Oklahoma Social Studies MWH.C.4.1

MWH.C.4.1 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• MWH.C.4.1.A

  Examine the influence of Enlightenment philosophy, economic conditions, the rising influence of the middle class, and the excesses and corruption of the French ...

• MWH.C.4.1.B

  Trace the significant events of the French Revolution (e.g., convening of the Estates General, Tennis Court Oath, storming of the Bastille, execution of Louis X...

• MWH.C.4.1.C

  Explain the major effects of the French Revolution (e.g., contribution to modern nationalism, political, economic, and cultural debilitation of the Catholic chu...

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What Students Need to Do

Students explain how taxes, food prices, royal spending, middle-class demands, and Enlightenment ideas led to calls for change. They order key events and identify popular sovereignty and legal equality in the rights declaration. They explain effects on nationalism, the Catholic Church, and later revolutions.

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What Mastery Looks Like

A student can explain why the Estates General met and how the Tennis Court Oath challenged royal power. They can put the Bastille, the king's execution, and the Reign of Terror in order. They can use the rights declaration to explain legal equality and name a lasting effect, such as reduced church power.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may treat the storming of the Bastille as the cause of the revolution, rather than an event that followed years of unrest. Some assume the rights declaration gave women and enslaved people equal rights in practice. Others confuse the Reign of Terror with the king's rule.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Put the Estates General, Tennis Court Oath, Bastille, king's execution, and Reign of Terror in order. Name one cause, one idea from the rights declaration, and one lasting effect.

1. 01

   Give pairs cards labeled bread prices, taxes, royal spending, middle-class demands, and Enlightenment ideas; have them build and defend a cause chain.

2. 02

   Ask: Why might a taxpaying merchant reject a king's unchecked power? Use one Enlightenment idea in a two-sentence answer.

3. 03

   Run a timeline relay with cards for the Estates General, Tennis Court Oath, Bastille, king's execution, and Reign of Terror.

4. 04

   Place a rights declaration excerpt beside the U.S. Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause; have students underline shared claims about legal equality.

• MWH.C.4

  Analyze the political, economic, and social transformations brought about by the events of the age of revolutions.