Havo 2 tto: Political Revolutions - lesson 2

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Political Revolutions

Lesson 2

Start of the lesson

Sit in your spot

Phone in locker

Chewing gum in bin

Books + laptop on table

Introduction

Do you know this videogame?

Menu of the day

Recap

The French Revolution

Exercises

Break

Assignment: podcast or video

Recap

The society of estates in the Middle Ages existed of 3 groups. Which picture belongs to which estate?

Clergy

Farmers

Nobility

Exercise

• Enlightened thinking or not?

Goal

You can explain what the people parliament (National Assembly) was

The Enlightenment

• During the Enlightenment people criticized society --> they wanted to improve it
• At the end of the 18th century King Louis XVI ruled France just like Louis XIV
• What would French citizens criticize?

A new people's parliament

Louis XVI needed money --> he gathers the States General to approve new taxes

• 1st estate: 300 people
• 2nd estate: 300 people​
  
• 3rd estate: 600 people
• However: every estate got 1 vote

A new people's parliament

• The 600 people of the 3rd estate set up a new people's parliament, the National Assembly
• In Paris riots break out --> angry citizens storm the Bastille and find weapons: this is the start of the French Revolution
  
• What is a revolution?

A new society

Read 'a new society' on p. 119 and do the following exercises:

-Havo: 3, 4, & 5​

-Vwo: 4, 5 & 6

Difficulties with exercise 5? Turn back to section 1.

Pauze

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Assignment

Counts 2x

Groups of 3-4

You can choose between 2 assignments: podcast or video

Today: write the script

Score the goal: explain what the people parliament (National Assembly) was