Welcome to Democracy and Revolutions!
10th Grade World History
California Content Standards
10.2 Students compare and contrast the Glorious Revolution
of England, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their
enduring effects worldwide on the political expectations for self-government
and individual liberty.
- Compare the major ideas of philosophers and their effects on the democratic revolutions in England, the United States, France, and Latin America (e.g., John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Simón Bolívar, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison).
- List the principles of the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights (1689), the American Declaration of Independence (1776), the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789), and the U.S. Bill of Rights (1791).
- Understand the unique character of the American Revolution, its spread to other parts of the world, and its continuing significance to other nations.
- Explain how the ideology of the French Revolution led France to develop from constitutional monarchy to democratic despotism to the Napoleonic empire.
- Discuss how nationalism spread across Europe with
Napoleon but was repressed for a generation under the Congress of Vienna and Concert of Europe until the Revolutions of 1848.
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9 Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2d Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3c Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9 Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2d Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3c Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
Essential Questions
What is the importance of different major philosophers and their main ideas?
What are the main ideas of the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights (1689), the American Declaration of Independence (1776), the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789), and the U.S. Bill of Rights (1791)?
Why is the American Revolution important to the rest of the world?
What were the ideas of the French Revolution that changed France's government and country?
Who was Napoleon and why is he important to history?
What is the significance to us today of democracy and revolutions?
What are the main ideas of the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights (1689), the American Declaration of Independence (1776), the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789), and the U.S. Bill of Rights (1791)?
Why is the American Revolution important to the rest of the world?
What were the ideas of the French Revolution that changed France's government and country?
Who was Napoleon and why is he important to history?
What is the significance to us today of democracy and revolutions?
Big Ideas!
- The philosophers, John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Simón Bolívar, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, influenced the democratic governments of the world.
- There are certain principles that people keep in mind and are persistent with when starting a government.
- The causes of revolutions have roots in radical and passionate ideas.
- Revolutions have lasting affects, not only on government, but also on the common people and sometimes other countries.
- Democracy has a role in the revolutions and governments of yesterday and today.
Assessments
- 5 Ws quiz on French Revolution Lecture
- Letter as a French Soldier fighting in the American Revolution
- Creation of Mini Declaration of Independence
- Role playing Discussion as Philosophers, Citizens, and Government
- Character Diary Entry
- Collage and Short Essay On Significance of "Democracy and Revolutions"