World History
Atlantic World Political Revolutions
(1750-1900)
Unit Compelling Questions
Instructions: Choose one or more Compelling Questions (CQ) for the unit based on your available time. Each Supporting Question (SQ) is sequenced and scaffolded for the Compelling Question.
Note: Starred (*) Compelling Questions are in the H.S. World History example Planning & Pacing Guide.
CQ: How do Ideas change the world?
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
Staging the Compelling Question
SQ 1: The Enlightenment Philosophers: What Was Their Main Idea? (DBQ World History V3)
SQ 2: What role did ideas have in sparking Atlantic revolutions?
SQ 3: What role did politics and the economy have in causing the French Revolution?
SQ 4: What role did politics and the economy have in causing the Haitian Revolution?
SQ 5: What role did politics and the economy have in causing the Latin American Revolution?
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
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CQ: Who leads a revolution?
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
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CQ: How is violence historically significant in understanding revolutions?
Teacher Guide
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
Staging the Compelling Question
SQ 1: What role did violence play in defining Atlantic revolutions?
SQ 2: Was the main goal of the Committee of Public Safety to “protect the Revolution from its enemies”? (French: SHEG)
SQ 3: The Reign of Terror: Was It Justified? (French: DBQ World History V3)
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
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CQ: How does revolution bring change and continuity?
Teacher Guide
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
Staging the Compelling Question
SQ 1: How did governments change because of Atlantic revolutions?
SQ 2: How did economies change because of Atlantic revolutions?
SQ 3: How did societies change because of Atlantic revolutions?
SQ 4: What stayed the same despite Atlantic revolutions?
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
Take Action (Optional)