Social Studies - 6th Grade
Lesson Plans

Standard 3

Students will understand how revolutions have had an impact on the modern world.

Objective 1

Understand processes of revolution

• French Revolution
  This lesson begins with a simulation that will let students feel what it was like to be a part of different estates in France prior to the French Revolution.
• Revolution Synectics Lesson Plan
  This lesson leads students through the creative process of developing analogies to help define a revolution. After they finish, students write a paragraph or page describing revolution using their analogy.
• The French Revolution
  The French Revolution was instigated by the unfairness of the tax system in France, the example of the American Revolution, and the bankruptcy of the French monarchy.

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