Form 2 Week 1

Hi Form 2, and welcome to our study of the French Revolution.

A link to today's PowerPoint: goo.gl/qBLkaL

***NEWS***

A recent article on Haiti's independence leader, who broke away from revolutionary France in 1804:

Meet Haiti's founding father, whose black revolution was too radical for Thomas Jefferson

Crowds cheered as local lawmakers on August 18 unveiled a street sign showing that Rogers Avenue in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn would now be called Jean-Jacques Dessalines Boulevard, after a Haitian slave turned revolutionary general. When Dessalines declared Haiti's independence from France in 1804 after a 13-year slave uprising and civil war, he became the Americas' first black head of state.

 

Homework - due Tuesday Week 2.

Heading - Using Sources

Write down (in bullet point form) 20 observations about the below picture - what does it tell us about French society and politics at the time of the French Revolution? (30 mins)

Then, follow with a paragraph response to this question - Why is this source useful to historians? (15 mins)

Finally, a paragraph response to this question - What is the artist's view of the events he has drawn? (15 mins)