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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Perspectives on the French and Indian War

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore perspectives on the French and Indian War.
Unit Plan
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The American Revolution (1750 1783)

For Students 9th - 10th
A unit picks up at the start of the French and Indian War and moves through the development of the new government of the United States. Find videos, slideshows, and primary sources.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Was the French Revolution?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explores the origins, causes, and Napoleon Bonaparte's involvement in the French Revolution.
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Other

Unlv: French Revolution: A Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a timeline that covers the French Revolution in detail from 1789 to 1799.
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Other

The Haitian Revolution of 1791 1803

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the first of four linked pages presenting a comprehensive essay on the Haitian Revolution.
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Other

Bristol University: Lectures on the French Revolution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a series of lectures by one of the most famous British historians (Lord Acton) of the 19th century. He examines the causes and events of the revolution.
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Mother Earth Travel

Mother Earth Travel: The French Revolution and Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
How was Germany involved in the French Revolution? Find out the details of what happened to Germany during the war.
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: The French Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site about the history of the French Revolution. The first section discusses causes of the Revolution. Also discusses its course and consequences.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of all three volumes of "The French Revolution" by Thomas Carlyle. This extensive work covers the revolution from 1789-1795.
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Mount Holyoke College

The French Revolution: The Sans Culottes

For Students 9th - 10th
The Sans-Culottes were the working men of Paris who achieved a political voice during the French Revolution of the early 1790s.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: The French Revolution: The Reign of Terror

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the awful events that took place during the French Revolution with France's Reign of Terror, when Christianity was banned and even the calendar was rewritten.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: French Revolution

For Teachers 6th
Learn what it feels like to be a part of different estates in France prior to the French Revolution.
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Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: The Execution of Louis Xvi, 1793

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusse the execution of King Louis XVI during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: The Trial and Execution of Louis Xvi

For Students 9th - 10th
This site examines the trial and execution of King Louis XVI of France during the French Revolution through three primary source documents.
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W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: Norton Anthology: Introduction to the Romantic Period

For Students 9th - 10th
The major Romantic poets cannot be understood, historically, without an awareness of the extent to which their distinctive concepts, plots, forms, and imagery were shaped first by the promise, then by the tragedy, of the French...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: William Blake's Collected Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected verse collections by William Blake, including Songs from an Island in the Moon, Gnomic Verses, On Art and Artists, On Friends and Foes, Miscellaneous Epigrams, Tiriel, The Book of Thel, The French Revolution, A Song of Liberty,...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution (Educator Guides)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These three educator guides have been developed as a way to involve students in the origins, drama, and outcomes of the French Revolution in a way that is relevant to their current lives. The guides include recommendations for using...
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: The French Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of The French Revolution with a special emphasis on the role of the Catholic Church. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Trans Atlantic Crisis: The French Revolution

For Students 5th - 8th
A look at the French Revolution and how it was interpreted by members of the ruling members in the new United States. What occurred in France tempered the way politic opposites viewed each other in America.
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Read Works

Read Works: Non Colonists in the American Revolution

For Teachers 4th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage gives information about the roles of some French, Native Americans, Hessians, and Polish citizens during the American Revolution. A question sheet is available to help students...
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Digital History

Digital History: Problems England Faced After the French and Indian War [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This offers a good overview of the problems England needed to deal with after signing the Treaty of Paris in 1763, ending the French and Indian War. What to do about the new lands they controlled, how to deal with their loss of income...
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Maximilien Robespierre

For Students 9th - 10th
Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) was an integral part of the French Revolution, specifically the Reign of Terror. This website provides a biography of Robespierre.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Justification of the Use of Terror

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an essay written by Maximilien Robespierre in 1794, during the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. A brief historical background of the essay is also included in this site.
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Stanford University

Stanford: A Tale of Two Cities Historical Context

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for students studying the historical context of Dickens' Tale of Two Cities. Site provides details on the context both within the setting of the novel (on and around the French Revolution) and the publication of the...