Revolution or Evolution?, The Enlightenment or Recipe for a Revolution are just three of the articles and activities in WHP 1200 Unit 4 that can help students understand what caused the revolutionary period between 1750 and 1914, the outcomes, and how they impacted change our world.
I teach the 1750 course, so we are at this time period pretty quickly, after a bit of back fill from grade 6 and 7, the last time my students had a world history course.
My big dilemma was that I had to decide whether to start the Unit with the Beatles or Twisted Sister, but opted for the Beatles! 
After I ask the students about the music they heard, I show a quick overview video from my adopted text, but follow it up with this OER video so that I can focus on the concepts of nation-states and sovereignty. These two terms will take us into the 21st first century and help explain conflicts! Next, I have the students read the OER article about sovereignty The ticket out is putting "sovereignty" into their own words, so that I can quickly see who didn't understand. They do the reading in their required text, but I use OER articles for more support, especially for the activity that follows
The activity is a gathering of revolutionary people, such as Bolivar, L'Overture, Napoleon, Jefferson, Wollstonecraft, etc. The students make a chant and signs to represent the sentiments of their assigned revolutionary leader and then present information for the rest of the class. To wrap up, I have the students make a claim about who was most "revolutionary," and write a paragraph to support their claim. Lastly, I have students come up with a change they would want to see in their own communities and have them explain what it is and then follow a format to see the steps they would need to take and what decisions makers they would need to interact with to address their issue. We have a Civics Seal in my state and this is an opportunity to get them thinking about that opportunity. I do like the Responsibilities and Compassion activity as well, I just have not used it yet!
I teach the 1750 course, so we are at this time period pretty quickly, after a bit of back fill from grade 6 and 7, the last time my students had a world history course.
My big dilemma was that I had to decide whether to start the Unit with the Beatles or Twisted Sister, but opted for the Beatles! After I ask the students about the music they heard, I show a quick overview video from my adopted text, but follow it up with this OER video so that I can focus on the concepts of nation-states and sovereignty. These two terms will take us into the 21st first century and help explain conflicts! Next, I have the students read the OER article about sovereignty The ticket out is putting "sovereignty" into their own words, so that I can quickly see who didn't understand. They do the reading in their required text, but I use OER articles for more support, especially for the activity that follows
The activity is a gathering of revolutionary people, such as Bolivar, L'Overture, Napoleon, Jefferson, Wollstonecraft, etc. The students make a chant and signs to represent the sentiments of their assigned revolutionary leader and then present information for the rest of the class. To wrap up, I have the students make a claim about who was most "revolutionary," and write a paragraph to support their claim. Lastly, I have students come up with a change they would want to see in their own communities and have them explain what it is and then follow a format to see the steps they would need to take and what decisions makers they would need to interact with to address their issue. We have a Civics Seal in my state and this is an opportunity to get them thinking about that opportunity. I do like the Responsibilities and Compassion activity as well, I just have not used it yet!
