Beth Wilcox's Northern Learning Centre Blog: April 2014

Wednesday 23 April 2014

Here are some "Horrible History" videos we will discuss in class.

Historical Wife Swap

The French Revolution Report

The Storming of Bastille

Here are the first 3 handouts for the French Revolution. I will add the rest as we go.

Link to French Revolution handouts

If you have lost your notes sheets and need them to study, here are the ones from the English Civil War.

Link to Civil War handouts

1. Read aloud stories
2.

Finish up the causes graphic organizer. Copy out the causes in your notes.
3. English Civil War Time Capsule:

In a group of 3 or less create a list of object to put in a time capsule to give someone a sense of the time and place of the English Civil War.
What would we put in the time capsule? What artifacts would we choose to give a prospective historian an accurate sense of the conflict?
Come up with a list of objects and why you would chose them.
Present this list to the class.

4. The French Revolution Introduction: "Guillotine"

Brainstorming as a class before research:

Optimistic: you don’t go to war if you don’t think you can win. Thinking they have the power to change things
Problem-Solving: they are going to come across problems they need to solve. They see a problem in society and want to solve it with revolution
Purposes: have a reason to start a revolution
Initiative: they start a revolution
Determination: they don’t give up and keep going for their cause
Survival: they want to survive war
Faith: they have to believe what they are doing is the right thing and will benefit people. Have faith in themselves.
Physical Well-Being: they have to be ready for hardships of war
Strong Social Support System: people follow leaders to have a successful revolution
Insightful: knowledge of ways to overcome powerful ideas and people.