How would you grade the events of the French Revolution? History class members evaluate the positive and negative impacts of eight pivotal events, including the Reign of Terror, the Meeting of the Estates General, and the Coronation at Notre Dame, before grading each event's effectiveness on an A-F scale.

Concepts

the french revolution, napoleon bonaparte, french history

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Project the worksheet onto the board to model responses, and for learners to copy the graphic organizer into their notes
• Split the class into eight groups of 3-4 students; have each group research a given event and present their evaluation to the rest of the class

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should have prior knowledge of the French Revolution

Pros

• Provides a writing rubric
• Lesson is adaptable for mutiple classroom settings

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.10