Culminating Activity: Roundtable – To what extent was the French Revolution a success?
1) Complete the French Revolution Chart in order to see change over time—to what extent reforms were made in different aspects of French society.
Old Regime Moderate stage Radical Stage Reaction
Political
Economic
Religious
Social
2) You will be assigned a POV to represent during the Panel Discussion (with 1 partner):
• Peasants
• Sans-culottes
• Bourgeoisie – Jacobin
• Bourgeoisie -- Girondin
• Women
• Clergy
• Nobles
• Solider in the French Revolutionary Army
• Free people of color in Saint Domingue
3) You must research and prepare for discussion by gathering historical information and evidence from 1-2 primary sources to respond to the question: To what extent was the French Revolution a success?
4) During roundtable, you must write brief notes on chart (full version handed out separately)
POV + -
Peasants
Workers
Middle Class--Jacobin
Middle Class—Girondin
5) HW: Read scholarly article “Legacies of the French Revolution”
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap10a.html
