Galileo and the Church: A lesson plan that incorporates primary sources and asked student's to put themselves in Galileo's shoes. Would you stand up for your beliefs regardless of the consequences?
Course
Models: The Enlightenment and the Rise of Democratic Ideals
Part of the California History-Social Science content standards and
annotated course which include: background information, focus questions,
pupil activities and handouts, assessment, and references to books,
articles, web sites, literature, audio-video programs, and historic site.
Grade 11.
The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment This lesson plan, by Anthony Mellor, at Walter Panas High School, asks students to work cooperatively to make an oral presentation with an accompanying outline for the rest of the class. This lesson can incorporate character education by using cooperative learning. In addition, students could be asked to find examples of how their Enlightenment thinker either stood up for their beliefs or or overcame difficulties in their life.
Tour
the palace of Versailles: explore
the palace at Versailles, to learn about the rule of Louis XIV of France.
You will be asked some factual questions and will also be asked to draw some
conclusions based on the information given. The goal is for you to get a
feel for what royal life was like for this “absolute monarch.”
Course Models: The French Revolution: Part of the California History-Social Science content standards and annotated course which include: background information, focus questions, pupil activities and handouts, assessment, and references to books, articles, web sites, literature, audio-video programs, and historic site. Grade 10.
Introduction to the French Revolution: The usual criticism children make against learning history is , "It's only a lot of facts". To take the sting out of this is to make it easy for them to learn, and more importantly, to see the pattern. History has its own formulae as do mathematics and science.
Napoleon: Church and State: Study historic and present-day examples of the interplay between religion and government. Based on PBS video Napoleon. Grades 7 -12.
Hero or Tyrant?: Debate Napoleon's legacies and leadership style to determine if he was a hero or a tyrant. Use your view to produce a newspaper from 1815 which assesses Napoleon's career. Based on PBS video Napoleon. Grades 7 -12.
Napoleon Becomes a Man of Destiny: Ask students to consider what has influenced their own lives and whether or not they believe in "destiny." Explore how the French Revolution, family, personality, historical events, and other factors influenced Napoleon's rise to power. Based on PBS video Napoleon. Grades 7 -12.
Napoleon: Church and State: Study historic and present-day examples of the interplay between religion and government. Based on PBS video Napoleon. Grades 7 -12.
The Laws Live On: Compare Napoleon's Civil Code with the U.S. Constitution, and explore how guiding documents evolve over time. Based on PBS video Napoleon. Grades 7 -12.
French Revolution: This lesson plan has students compare the French Revolution to the Russian and American revolutions.
DBQ on Revolutions: What were the political, economic, and social conditions that led to political revolutions in the first global age?
Congress of Vienna Lesson Plan: Group activity
Create a written tour of the palace of Versailles. Whether you have actually seen the palace or only read of it, write a narrative that describes in detail what you experienced or might experience on such a visit. Connect the historical events and figures with the unique place. Share your writing with others.
Use the information about Versailles from this activity's Main Page and from Other Cool Sites. As you research information from books such as those listed in References and others you find on your own, take notes that include vivid details that will provide readers a feeling of being at the palace. You may want to select a particular part of Versailles to describe. To make the essay a narrative, write about the experience of the visit. Use the steps of the writing process to organize your ideas into a first draft, make editorial changes, and then share it with a friend before writing a final draft.
Imagine that you are a prisoner in revolutionary France. With a small group of other prisoners, act out what would happen in the cell, how the prisoners may have acted, and what they would have discussed. The prisoners might come from different walks of life and talk about their crimes. Include a scene that shows a prisoner getting ready for execution and the reaction of his cell mates.
Review the topic on Crime and Punishment and use books such as those in References to find out more information. Plan your skit by first researching on your own the individuals you wish to depict. Then discuss as a group how these individuals would react to one another. Consider what scenes you could show and any props you might need. Write a script and then rehearse your skit.
In revolutionary France, people with strong opinions circulated pamphlets printed on cheap paper. Many of these pamphlet editors were brave, speaking out on unpopular subjects and sometimes losing their heads for it. Imagine what these revolutionary editors might have created if the Internet had been available to them. Research and write up several short articles that might have caught the attention of French citizens in the years 1789-1794. Disregard the rules that govern good journalism today. Do not try to treat both sides equally. Take a side and support it. Link your articles into a class web project with illustrations.
Small groups might work together on each article. They might begin by collaboratively researching appropriate topics in Other Cool Sites and References. You might also check a sample high school project for some ideas. Decide as a group on your topics. Choose one to write about. Each member of the group can then conduct research individually, bringing back the findings to a group meeting where they are pieced together into a draft. From that point, the group members might want to divide responsibilities as follows, with one or more students taking each role: illustrator, writer (who keeps the strong tone alive in the article, in the fashion of the pamphleteers), editor (who does the final draft and shares it with the rest of the group), and programmer (who puts the page together).
Course Models: The Industrial Revolution: Part of the California History-Social Science content standards and annotated course which include: background information, focus questions, pupil activities and handouts, assessment, and references to books, articles, web sites, literature, audio-video programs, and historic site.
The World's History: The Industrial Revolution, 1740-1914: The online guide to Howard Spodek's The World's History features quizzes (multiple-choice questions, true/false questions, interactive review questions), primary sources, maps, a bulletin board, a Live Chat, web links, and faculty resources for each chapter/topic.
Women in World History Lesson Plan: A primary source activity that discusses The Plight of Women's Work in the Early Industrial Revolution in England and Wales.
BBC History Games: Victorian Women's Rights Play the game to find out how women's rights evolved during the Victorian Age.
Bismarck's treatment of the National Minorities - pdf format- Evaluates Bismarck's policies concerning minority groups in 19th Century Germany. Students are to evaluate whether or not ethnic minorities should be encouraged to integrate in to society or maintain their ethnic identity.
Bismarck and the Socialists: Asks students to imagine that they are Otto von Bismarck You are being interviewed following your fall from power in 1890 and have decided to give totally truthful answers to the questions you are given.
The Attempted Assassination of Wilhelm I: Student's are to evaluate primary sources concerning Bismarck's reaction to the attempted assassination of Kaiser Wilhelm I.
The World's History: Political Revolutions in Europe and the Americas, 1688-1850 The online guide to Howard Spodek's The World's History features quizzes (multiple-choice questions, true/false questions, interactive review questions), primary sources, maps, a bulletin board, a Live Chat, web links, and faculty resources for each chapter/topic.