Crash Course World History videos: 29
View First: (good intro to Enlightenment Thinkers):
Unit essay topic option #1: Was Napoleon a friend or foe to France?
We'll watch an A&E Biography of Napoleon, read and article about this question, and spend part of a class discussing the notes from each of these sources. You also have a section of the text to refer to, do homework from and take a quiz on :) Your paper's thesis should reflect the idea that Napoleon was both a friend and a foe, but in the final analysis, he was more good or bad for France, depending on your analysis of the evidence.
Unit essay topic option #2: What were the main causes of the French Revolution?
We'll discuss this topic in class, read and discuss a packet of primary source documents related to the question, and you also have class notes about it. Remember, the SCoPE chart will help you get organized, but the actual arguments you make in your paper will require more sophisticated analysis!