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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 10

States, Rights and Political Revolutions

Learners compare the 'age of revolutions' (about 1688–1826) across Britain, North America, France, Haiti and Spanish America. They connect Enlightenment ideas to political change, classify structural, ideological and immediate causes, closely read declarations of rights and the people they left out, and judge how far each revolution achieved its own stated goals.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 130 minutes
  • Age of revolutions check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Explain Enlightenment political ideas and how they challenged absolutism and divine right.
  • Compare the structural, ideological and immediate causes of several Atlantic revolutions.
  • Analyze declarations of rights closely and evaluate who was included and excluded.
  • Compare revolutionary outcomes and evaluate how far each revolution achieved its stated goals.

Lessons

  1. Ideas against absolutism 5 steps2 practiceabout 30 min
  2. Comparing causes 5 steps4 practiceabout 33 min
  3. Rights declared, rights denied 6 steps3 practiceabout 33 min
  4. Judging outcomes 5 steps4 practiceabout 34 min
  5. Age of revolutions check 9 questions at the end

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