Lesson Plans and Worksheets
Browse by Subject
- Napoleon Bonaparte
-
Related Topics
Featured Testimonial
Lesson Planet has given me ideas to use with my students or has served as a springboard for creating my own plans and activities
- Kent W.
- Box Elder, SD
- 02-14-11
Napoleon Bonaparte Teacher Resources
Find teacher approved Napoleon Bonaparte educational resource ideas and activities
Title
Resource Type
Views
Grade
Rating
Was Napoléon Bonaparte a hero or a tyrant? Discuss examples of each, and list their common attributes. Then, to form a solid argument and take a stance, intermediate and advanced Francophones conduct Internet research. After a few days at the library, they construct an argumentative speech to support that he was either a hero or a tyrant.
A good way to transition from the French Revolution to the influence of Napoleon Bonaparte, this video details how the French government changed in the intervening years, and Napoleon's militaristic rise to power. The colorful maps, pictures, and annotations detail the instances in which "Napoleon kicks butt," and will make this presentation appealing to even uninterested historians.
In this online interactive history quiz instructional activity, students respond to 50 multiple choice questions about Napoleon Bonaparte. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
A great cross-curricular activity pairs the French Revolution with a writing exercise. Have your class consider the economic causes of the French Revolution, the feudal class system, and Napoleon Bonaparte as a bridge between democracy and monarchy. This worksheet includes these three great short answer questions.
In this Napoleon Bonaparte activity worksheet, students record the 9 dates and details provided in the appropriate boxes on the timeline.
In this online interactive history learning exercise, students respond to 10 essay and short answer questions about the life and accomplishments of Napoleon Bonaparte.
In this Napoleon Bonaparte activity, students write a confidential report about the details of his birth, political ideas, and rise to power.
Young readers examine the details in an 1821 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting two sisters who are exiled princesses. They read a tale about the Brothers Grimm, who were writing fairy tales during the same time period that these sisters were exiled. They then write and illustrate a fairy tale inspired by the painting.
A timeline of the main events in Napoleon's career (starting in 1799) begins this video, which details the War of the Third Coalition and the transition of the Holy Roman Empire into the Confederation of the Rhine. Maps, paintings, and annotations will make this lecture appealing to your students as they learn about Napoleon's incredible rise to the position of Emperor, and therefore, near-invincibility. Strategies of the war from all perspectives help to round out this chapter in history.
Students are asked what they think a revolution is and how it is different from a war. They review and classify one of four historical conflicts: the Seven Years' War, the American Revolution, the French Revolution, or the military campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte.