Welcome to Revolutions and Rights
This unit covers a study of the Glorious Revolution, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution in accordance with 10th grade California State Standards.
This unit covers a study of the Glorious Revolution, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution in accordance with 10th grade California State Standards.
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.
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.
Essential Questions-This unit will answer the following questions.
1.How have the ideas and documents of these Revolutions affected the modern world?
2.How are these Revolutions similar to one another and how are they different?
3.Is the use of violence morally right in the pursuit of rights and freedoms?
1.How have the ideas and documents of these Revolutions affected the modern world?
2.How are these Revolutions similar to one another and how are they different?
3.Is the use of violence morally right in the pursuit of rights and freedoms?
Big Ideas
1.The ideas of the philosophers formed the basis of the revolutions.
2.The principles set forth in the documents of the revolutions were similar in idea and rights given.
3.The American Revolution has a unique character compared to the other two revolutions.
4.The French Revolution gave rights but still led to more monarchy, democratic despotism, and the Napoleonic Empire.
5. Nationalism spread following the revolutions but it slowed down under the Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe.
1.The ideas of the philosophers formed the basis of the revolutions.
2.The principles set forth in the documents of the revolutions were similar in idea and rights given.
3.The American Revolution has a unique character compared to the other two revolutions.
4.The French Revolution gave rights but still led to more monarchy, democratic despotism, and the Napoleonic Empire.
5. Nationalism spread following the revolutions but it slowed down under the Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe.
Assessments
Quick write on previous knowledge of the revolutions.
Creating timelines of the revolutions
Graphic organizer of documents
Unit test
Presentation project
Quick write on previous knowledge of the revolutions.
Creating timelines of the revolutions
Graphic organizer of documents
Unit test
Presentation project