Socials 9: Feb 5

 Today in the first half of class we reviewed the expectations for part 2 of the Revolutions project (see prior blog post) and then headed to the library to work on part 2.  If students finished they could work on the good copy of their paragraphs on the most historically significant event/person/invention from chapter 1.  Paragraphs are due Friday.

Part 2 of Revolutions project due Monday.

In the second half we carried on talking about government styles, government in Canada and the French Revolution.  We took notes, we discussed, we watched a couple of videos and we started looking at the chapter on the French Revolution in the text book.  Specifically we read the introduction to the chapter and then created a chart/table that looked at the reasons for the French Revolution starting in the realms of social, political and economic.  We also read p. 72-75 in preparation for Friday (homework if not completed in class).  We also looked at a cartoon overview of the French Revolution and asked questions of the information on the sheet.  Here are the video links: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBn7iWzrKoI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEZqarUnVpo&t=1s

Socials 9: Revolutions project PART 2

 Part 2:  Recipe for a Revolution (civil war etc...)

If a revolution  was a cake, what would the recipe look like?  

How long would the the prep time be?  5, 10, 50 years?

What about the  ingredients?  A harsh ruler?  Lack of freedom?  Poverty?

What would the directions look like?

Create a recipe card that reflects your answers to the above….

Prep time:  time revolution/rebellion was building

Ingredients:  key players and events

Directions:  what happened

Cook time:  length of the fighting, revolution

End Product:  final result

Part 1: Basic Research

Goal:  to gain understanding of a turbulent time in history by researching a revolution, a rebellion or a civil war and to understand how it effected history or changed the course of history.  Look at how it impacted the time period and present day (lasting effects)

Part 1:  Choose a revolution, rebellion or civil war (examples below) that interests you.
-Do some initial research using the 5W+H format (who, what, where, when, why and how)
Some examples of these questions might be:  Who was involved?  Who started the revolution?  Why were they rebelling?  etc...
-Ensure you are using credible sites and information and keeping track of these sites for your bibliography.

***You must take good notes these will be part of your mark.

Here are some examples:

-American Revolution, French Revolution, Russian Revolution, Peasant Revolt (England), Slave rebellion, Prussian uprising, Industrial Revolution, Red River Rebellion, Glorious Revolution, Serbian Revolution, Haitian Revolution, Mexican war for independence....etc...