Short Term Causes of the French Revolution - Card Sort

This engaging card sort lesson on the short-term causes of the French Revolution encourages collaboration and movement, making learning dynamic and fun. Designed to spark critical thinking, it serves as a perfect starter, plenary, or end-of-unit review activity, ideal for preparing students for assessments or extended writing tasks. This resource seamlessly complements any mainstream textbook on the French Revolution, offering a valuable tool to solidify understanding and enhance learning.

This comprehensive resource provides everything you need to deliver an engaging lesson on the short-term causes of the French Revolution. Upon download, you’ll receive an editable Word document containing three heading cards (economic, social, and political) and 20 information cards for students to sort. For convenience, the resource is also available in PDF format, alongside an answer sheet and an 18-slide PowerPoint presentation designed to facilitate the lesson. The PowerPoint includes clear aims and objectives, engaging starters and plenaries, quality-assured video clips, informative slides, interactive tasks and activities, a peer assessment task, homework suggestions, and a word search focusing on key vocabulary. This complete package ensures a well-structured and impactful lesson, making teaching the French Revolution a breeze for the non specialist or specialist alike.

The lesson objectives are:

Theme: The French Revolution
Know: What events led to the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789?
Understand: What were the short term causes of the French Revolution?
Evaluate: Which was the most important factor?
Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration

WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: The events & short term causes of the French Revolution?
Can You Explain: What roles did social, economic and political factors play?
Can You Evaluate: Which was the most important factor or trigger event?

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