolutions? The
French Revolution?
Wednesday, Oct. 21: Political Revolutions: What Difference do they make?
Class:
1) Complete Map and Timeline.
2) Discuss: Are revolutions worth the destruction and disruption? What aspects of
society were impacted most by the American revolutions? The French
Revolution?
HW:
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Read, highlight & margin note pages 547-550 (Skip: How Do We Know? On
page 549).
Organize notebooks.
Begin review of Chapter 16.
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Thursday, Oct. 22
Class:
1) Discuss Haitian Slave Revolt.
2) Check notebooks.
3) Discuss essay and grading criteria.
HW: Complete review for test.
Friday, Oct. 23: TEST
Class: French Revolution Test
MC
Map
Essay
HW: None.
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