This Scheme of Work will set out the clear framework of our period of study for this academic year. There will be a calendar, and an outline of assessments and prep work required for each lesson.
The exam for French Revolution is on 15th May 2012 am.
Introductory Lessons
L1 Introducing AS History and the French Revolution v2 | The first lesson introducing AS History
L2 Running countries v3 & L2 What were the key events of FR
L3 What was France like in the Eighteenth Century | Life in France in the 18th C – Why did the Revolution happen in France, and not elsewhere?
L4 France in the 18th C GB in 18th C v2
L5 How absolute a ruler was Louis XVI
KI1: Causes of the French Revolution
A1 Brief overview of Causes of the French Revolution v2 & A1 decision_making_louis
A2 Taxation and fiscal policy SHARE
A3 Causes of the French Reolution
A4 The issue of taxation & A4 Wars and foreign policy
A7 Big picture conclusion Causes of the French Reolution
KI2: The French Revolution 1789-1792
(Key Idea 2) The French Revolution: from Monarchy to Republic, 1789–1792
• The calling of the Estates General and the creation of the National Assembly
• The importance of the Parisian crowd and peasant risings
• Reforms leading to the establishment of the Constitutional monarchy in 1791
• The radicalisation of the Revolution: the impact of religious change, the war against Austria and Prussia, the growing dominance of the sans-culottes
• The creation of the Republic
B1 The Revolutionary Year 1789 & B1 Keyword Knowledge
B2 The Revolutionary Year 1789 SHARE & B2 Tennis Court questions
B4 Dismantling the ARB4 Dismantling the Ancien Regime
B4 What were the events that ended the Ancien Regime
B4 Reviewing the Revolutionary Year 1789
B6 The Emergence of the Republican Movement
B6 The Rise of Political Clubs and the Emergence
B7 The Significance of the Flight to Varennes
B8 Champs de mar massacre and Counter revolution
B9 Why did war break out in 1792 | B9 Explain why war broke out in 1792 | B9 Arguments for and against war
B10 History Presentation war and terror
Christmas Holiday
(Key Idea 3) The French Revolution: Terror and the search for stability
• The execution of the King and the establishment of the Terror
• The influence and fall of Robespierre
• Events leading to the establishment of the Directory, including the risings of 1795 and the White Terror
• Events leading to the seizure of power by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799
C2 September massacres and the vendee and also the 24marker homework sheet C2 vendee table
C4 The Emergence of Government by Terror
C5 The Overthrow of Robespierre v2
C8 Why was the Directory able to survive for
C10 the Directory and its fall v2
February Half Term Holidays
(Key Idea 4) Napoleonic Rule in France, 1799–1815
• The establishment and consolidation of Empire
• Napoleonic rule within France: the impact of social, religious, legal and administrative reforms
• Economic policies, including the issue of taxation
• The extent to which Napoleon had transformed France by 1815
The Lessons
EASTER HOLIDAYS
Revision lessons – these will be used to practice exam technique and revisit people, events, themes and episodes from France in Revolution 1774-1815.
KI1 Revision Guide for AS History v2 | FrenchRevBooklet and also FrenchRevBooklet ANSWERS | Ki4 Napoleon v2
