October 15 & 16, 2015 Please take out your 3-ring binder and something with which to write.

October 15 & 16, 2015Please take out your 3-ring binder and

something with which to write

HomeworkRead p. 473-477

p. 477 #3,4,5

Textbooks Next Class? Yes

Quote of the Day

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Why Do We Review the Quiz?

Learn from your mistakes

Improve for the next quiz

Catch any mistakes made by Coach Kenney

“The only real failure in life is the failure to learn from your mistakes”

The French Revolution

1789-1815

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Today’s Main Ideas

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Graphic Organizer

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Observe This

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The Old Regime (France 1789)

Society was divided into 3 social classes called ESTATES:

1st 2nd 3rd

Clergy NoblesCommoner

sThe first 2 estates had special privileges that the 3rd did not.

Who am I? p.468-469

Pick ONE of the 3 estates

Write a short description

We will quiz one another

1st 2nd 3rd

Clergy NoblesCommoner

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPoCMd2DYJo

The Old Regime

• The problem was that the 3rd Estate made up 98.5% of the population.

France’s Financial Crisis1. Deficit Spending

Gov Spending > Gov RevenueIncrease Taxes to pay off debt

2. Bad harvests led to bread shortages

Les Misérables

Stealing bread referencehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8WSysB5vKM

Problems of Today?

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U.S. Debt Clock

http://usdebtclock.org/

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March 18, 2014http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303287804579445311778530606

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Warm Up #12Answer the following in your 3-Ring Binders:New Sheet/One Paragraph/Proper Grammar

1.Do you believe there is a strong connection between the economic problems that occurred in 18th century France and what is happening in the U.S. today? Explain.

1.How do you think these current problems can be solved?

In the 1600s, French commoners looked on while the Brits executed Charles I and chased off James II.

In the 1700s, they watched the Americans break away from

England under King George III.

King Louis XVI calls the Estates General

1789 (1787 U.S. Constitution Created)

Third Estate declares itself National Assembly

Write a constitution

Tennis Court Oath

The Tennis Court Meeting

Storming the Bastille

Quote of the Day #2

Louis XVI: “Is it a revolt?”

Noble: “No, sire. It is a revolution.”

July 14th

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Today’s Main Ideas

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Graphic Organizer

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HomeworkRead p. 473-477

p. 477 #3,4,5

Textbooks Next Class? Yes