French Revolution Blog

The class will be broken into two groups. Each student will make 2 posts (not summaries) about the documents, each document must be discussed by the group only two posts are mandatory per student. The first group will look at the first three documents in the packet (What is the third estate? Cahier de dolences, and the Declaration of the Rights of Women) group two will look at the great fear, terror justified and the image below.  Relate these documents to what you know about the French Revolution.  All students must be familiar with all 6 documents for the test (including the image). See you Thursday.

 

French Democrats surprizing the Royal Runaways. Published June 27, 1791.

Kant and Wallstonecraft

Kant and Wallstonecraft were both enlightenment thinkers.  Think about how they are similar and how they are different (note:  One is a man and one is a woman).

Kil-hwan
Sara Katherine
Tucker
Bikel
Dylan
Reagan

Newton and Copernicus

Newton and Copernicus were both scientists during the Scientific Revolution.  Think about how do these documents reflect the nature of the scientific revolution in Europe?

Ralph
George
Caroline
Michael
Caleb
Dilys

Rousseau and Voltaire

Rousseau and Voltaire got into a huge fight following an earthquake in Portugal.  Read both of these documents and blog about their differences of opinion.

Margaux
Libby
Jacob
Sydonne
Kelly
Kaylee