Showing posts with label French Revolution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French Revolution. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Tuesday Lesson: 2k Research Draft, French Rev/Stages of Revolution (cont'd), Human Rights

In Class Tuesday:

1. Return 1k drafts.
--2,000 word deadline and requirement:
  • 2k revisions due Thursday, April 4, Monday, April 9, submitted to Turnitin.com and printed . Here's a checklist I made to clarify. I hope it helps. Remember, the form and format of research papers is what we're focused on. Many of you have discovered your research questions weren't focused enough this time around, which is a good lesson for the next time you have a research assignment. The first time is almost always messy.

For your last draft:
  • 2,000 total essay words required.
  • nine sources required (three additional since 1k draft).
  • Tip: As you read further in your research, write your notes on index cards including: source, idea (quote or paraphrase), how you will use it, and page number. 
    • This allows you to lay out your cards in different orders on the floor or table to organize the best flow for your paper. It makes in-text citation easy too.
  • Warning: You will submit your 2k draft to Turnitin.com, so be sure not to plagiarize. Penalty for plagiarism: an F and a trip to the principal, and an entry in your academic record. Don't do it. If you think you did plagiarize, highlight in yellow the parts you think might be "stolen." This will never be offered to you again, and I'm only offering it to you because you're freshmen.

2. Finish French Rev. video and worksheet.
  • Quiz Thursday: write how the French Rev. follows the "Revolutionary Stages" from Pre-Revolutionary Disorder to Moderate, Radical, "Thermidorean" (Moderate but corrupt), Reactionary, and Reform stages.
3. Deeper on Human Rights -- a legacy of the Enlightenment and a major ideology today in the West:

Friday, March 16, 2012

Friday Lesson: French Revolution. Quiz THURSDAY.

In Class:
1. Please fill out this questionnaire now. You have five minutes.Discussion on Enlightenment revolutions:
  • What do we learn about political idealism from the Atlantic Revolutions? When the dust settled, who benefited most in each of them?

2. French Revolution movie + Viewing Guide. Fill out and review over weekend for quiz Thursday, 20 points--identifying people and events from the study guide. (Your textbook can give you background too. Check the Table of Contents.)

The reason the French Revolution interests us today is because it's Europe's first revolution based on the ideals of liberty and equality. It sounded good in theory, but played out differently in practice--just like revolutions ever since, including today's Arab Spring revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and possibly Syria soon. All those revolutions started with hope, but are currently facing problems. Voters and policy-makers need to understand what history teaches about revolutions in order not to make blind mistakes.

So focus on how the French Revolution follows the stages that most modern revolutions follow:
  1. Pre-Revolutionary disturbances
  2. Revolution:
    1. Moderate Stage
    2. Radical Stage
    3. Exhausted Stage ("Thermidorean Reaction" in France)
  3. Reaction:
    1. Tyranny or
    2. Return to Pre-Revolutionary stage (Counter-Revolution)
  4. Reform