Study+Guide.+Assignments

__Study Guide. Assignments __

These are the Assignments or tasks you have to develop to accomplish the objectives.

You are going to teach the rest of the students in your class one of the lessons of this unit. To do that, you have to read the lessons, watch the videos, memorize the content you will have to explain and prepare the outline you will draw on the blackboard during your explanation. You will have 20 minutes to explain your content.
 * 1. Be a Teacher.**
 * Group 1: Lesson 1. The Old Regime and Lesson 2. Background of the Revolution.
 * Group 2: Lesson 3. The Estates General and Lesson 4. The Tennis Court Oath, the National Assembly, the National Army.
 * Group 3: Lesson 4. The Storming of the Bastille, The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the Royal Family moved to the Tuileries Palace, The Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
 * Group 4: Lesson 4. The Flight to Varennes, the National Convention, the September Massacres, the Execution of Louis XVI.
 * Group 5: Lesson 4. The Committee of Public Safety, The Reign of Terror, the Directory, The Consulate, Napoleon´s Empire.
 * Group 6: Lesson 5. The Consequences of the French Revolution.


 * 2. Answer the questions:**
 * 1) Who was Louis XVI of France?
 * 2) How was French Society organized before the French Revolution?
 * 3) What was the Old Regime? How was it organized?
 * 4) What was the Enlightenment? What were its main ideas?
 * 5) Why do we say the French tax system was unfair?
 * 6) What solution tried Louis XVI to develope to avoid bankruptcy?
 * 7) What were the Estates General? How were they organized?
 * 8) What reforms did the third estate try to introduce within the Estates General?
 * 9) What was the Tennis Court Oath?
 * 10) What was the aim of the National Assembly?
 * 11) Who were the sans-culottes? What role did they play during the French Revolution?
 * 12) Summarize the periods of the French Revolution.
 * 13) What was the Storming of the Bastille?
 * 14) Why was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen important?
 * 15) Who was Maximilian Robespierre? Which role did he play during the French Revolution?
 * 16) What was the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
 * 17) What was the Flight to Varennes? What were its consequences?
 * 18) What did the rest of European Monarchs think about the events that were taking place in France? What did they do to stop them?
 * 19) What was the aim of the National Convention?
 * 20) What differences can you find between the National Assembly and the National Convention?
 * 21) After king Louis XVI death, who ruled over France?
 * 22) What was the Comittee of Public Safety?
 * 23) What was the Reign of Terror? Who ruled during this period?
 * 24) What was the Directory?
 * 25) What was the Consulate?
 * 26) Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? How did he become emperor?
 * 27) What are the main consequences of the French Revolution?

Explain the words in english and write each words translation.
 * 3. Vocabulary:**

Old Regime; Third Estate; Enlightenment; Estates General; Storming of the Bastille: Jacobins; the National Assembly; the National Convention; guillotine; Robespierre; Napoleon Bonaparte; the Directory; the Consulate.


 * 4. Read the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen** (use the link on the lesson). Using your own words explain the most important rights developed by that document.


 * 5. Read the consequences of the French Revolution.** Rate them from 1 to 5. Explain why you rated them that way. Try to identify some of the consequences that can still be seen in our world.