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Here are the teacher pack items for The French Revolution:
Overview In this experience, students analyze a political cartoon from the period of the French Revolution. Then they watch a video and read an article, summarizing the stages of the revolution. Next they explain how the French Revolution applied Enlightenment ideas to the emerging modern nation. Finally they compare and contrast the French and American Revolutions. Objectives
France watched the American Revolution from afar. Following the British surrender at the Battle of Saratoga, the French government finally decided to actively support the American colonists. Between 1778 and 1782 the French provided supplies, arms and ammunition, uniforms, and even troops and naval support to the beleaguered Continental Army. The French navy transported reinforcements, fought off a British fleet, and protected Washington’s forces in Virginia. The French helped mediate the British surrender and the final Treaty of Paris.
A few year later, the French middle class and peasants rose up in a revolution of their own. You will learn about the French Revolution in this experience.
Objectives
Study the print shown above. Whom do you think the three women in the foreground represent? Try to identify them from left to right. If you don’t know, use your imagination.
According to the Library of Congress: “Pariser Poisarden (Parisian Fishwives) (ca. 1794) illustrates the role of women during the insurrectionary days of the French Revolution. Here a Parisian fishwife strides forward, hand-in-hand with a young, aristocratic woman, possibly an early Marianne figure, driven by a menacing harpy representing the anger and violence of working class women.”
