Objectives
- Analyze the causes and effects of the French Revolution
Agenda
- PowerPoint: French Revolution
- La Marseillaise (Primary Source)
- Listen to the music and read the lyrics to the La Marseillaise (see unit page for lyrics document). Then, with a partner or small group answer the following questions using information from your reading and the source.
- Questions
- Define the following words from the document:
- consort
- furrow
- cohort
- phalanx
- parricidal
- despot
- magnanimous
- Besides a revolution, who are the French people fighting? [from reading / CC]
- Examples (for each, in your OWN WORDS it and then QUOTE it)
- Give at least three examples of what they accuse foreign enemies and describe what each means in your own words.
- Give at least one example of how they describe french soldiers and describe what it means in your own words.
- Give at least one example of how the song claims French people will be victorious, and describe what it means in your own words.
- Extra Time: Crash Course
