WALT: How have different historians interpreted the causes of the French Revolution?
WILFs: Can describe and explain Marxism and revisionism (D).... Can links causal explanations to particular interpretations (B)...... Can locate own position on causes of French revolution in appropriate tradition and justify (A)

Lesson 1 Development

Study the Powerpoint

Starter: Are you a Marxist or Revisionist? Promenade then Stand and Share
 
1. Mix then Rally robin the PPT using the grid below

What Marxists say about causes	What revisionists say about causes

 
2. Find a new partner and develop  your lists using the external blue links left
 
3. Stand and Share
 
4. Solo work complete the Writing Frame using your lists as resources
 
5. Swap writing frames with your Study Buddy and www and ebi each other's work
 
6. Solo work on assignment

Objective: To consider and evaluate Marxist and Non Marxist interpretations of the French Revolution

Activities: Read the Introductory PPT then in groups research Marxist and non Marxist interpretations of the French Revolution using the historiography links left and the library reading identified below

Product: By period 4 your group will have constructed a large cartoon poster (at least 2 sheets of display power in size) on which a Marxist historian and a non Marxist historian are in a boxing ring fighting. Give them both speech bubbles through which they are exchanging views! Your group will also be asked to summarise which interpretations they find most valid.

Finally: (!) Please post your individual views on this topic in the History discussion forum

Library Reading
 
Access to History (interpretations section)
Roger Magraw 'France the Bourgeois Century' (introduction)
Alfred Cobban 'Historians and the Causes of the French revolution' (pamplet 2 copies)
The Origins of the French Revolution William Doyle