French Revolution Lesson Plans

Week 1
Lesson 1 [Double] Introduction > The Supersizers Eat... The French Revolution

Week 2
Lesson 1 [Double] Long-Term Causes of the French Revolution: The Three Estates System

Lesson 2 [Double] Short-Term Causes of the French Revolution: King Louis XVI (Inherited the throne in 1774)

Lesson 3 [Single] Short Term Causes of the French Revolution: Marie-Antoinette

Week 3

Lesson 1 [Double] Marie-Antoinette Film > Write a film review

Lesson 2 [Double] Mid-Term Causes of the French Revolution: War (1776), Economy, Philosophers [book laptops]

Lesson 3 [Single] Decision Making Game - The Causes of the French Revolution [book laptops]

Week 4
Lesson 1 [Double] 14th July 1789 'The Storming of the Bastille'

Lesson 2 [Double] 19th - 20th June 1789 Lesson 8: The Tennis Court Oath and the Constitution

Lesson 3 [Single] [Lesson Idea] Facebook: The main players of the French Revolution

Week 5
Lesson 1 [Double] 21 January 1793 Lesson 10: The Trial and Execution of Louis XVI

Lesson 2 [Double] Lesson 11: The Terror

Lesson 3 [Single] [Lesson Idea] Facebook: The main players of the French Revolution

Final Week of Term
Lesson 1 [Double] Lesson 12: From the Terror to Napoleon Bonaparte

Lesson 2 [Double] End of year activities

Mid Unit Assessment > Lesson to prepare, students can bring one index card with notes.

21 June 1791 [Lesson Idea] Lesson 9: The Flight to Varennes - using Google Earth [book laptops]