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Revolutions History 2010. …welcome. What I expect:. Computers – bring to every class. Check your email regularly Punctuality Submit work on time Keep up to date notes – use your initiative Reading Organise your notes and readings Contribution/Participation/Respect Communication.
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Revolutions History 2010 …welcome.
What I expect: • Computers – bring to every class. • Check your email regularly • Punctuality • Submit work on time • Keep up to date notes – use your initiative • Reading • Organise your notes and readings • Contribution/Participation/Respect • Communication
My office: S11 • My email: robert.mcarthur@wesleycollege.net
Unit 3 – The French Revolution: • Area of Study One: 1781-August 4 1789 • Dealing with the collapse/overthrow of the Ancien Regime (Old Regime) • SAC 1: • Short answer questions + timeline • last week of Term One (TBA) • one 75 minute period
Unit 3 – French Revolution (cont.) • Area of Study Two: 5 August 1789 – 1795. • The Consolidation of the New Regime • SAC 2: • Document Analysis • Week Six, Term Two (TBA) • One 75 Minute period
So … lets start. What is a “revolution”?
Quotes about “revolutions” • Fidel Castro: “A Revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past” • Che Guevara: “…there is only one method: the destruction of everything in fire and blood… there is no other way, no other hope.” • Anon“It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees” • RATM“This is a war from the depth of time”
What do you take these quotes to mean? • What are the implications of the attitudes behind these quotes? • Judging from these quotes what factors would bring about revolution?