The French Revolution
The first project of Contemporary Issues this year centered on the French Revolution. Approaching the period through several types of media, we explored the French Revolution in some depth. Our driving questions were as follows:
Does history repeat itself?
What was the social context of the French Revolution and in what ways do underlying themes relate to domestic and global issues today?
During this unit, we read A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly.
Pardon the Interruption
Pardon the Interruption was a project modeled on ESPN's program of the same name. With a partner, we would attempt to educate our classmates about an assigned topic in under two minutes. The topic I was assigned (complete transcript below) was Voltaire and Rousseau, two extremely influential philosophers and authors of the 18th century.
Assemblage Box
With the revolution we had been assigned to study hand in hand with the French revolution, we crafted an assemblage box to compare and contrast the two revolutions.
Newscast
The newscast project was the final, and largest, piece of the revolution project. The goal of the newscast was to compare the French Revolution with the Chinese Cultural Revolution, as if it was a news broadcast.
Does history repeat itself?
What was the social context of the French Revolution and in what ways do underlying themes relate to domestic and global issues today?
During this unit, we read A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly.
Pardon the Interruption
Pardon the Interruption was a project modeled on ESPN's program of the same name. With a partner, we would attempt to educate our classmates about an assigned topic in under two minutes. The topic I was assigned (complete transcript below) was Voltaire and Rousseau, two extremely influential philosophers and authors of the 18th century.
Assemblage Box
With the revolution we had been assigned to study hand in hand with the French revolution, we crafted an assemblage box to compare and contrast the two revolutions.
Newscast
The newscast project was the final, and largest, piece of the revolution project. The goal of the newscast was to compare the French Revolution with the Chinese Cultural Revolution, as if it was a news broadcast.