What sparked the French Revolution?

What sparked the French Revolution?

by Euxie Laibe

Open Ended

Think about the issues that were facing France before the revolution....

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​Do any of these issues still exist today? Explain your answer.

​WARM UP

Income inequality: the unequal distribution (spreading out) of wealth.

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​WARM UP

Income inequality: the unequal distribution (spreading out) of wealth.

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​Norms & Values

• ​Respect

• ​Responsibility

• ​Communicate

• ​Participate

• ​Personal Space

• ​Build Relationships

AGENDA

• RESET: what lines should we NOT cross during class?

• APPLY: apply what you learned from last class 

  • ​Worksheet 

  • ​Discussion

• PRACTICE: test your knowledge with a quizziz! 

• Schedule

• ​Exit Ticket: Self-Assessment

Ms. Euxie's Hard No's

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• ​Earphones during lecture

• ​Phone use during lecture

• ​Copying other students' work

  • ​Cheating

• ​Talking while other students are talking

• ​Leaving class without permission

• ​Disruptive cussing

• ​"Chill"

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​What happens?

• One warning

• ​Talk after class and call home

• ​If necessary, go to office

Open Ended

What are your "hard no's"? What should Ms. Euxie know that triggers you?

​FUN FACT: The French Revolution

• ​After the revolution, people wanted to get rid of the Catholic Church.

• ​One leader of the revolution replaced Catholicism with a new religion: "Cult of the Supreme Being"

• ​They also adopted a new clock and calendar that wasn't influenced by religion.

Apply Your Knowledge

​THINK

5 MINUTES: fill out the chart based on the worksheet that you filled out last class.

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PAIR

5 MINUTES: share with your table and come up with the different social, political and economic issues that led to the French Revolution

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​SHARE

As a group, answer the questions on the Quizziz.

Fill in the Blanks

The hierarchy in France was known as

Multiple Choice

The first estate was...

• The commoners (middle class, city workers and peasants)

• The nobility (people with a lot of land/high status in society)

• The clergy

  (people who work for the church)

• The King/Queen

Multiple Choice

The second estate was...

• The commoners (middle class, city workers and peasants)

• The nobility (people with a lot of land/high status in society)

• The clergy

  (people who work for the church)

• The King/Queen

Multiple Choice

The third estate was...

• The commoners (middle class, city workers and peasants)

• The nobility (people with a lot of land/high status in society)

• The clergy

  (people who work for the church)

• The King/Queen

Poll

Based on the primary and secondary sources I looked at last class, I think that....

• French society before the revolution was equitable, fair and functional.

• French society before the revolution was kind of equitable, fair and functional.

• French society before the revolution was not at all equitable, fair and functional.

Open Ended

SOCIAL ISSUES: If you were a peasant in France before the revolution, what would make you upset about French society?

Open Ended

ECONOMIC ISSUES: If you were a peasant in France before the revolution, what would make you upset about how money is being spent in France?

Open Ended

POLITICAL ISSUES: If you were a peasant in France before the revolution, what would make you upset about the government in France?

​How was power distributed before the revolution?