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Recipe for a Revolution Materials

ERIN CUNNINGHAM

Every year I change how I use the Recipe for a Revolution activity. This year, with the help of Brisk AI, I created this handout for students (here's a link to what we completed together in one of my classes). In the past, some students got hung up on the recipe analogy because they were unfamiliar with how recipes work so the guided practice and the template really helped scaffold and prevent that hang up. I also liked starting with the cake warm-up because it kickstarted a conversation about necessary vs. optional ingredients and proportions, which was helpful for thinking about necessary vs. relevant causes and importance.

How do you use this activity in your classes?

  • Great post,  ! I have done this activity in the past in my APWH classes to focus on causes and effects of the Atlantic Revolutions and usually do it as wrap-up/review before we take our Unit 5A test.  I like the format that you were able to create, but I also usually focus on the effects as well.

    I'm wondering if I would be able to do this as a review activity for APWH before our test and bring in not just the Atlantic Revolutions, but also the Chinese, Mexican, Russian, and even decolonization movements.

  • in reply to Melissa Nowotarski

    I think it would be a great review for your AP classes especially in the additional contexts. Maybe it could end up like a recipe book? Maybe even add in contextualization like some recipes have a backstory.

    I like that this activity gets kids talking about the causes of revolution in more nuanced ways. Once they really understand the recipe analogy, it works really well for getting them to think about the proportions of causes and how they combined to create the perfect storm of events.

  • in reply to ERIN CUNNINGHAM

    I love how you did this  ! I'm going to use this with my classes. I like your idea of using it as a review and maybe I'll turn it into a review project at the end of the year and modify this to work for other topics/units.

  • This is amazing . Thanks for sharing. When I read "Fold in some Enlightenment ideas gradually" I laughed out loud because it reminded me of the "Fold in the cheese" line from Schitt's Creek. 

  • Thank you for these ideas Erin Cunningham.  I think that I may just focus on one revolution as my students are struggling with the Russian Revolution.

  • in reply to Tyrone Shaw

    Laughing Glad someone found the humor! I liked that line, too. I think it helps capture Enlightenment ideas as something underlying the more pressing social and economic issues.

  • in reply to Lisa Meyers

    I'd love to see how this works for the Russian Revolution. It could be interesting to still use the French Rev as an example and see how the price of bread played a role in both!