FRENCH REVOLUTION STORYBOOK PROJECT



FRENCH REVOLUTION STORYBOOK PROJECT

Due: August 31st (Wednesday) 100 points (World History Class)

60 points (English Class)

2 Lab Days – 8/17 and 8/26 (Ms. Campbell)

1. This project requires you to create a storybook on the major events of the French Revolution. You should include information from Chapter 6, your notes, AND outside sources (correctly cited using MLA format). Make sure your information is clear and to the point.

2. Project Requirements:

a) Appealing front cover with an appropriate title. Your storybook should be placed in a folder or bound in some way. (I will show you examples in class.)

b) Detailed Information on each of the following topics. You may include extra information but the following topics are required.

❖ An Introduction

❖ Conditions in France in the late 1780s (Long and Short-Term Causes of the Revolution)

❖ The Meeting of the Estates General

❖ The Tennis Court Oath

❖ The Storming of the Bastille

❖ Declaration of the Rights to Man

❖ The Monarchy is Abolished and Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

❖ Robespierre and the Reign of Terror

❖ Rise and Fall of Napoleon

❖ A conclusion

❖ MLA Works Cited Page

c) Each section must include

• An illustration of the event (site your source if you use pictures from the internet)

• Thought or voice bubbles coming from characters in the illustration (at least 5)

Hint --- Primary Sources make excellent thought/speech bubbles

• Academic and Content Vocabulary

d) Additional touches to make the storybook artistic and visually appealing: use of colors, page numbers, layout, pop-ups, additional visuals or graphics…

Grading Info On Back

3. For World History, you will be graded on the historical information you include for each of the following topics:

Creativity/appearance/illustrations 10 points

Introduction/conclusion 10 points

Conditions in France in the late 1780s 10 points

Meeting of the Estates General 10 points

The Tennis Court Oath 10 points

Declaration of the Rights of Man 10 points

The Storming of the Bastille 10 points

The Monarchy Abolished and execution of the Monarchs 10 points

Robespierre and the Reign of Terror 10 points

The Rise and Fall of Napoleon 10 points

Total: 100 points

Warning: If this project is plagiarized or copied in any way, you will receive a zero.

4. For English, you will be graded on the following:

       

Internal cites – using them in proper format                                                        10 points

               

Works Cited Page – listing all of your sources that have been internally cited,

including those for pictures; these must be in the proper MLA format   25 points

                

Mechanics – this includes any grammatical mistakes, spelling errors, or sentence issues                                                                             25 points

Total:                                                                                                                                                     60 points

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