1. Read Napoleon's narrative biography. You were assigned Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.

2. Write, in note form, the two or three main events (battles, treaties, etc.) of your section.

If it is a battle, write WHO it was against, WHERE, WHEN, and the OUTCOME of the battle.

If it is an important event other than a battle, jot down its CAUSE and its EFFECT.

(This is spectacular test review.)

Part 1: Madi, Margaret, Anthony

Part 2: Joel, Emily, Collin, Chelsea

Part 3: Elisa, Conor, Marko, Ethan

Part 4: Zach, Marile, A.J., Rachael

For Wednesday, 1/21:
1. Skim the 4-page section about Napoleon and his first wife Josephine.
http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/n_josephine/courtship/page_1.html
You have to click the arrows at the bottom of the page to go to the next and previous pages. This is a companion website for the video we watched, so the red quotations are from the "talking heads" in the movie.
2. Napoleon has just divorced Josephine. He decides to take out an anonymous personal ad in Le Moniteur looking for his next wife. Napoleon controls the newspapers tightly, so he can say whatever he wants, though he probably doesn't want to give away who he is. Write his personal ad, keeping in mind a) his views on the rights of women, as expressed in the Napoleonic Code, and b) his relationship with Josephine and what he is probably looking for. Yes, you can have fun with this. :-) Check-checkplus-checkminus.

For Friday, 1/16:
Finish the handout on the radical phase of the revolution. Read this essay entitled "Napoleon and the Superior Being." DOPE! It was broken. Fixed now.
How was Napoleon a product of the French Revolution? (half a page or so, check/zero)

Read the attached handout on the radical phase of the revolution; it goes into more detail than your textbook. Read up to "The Thermidorean Reaction" for class.

 

Read 497-501 (up to "The Age of Napoleon") in your textbook.

Give a little extra time to the description of the guillotine execution described in the yellow box on page 500. Write a half-page reaction to share in class.

For Friday, 1/9:
Type or handwrite out answers to either one of the following questions (check/check-plus/check-minus). 1 page or so.
A. How radical was the National Assembly, on a scale of 1 (completely conserving the old order) to 5 (completely uprooting the old order)? Explain your reasoning with specific examples.
B. The Declaration of the Rights of Man says, "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good." What problems -- either practical or general -- do you see with this ideal?

For Wednesday, 1/7:
Read 495-497 (up to "The Radical Revolution") in your textbook and answer these questions for a check/zero grade (not to hand in).
- Describe the 3 estates -- who were they? What proportion of the population did they make up?
- What was the Estates-General? Why was it called together? Why were the representatives arguing about how votes should happen?
- What was the National Assembly, and what did it do?