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- 10th - 12th
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Students compare and contrast the American, Russian and French Revolutions. They create lists of the similarities and differences and hypothesize how the outcomes might have been different given different data. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine primary sources in order to draw conclusions about the influence of Greek classical art and philosophy on the French Revolution. They compare the goals of the French Revolution to those of Neoclassical artists. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students explore the rise, life during, and the aftermath of the French Revolution. This ten lesson unit makes conections to other revolutions, the prices paid for freedom, and what happens when people lose sight of their purpose. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students probe the main concepts of the Age of Enlightenment in this five lesson unit. The great thinkers and their ideas form the basis of this exploration into the philosophy used to help form our nation. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students read "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. In groups, they analyze the opinions of various philosophers on the French Revoluion. To end the lesson, they take all the information gathered during their readings and write a paper on their own position. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine lives, philosophies, and political beliefs of four Enlightenment Thinkers: Baron de Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke. Students then work with partner to write short speech from perspective of one of the philosophers. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students compare and contrast the causes and events of the American and French Revolutions of the late eighteenth century and their consequences for the growth of liberty, equality, and democracy in Europe, North America, and other parts of the world. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students study the concept of Revolution from several different angles including the Russian Revolution, the French Revolution and the Cultural Revolution. They participate in a series of games, readings and concept mapping to relate the essence of revolution from these particular examples. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students cite examples of human rights and duties enumerated in selections from Qur'an and Hadith. They explain the concepts and sources of rights and duties in the framework of Islamic law. Students compare the concepts of individual rights in the Islamic, American and French Enlightenment traditions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students understand the basic political events of the French Revolution, broken down into four stages, and the shifts of power during each stage. They examine how the members of the Third Estate gained not only political but also economic and social power while the First and Second Estates lost power. Full Review »
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