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Homework:  Read McKay, Chapter 21, pages 691 to 704  (you can skip the section on the American Revolution, from pages 693 to 697).

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News Review

Video:  The French Revolution We continue with the video about the French Revolution from last year.  You can watch this video again if you'd like at the link below.

Homework:  Read McKay, Chapter 21, pages 704 to 718.

Homework:  Download Handout 50-a below.  You might want to bring in your Palmer and / or McKay to refer to the sections on Napoleon.  If you have access to the school's Internet you might want to bring in your laptop, ipad, or iphone.

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News Review

Activity:  Lesson 21-a.  Napoleon: The Legacy of the Legend.     In this lesson you'll be categorizing major acts and policies of Napoleon Bonaparte, indicating whether you judge them to be failures or achievements.  You'll examine opposing evaluations of Napoleon by two of his contemporaries and consider other historical assessments of him in order to gain an appreciation for the variety of interests and inclinations that color an historical interpretation.  Three days.

Homework:  Reread McKay, Chapter 21, pages 691 to 704  (you can skip the section on the American Revolution, from pages 693 to 697).  Prepare for a 10 question oral quiz on this material tomorrow.

Regular Schedule

Quiz:  McKay, chapter 21, pages 691 to 704 except for the material from 693 to 697 on the American Revolution.

News Review: 

Activity:  Lesson 21-a.  Napoleon: The Legacy of the Legend.     Day two.

Homework:  Reread McKay, Chapter 21, pages 704 to 718.  Prepare for a 10 question oral quiz on this material tomorrow.

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Quiz:  McKay, chapter 21, pages 704 to 718.

Activity:  Lesson 21-a.  Napoleon: The Legacy of the Legend.     Day three.

Homework:  Read chapter 5, sections 25 and 26 of Palmer "The Transformation of Eastern Europe", pages 203 to 224".  You are responsible for this material.

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The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years. French society underwent an epic transformation as feudal, aristocratic, and religious privileges evaporated under a sustained assault from liberal political groups and the masses on the streets. Old ideas about hierarchy and tradition succumbed to new Enlightenment principles of citizenship and inalienable rights.

The French Revolution began in 1789 with the convocation of the Estates-General in May. The first year of the Revolution witnessed members of the Third Estate proclaiming the Tennis Court Oath in June, the assault on the Bastille in July, the passage of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in August, and an epic march on Versailles that forced the royal court back to Paris in October. The next few years were dominated by tensions between various liberal assemblies and a conservative monarchy intent on thwarting major reforms. A republic was proclaimed in September 1792 and King Louis XVI was executed the next year.

External threats also played a dominant role in the development of the Revolution. The French Revolutionary Wars started in 1792 and ultimately featured spectacular French victories that facilitated the conquest of the Italian peninsula, the Low Countries, and most territories west of the Rhine—achievements that had defied previous French governments for centuries. Internally, popular sentiments radicalized the Revolution significantly, culminating in the brutal Reign of Terror from 1793 until 1794. After the fall of Robespierre and the Jacobins, the Directory assumed control of the French state in 1795 and held power until 1799, when it was replaced by the Consulate under Napoleon Bonaparte.

Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France

Marie Antoinette, the young and beautiful Austrian princess who was strategically married into the most prestigious monarchy in Europe, was to become the symbol for the wanton extravagance of the 18th century aristocracy and was to be France’s last queen.

This is the story of a callous monarch, swept to her death in the torrent of the French Revolution. It is also the tale of a fragile young woman struggling to find herself during one of the most turbulent moments in human history.

Filmed in France and Austria, with rare access to Versailles, Le Petit Trianon, and the Austro-Hungarian palaces of her youth, Marie Antoinette will tell the intensely human story of the often misunderstood monarch who was beheaded during the turbulence and horror of the French revolution.

For nearly two decades he strode the world stage like a colossus – loved and despised, venerated and feared.  From his birth on the rugged island of Corsica to his final exile on the godforsaken island of St. Helena, Napoleon brings this extraordinary figure to life.

Napoleon bears passionate witness to a man whose charisma swayed an empire and sparked his exalted belief in his own destiny.  “The Summit of Greatness” recounts Napoleon’s brilliant conquest of most of Europe, including a legendary victory at Austerlitz.  To sustain his rule, he must keep fighting, but invading Spain reaches too far.“The End” describes Napoleon’s downfall, including the invasion of Russia and his final battles. First exiled to Elba, he escapes to face final defeat at Waterloo.

Napoleon:  Success or Failure