Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Napoleon's Rise

Objectives
  • Analyze how Napoleon rose to power in France
  • Evaluate his methods for effective leadership
Agenda
  • Review:  Political Spectrum  (I need 5 volunteers)
  • PowerPoint:  Napoleon
    • Young Napolen
    • Italian Campaign
    • Egyptian Campaign
    • Rise to Power
    • Napoleon's Reforms
    • Emperor Napoleon
  • Video:  Engineering An Empire (10 min)
    • Louis XIV & Versailles
    • Napoleon & Arc de Triomphe
  • Primary Source:  Napoleon Speaks to His Troops
    • Imagine you are a military commander.   List three ways you could inspire your troops in a speech.
    • Write down three quotes from the speech where he inspires his troops, then explain it in your own words.  Mark it with a * if he used one of your suggestions.
    • Describe one argument that Napoleon made to inspire his troops that you did not list in your predictions.
    • This speech was intended for two audiences. The first was his troops.  Who was the second?
    • Why does Napoleon ask his soldiers to “respect the people whom you liberate?”
    • How might we apply Napoleon’s advice to recent wars that the United States has been involved in?
  • Reading #6 - Age of Napoleon (due Wednesday)