Curated OER
French Revolution: The Declaration of Pillnitz
Answering document-based questions increases critical analysis and comprehension skills. The class reads a passage from The Declaration of Pillnitz then answers three critical thinking questions.
Curated OER
The Declaration of Pillnitz (1791)
Primary source documents are wonderful because they provide a real context for historical events. Here is an expert from The Declaration of Pillnitz (1791) for your readers to examine. They consider the passage then use it to answer...
Curated OER
The French Revolution
An excellent resource for a unit on the French Revolution, this informative presentation guides your class through the events of the Reign of Terror and the events preceding and following it. The slides could be easily broken up into...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The Trial and Execution of Louis Xvi
This site examines the trial and execution of King Louis XVI of France during the French Revolution through three primary source documents.
PBS
Pbs: Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution
PBS documentary site explains the whys and wherefores of our enduring interest in the life and loves of Marie Antoinette. Follow the timeline that leads to her execution at the guillotine, learn about the extravagance of her surroundings...
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: The Execution of Louis Xvi, 1793
This article discusse the execution of King Louis XVI during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Caused the French Revolution
Use this TED Ed lesson, complete with video, questions, and links to resources for deeper understanding, to introduce the causes of the French Revolution.
Tom Richey
Tom richey.net: The French Revolution and Napoleon
Four videos on the French Revolution (from 8 to 14 min. long), a slideshow, and a students' unit guide with primary resources.
Other
Unlv: French Revolution: A Chronology
This is a timeline that covers the French Revolution in detail from 1789 to 1799.
Other
Mit Open Course Ware: The Age of Reason, Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries
University-level syllabus, reading suggestions, assignments, and related materials for a course on the Age of Reason.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: The French Revolution
This is a site about the history of the French Revolution. The first section discusses causes of the Revolution. Also discusses its course and consequences.
Tom Richey
Tom richey.net: Mercantilism: The Economics of Absolutism
Want to spice up your history class PowerPoint? This presentation created by a history teacher includes information about the economics of absolutism, Mercantilism, and how it worked in France.
Curated OER
Louis Xvi
EyeWitness to History offers information on the execution of Louis XVI and the circumstances surrounding it. An account of his death is given by a priest who accompanied Louis XVI on that fateful day.
Curated OER
Photograph:louis Xvi, Oil on Canvas by Antoine Fran
Through encyclopedic article on the life of King Louis XVI of France. Follow his life from child hood to his execution during the French Revolution.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Louis Xvi
Louis XVI (23 August 1754 - 21 January 1793), Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. He was married to Marie Antoinette.