Napoleon I Links

Here are some links for the study of Napoleon I.

This is a document packet of historians' views of Napoleon from the AP European History Website.

Try the multiple choice quiz regarding the Napoleonic Age from McGraw Hill Publishers.

The PBS site has a Napoleon website as a companion to the TV program. The intro is loud you, may wish to make sure that the volume is turned down.

Basic Time Line of French Revolution - Class Activity

1789 Sample Dates for Timeline activity.

Remember - You will be asked to justify the inclusion or omission of particular events

-June 20 Tennis Court Oath taken by members of the Third Estate

-July 14 Fall of the Bastille in Paris

-July 20 The Great Fear across France and the destruction of local records

The final product of the class activity maybe found at wikispaces.

Links for French Revolution

Here are some links to resources for the French Revolution. Additional links will be added.

The Glossary of terms for the French Revolution.

The Liberty, Fraternity, Equality: Exploring the French Revolution. This is a large site with a lot of resources for this period in history.

Emmanuel Sieyes's (1789) What is the Third Estate?

Thomas Paine's (1791) Rights of Man

Links to presentations for the French Revolution.

First phase of the Revolution.

Radical phase of the Revolution.

Timeline and Essay Assignments I and II

Here is a link to the timeline of assignments and tests and to the descriptions of essays I and II.

· Oct. 20 Questions for Chapter 6 due in class. Hand in two of the four questions.

· Oct. 20 Presentation of Cahiers group activity.

· Oct. 26 In-class document based assignment.

· Oct. 27 Causes of the French Revolution Essay Test (Oct. 26 first class alternate date)

· Oct. 30 or Nov. 1 Essay I due.

· Nov. 16 or 17 Essay II due.

· Nov. 23 French Revolution (Rise of Napoleon) Essay Test (Oct. 24 at tutorial alternate date)

· Nov. 28 or Nov. 29 20 minute identification and multiple choice test.

· Dec. ? Exam.

Three Estates Cahier Activity

Here is a link for the Three Cahiers activity for the French Revolution. In this activity you will read the cahiers for one or more Estate and determine what they would like to remain the same and what they would like to see change in France as a result of the May 1789 meetings of the Estates General.

Prep for the Background to the French Revolution

Read Chapter 6 in Modern Perspectives, Background to the French Revolution, and complete the following tasks.

Follow the instructions for each section and you will hand in two preps from your choice of sections 2 to 5 and the prep for section 6. Due Friday Oct. 20

1. The Failure of Enlightened Despotism in France
Notes
2. Society under the Old Regime, ancien regime
Compare and contrast the three estates.
3. The Grievances of the Peasants
Outline the grievances of the Peasants in chart form.
4. The Government under the Old Regime
What ingredients of revolution did the government of the time contain?
5. The Advanced Civilization of France
How did the "advanced" nature of French society make revolution more likely?
6. The Financial Plight of the Old Regime
What events or situations lead to the summoning of the Estates-General for May 1789?

Background to French Revolution Resources

Here are links to various sources for the current topic of study the coming of the French Revolution and the Revolution fo 1789.

Modern Perspectives: Chap 5 The Enlghtenment, Chap 6 Background to the Revolution, and Chap 6 The French Revolution. Save to disk and open as Adobe file.

Lefebrve's The Coming of the French Revolution: 1. The Aristocracy, 2. Crisis in the Monarchy. Save to disk and open as Adobe file.

Notes: types of causes long and short term causes of the French Revolution.

Rousseau's Social Contract

Here is a link to Rousseau's Social Contract and here is a link to the Discourse on Inequality.

Prep for The Age of Enlightenment

Please read the following sections in Chapter Five and answer the corresponding questions.

Sections: The Impact of Scientific Thought and The Spread of New Knowledge, pages 105-110. Take notes and read the entry for "Philosopher" from the Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert found through the "browse" option. The link for this text is found below and do not worry about understanding all the concepts and words in the entry, but read it so that you may gain some insight into how the philosophes saw themselves.

Section: Ideas that Changed the World, pages 110-118.
Take notes and compare and contrast the ideas and beliefs of the three main thinkers: Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau. (You may wish to do this is chart form.) You may also wish to consider the question - "Can ideas really change the world?"

Section: Enlightened Despotism, pages 118-124.
Take notes and answer the question: "What did it mean to be an enlightened despot?"

The image is a photograph of the cover of Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws, a translation of which may be found through this link.

Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert

Here is a link to the Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert. It was written during the Enlightenment and provides an interesting view into the minds and ideas of the time. It is fully searchable using a variety of methods.

Welcome to IB History in A207

This will be a blog about and for the IB history course taught in room A207. You will find accounts of what we have studied as well as links to useful resources at the school and on the web.