Havo 2 tto: Political Revolutions - lesson 2

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Political Revolutions

Lesson 2

Start of the lesson

Sit in your spot

Phone in locker

Chewing gum in bin

Books + laptop on table

Introduction

Do you know this videogame?

Menu of the day

Recap

The French Revolution

Exercises

Break

Assignment: podcast or video

Recap

The society of estates in the Middle Ages existed of 3 groups. Which picture belongs to which estate?

Clergy

Farmers

Nobility

Exercise

• Enlightened thinking or not?
• Open your notebooks
• I will show you a sentence and you write ''yes'' if it fits with enlightened thinking or ''no'' if it does not fit

Goal

You can explain what the people parliament (National Assembly) was

The Enlightenment

• During the Enlightenment people criticized society --> they wanted to improve it
• At the end of the 18th century King Louis XVI ruled France just like Louis XIV
• What would French citizens criticize?

A new people's parliament

Louis XVI needed money --> he gathers the States General to approve new taxes

• 1st estate: 300 people
• 2nd estate: 300 people​
  
• 3rd estate: 600 people
• However: every estate got 1 vote

A new people's parliament

• The 600 people of the 3rd estate set up a new people's parliament, the National Assembly
• In Paris riots break out --> angry citizens storm the Bastille and find weapons: this is the start of the French Revolution
  
• What is a revolution?

A new society

Read 'a new society' on p. 119 and do the following exercises:

-Havo: 3, 4, & 5​

-Vwo: 4, 5 & 6

Difficulties with exercise 5? Turn back to section 1.

Pauze

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Assignment

Counts 2x

Groups of 3-4

You can choose between 2 assignments: podcast or video

Today: write the script

Score the goal: explain what the people parliament (National Assembly) was