Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: French Revolution Name: Wesly Martinez

Content Area: History, Social Science Grade Level: Tenth
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
1. Students recognize the complexity of historical causes and effects, including the limita-tions on determining cause and effect.

2. Students compare the present with the past, evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and determining the lessons that were learned.

3.Students interpret past events and issues within the context in which an event unfolded rather than solely in terms of present-day norms and values

Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

1. Examine the French Revolution and discover how it differed from the preceding political revolutions in the Western world.

2. Identify how the revolution's goals and method evolved throughout throughout the revolutions unfolding

3. Examine the factions in France’s National Assembly and explain what their beliefs were

Unit Summary:
By the end of this unit students will have analyzed and evaluated the great changes the world underwent from the seventeenth century to to the modern day.
They will have a thorough understanding on who political thought during the enlightenment led to great changes and end to the system of absolute monarchies
that had characterized the Western World for so long

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level:
● Quiz: The students are to answer an 8
question quiz by the end of the week. The
quiz is designed to feature questions
students might be able to answer from
Formative:
● Class Packet: The students are to create a
packet of their reading and class notes so I
can make sure the students are on task
with reading their assignments
Summative:
● Powerpoint: Students will create a ten
slide presentation with Google Drive.
Which must address the following key
points. The lead up to the revolution, key
 knowledge they have obtained from
earlier history classes. This is so I can
establish a benchmark on where the class
is as a whole so I can alter the content
accordingly.
● Kaloo: After set intervals the class will play events of the revolution, how it impacted
Kaloo to evaluate how much information the society of time time and how it affects
they have retained and how quickly they the lives of today’s people
can access it ● Final Exam: Their will be a final exam
● Flashcards: Students will be required to scheduled for after the presentations. It
make flashcards which will broach key will be 50 questions long and it'll broach
figures, dates and events to help them in everything learned in class so one pay
their studies attention to the presentations for review.
● Class Discussions: Their will be in class
discussions on the material where
students will be obligated to give their own
thoughts on the material
● Weekly Review: Students must on Fridays
write a paragraph which summarizes the
key information which was covered that
week
● Documentary Quiz: We will be watching a
documentary in class after which their will
be a quiz to make sure students don’t just
space out

Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)

Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities: The students are to be broken into groups of three or four students, each group will be
The objective is for (Assessments): The then given a random revolution to present specifically what caused it to take place and how it changed
students to differentiate students will do by creating society afterwards. They must then compare it to another revolution of their choosing.
the impact and causes of a powerpoint presentation The revolutions to be covered are as follows
the Glorious Revolution, in which they go over how 1. Britain's Glorious Revolution
the Revolutionary War and each revolution was 2. The American Revolutionary War
the French Revolution different in it’s own way 3. The French Revolution
Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities: The students are to answer a series of questions on the various social clubs that formed
The objective is for The students will prove as a result of the revolution, students should be able to name discuss when they were founded what the
students to understand their knowledge by by groups core beliefs where, what part they played in the revolution and what happened to its members
how various competing finding information on the
factions in the national Internet which informs
assembly shaped the them on the Girondins the
revolution Feuillants, Cordeliers and
Jacobins
Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: The Lesson Activities: The students are to create an online timeline which starts at the beginning of the
The objective is for students will do so by revolution and ends at its completion. It’s start and end are up to the students but the timeline should
students to decide when creating an online timeline. have a minimum of ten events. Each event should be in order and must have it’s date accounted for along
they believed the with an image and a short summary of it.
revolution started and
ended. They must also
disced which events of the
revolution are of special
importance
Unit Resources:
Innovations and Inventions Discusses the impact of the invention the Industrial Revolution when brought over to America from England
The French Revolution- A History Channel documentary which we will watch in class and will be a great fount of information
Timeline JS- This is a website you can use to create your online timeline you can use others but I recommend this one for it’s ease of use
French Revolution in 9 Minutes - A short video that quickly goes over key events during the revolution
Social Causes of The Revolution- Gives information on how the social situation help bring forth the revolution
Parties of The French Republic- Provides information of the various factions involved in the revolution
Marie Antoinette - Learn about the women beneath her luxurious lifestyle
Food Situation - Starvation just like war plays a key role in deciding the history of nations

Useful Websites:
Crash Course World History Playlist Will host a variety of videos which broach topics discussed in class, a great resource for those who miss a say of class or those who
wish to go over material and learn more from a person than a text
Grammerly- Use this website to make sure your grammar is on point
National Archive Contains newspaper snippets from the revolution