| S5 History |
Last
update -
18 January 2012 |
Official European
School History 4-5 Syllabus:
English,
French,
German. |
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Unit 3 - French
Revolution |
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Key Questions |
Lessons |
Additional resources and external links |
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What were the long-term causes of the French
Revolution? |
1788-1794
visual timeline Essay planning
sheet,
printable or
e-version
Brooman - Revolution in France 4-18
PowerPoint images from lesson |
History channel
documentary video about the French Revolution. Political
causes (15-18) - abuse of power e.g. sealed letters and Marie
Antoinette. Economic causes (8-12) Social causes (4-8,
10-11) Cultural causes (12-14) One of my former students wrote a
simple outline of the long-term causes.
Links: explanation from the
SchoolHistory site, origins of the French Revolution (History
Guide), Lecture outline from
Paul Halsall |
| What were
the short-term causes of the French revolution? |
Brooman - Revolution
in France 19-25 Worksheet
PDF |
History channel
documentary video about the French Revolution. Short term
causes These causes begin with freak weather which caused the
poor harvest in the summer 1788. Other causes that need to be
included: unemployment, reform of the Estates General,
complaints list and the Tennis Court Oath.
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What actually happened at the storming of the
Bastille? |
Brooman - Revolution in France 28-32. (questions 1-3 p.32) |
Images and video of the
storming of the Bastille |
| How did
Louis XVI gradually lose power after the storming of the
Bastille? |
Brooman - Revolution in France 33-38
Worksheet
PDF |
History channel
documentary video
about the French Revolution. |
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Why did the revolutionaries kill Louis XVI? |
Brooman 38-42 Worksheet
PDF
Powerpoint. |
History channel
documentary video
about the French Revolution.
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| What was
the Terror? |
Brooman 42-49 Worksheet
PDF |
BBC dramatic
documentary on Robespierre and
Terror.
Video
by art historian Simon Schama on Brussel's buried
artist David. |
