World History · Week 5 · Foundations and Democratic Revolutions
When Revolutions Turn
Students follow France from constitutional monarchy through the Terror to Napoleon and practice noticing how fear and anger escalate in a group and how to steady themselves.
- Students will
- Students explain the causes and effects that moved France from constitutional monarchy to the Terror to Napoleon's empire, and describe how fear can escalate in a group.
- SEL skill
- Notice rising fear or anger and steady yourself with a calming strategy
- What it looks like
- Students practice noticing how fear and anger build and steady themselves with a calming strategy.
- Content focus
- When revolutions turn
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-management
Self-management is steering your feelings, thoughts, and actions in a way that helps you reach a goal. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- 10.2.4: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 10: World History, Culture, and Geography: The Modern World (standard 10.2, item 4)
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: HI1 Show the connections between particular historical events and larger social, economic, and political trends. (Historical Interpretation)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.His.14.9-12 Analyze multiple and complex causes and effects of events in the past.
- Literacy in history: RH.9-10.3 Analyze a series of events and determine whether earlier events caused later ones.
Fits these textbook chapters
- Modern World History, Absolute Monarchs in Europe
- Modern World History, Enlightenment and Revolution
- Modern World History, The French Revolution and Napoleon
- Modern World History, Revolutions Sweep the West
- History Alive! World Connections, Lesson 15: Political Revolutions and Their Legacies
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