Alabama Social Studies SS24.WH.2a
The Standard
- SS24.WH.2
- Assess the causes and consequences of the French Revolution.
Explain how the American Revolution influenced the French Revolution.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how the American victory gave French reformers an example of challenging royal rule and claiming rights. They trace how French support for the American war added to France's debt, while problems inside France also fueled revolt.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student finds a shared claim about rights in the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man. They explain how the American war affected France's finances without calling it the sole cause of the French Revolution.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think the French copied the American Revolution exactly, or that American ideas alone caused the revolt. Others miss the cost of French aid to the Americans and overlook unfair taxes and high bread prices in France.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: In three sentences, explain one idea the French drew from the American Revolution, one financial effect of French aid, and one problem inside France.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs excerpts from the 1776 American declaration and 1789 French rights declaration; have them underline shared claims about rights.
Ask: Did American ideas or France's own problems matter more in 1789? Require one specific example of each.
Run a card sort with American victory, French spending on the American war, unfair taxes, and bread prices; label American links or French grievances.
Show a current voter registration flyer; ask how its call for political voice echoes revolutionary demands and who lacked that voice in 1789.
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Related Standards
- SS24.WH.2
Assess the causes and consequences of the French Revolution.
- SS24.WH.1b
Summarize the influence of the Enlightenment on the American Revolution.
- SS24.WH.1
Explain how the Enlightenment influenced societies and inspired revolutions in Europe and the Americas.
- SS24.4.5
Summarize the causes of the French and Indian War and describe how its outcomes increased tensions that led to the American Revolution.
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