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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

WestCiv Day 37 - French Revolution & Debate

Objective:  Participate in or observe a debate on the human costs of the French Revolution.  Utilize library resources to prepare for debates.

Task: As you come into class, please get out your computer and check your knowledge of the French Revolution with the "French Revolution & Napoleon" trivia game.   Next, we'll set up the room for our debate and students participating in the debate should hand in their rubrics.  After the debate, you'll post a reflection to the class blog.  Finally, we'll spend the remainder of class reviewing the Napoleon packet from Monday.

Homework:
  • Wednesday, 3/20 - Debate #1 - Was the French Revolution worth its human costs?
  • Thursday, 3/21 - Debate #2 - Was Napoleon a hero or a tyrant?
  • Friday, 3/22 - Unit 5 Test
  • Friday, 3/22 - Media selection for final project
  • Tuesday, 3/26 - Debate #3 - As much as it may have contributed to Great Britain’s, and eventually the world’s, material prosperity, the Industrial Revolution, considered from a spiritual, moral, and environmental point of view, was a disaster.
  • Tuesday, 4/2 - Final project presentations
  • Thursday, 4/4 - Final Exam

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