Unit Plan
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The French Revolution and Napoleon

For Students 9th - 10th
The lessons, videos, and slideshows will help those studying the French Revolution examine the problems causing the fall of the Old Regime and follow the French Revolution through its liberal, radical, and Napoleonic phases.
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US Department of State

Office of the Historian: The United States and the French Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
The French Revolution had political consequences in the United States. It forced us to adopt a clear foreign policy of neutrality and to pass legislation concerning immigration. Examine how Jefferson and Adams responded to the French...
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War Times Journal

War Times Journal: The French Revolt and Empire: A Napoleonic Wars Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Read the history of these wars from 1792-1815.
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: The French Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site about the history of the French Revolution. The first section discusses causes of the Revolution. Also discusses its course and consequences.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: The French Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of The French Revolution with a special emphasis on the role of the Catholic Church. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated...
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A&E Television

History.com: How Toussaint L'ouverture Rose From Slavery to Lead the Haitian Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Pushing back aggressions by Europe's greatest powers, Haiti's 'founding father' set the stage for the world's first sovereign Black state. How did Toussaint L'ouverture born into bondage in the French colony of Saint-Domingue...
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: Discover France: Place De La Bastille, Paris

For Students 9th - 10th
This site looks at the history of the Bastille in five parts, focusing on its early history, its role in the French Revolution, and what it represents today.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Revolution and Its Era: Maps & Charts

For Students 9th - 10th
A few maps and some good text on the topography and its importance during both the American Revolution and the French and Indian War.
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Other

The Case of Martin Heidegger, Part Three

For Students 9th - 10th
The third and final part of this excellent series on Heidegger's Nazi involvement.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Election of 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
This Khan Academy resource provides and overview of the issues surrounding the Election of 1800.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Library: Lafayette: Citizen of Two Worlds

For Students 9th - 10th
This extentsive collection of resources, celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette.
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Europe's North South Conflicts Reach the Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay detailing early English and French exploration and settlement in the New World to challenge Spanish control.
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Other

Positive Atheism: Life of Thomas Paine

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the complete text of Thomas Clio Rickman's 1819 biography of the chief political philosopher of the American Revolutionary War.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Maximilien Robespierre

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough encyclopedia entry on Maximilien Robespierre. Discusses his childhood and early life, his revolutionist actions, his involvement with the Jacobins, the establishment of and information about the Committee of Public Safety, and...
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War Times Journal

War Times Journal: Recollections of Marshal Macdonald

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of writings written by a French military leader who served under Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars. He gives an honest evaluation of what happened in Napoleon's famous invasion of Russia in 1812.