This is a complete lesson on the Ancien Régime – the political and social system in France before the French Revolution for KS3.
This lesson introduces students to the structure of French society under the Ancien Régime, helping them understand the inequalities and tensions that contributed to the outbreak of revolution.
Includes:
PowerPoint presentation
Starter and plenary activities
Video task
Source analysis task
Written task with accompanying worksheet (with a simplified version included for differentiation)
Lesson on structure of and life in the Ancien Regime in France.
Acts as a first lesson for the OCR A-Level Unit: Y213: The French Revolution and the rule of Napoleon 1774–1815
This resource includes:
lesson powerpoint with tasks and accompanying challenge tasks
two page information sheet
two page worksheet to complete activities on
an ‘instruction sheet’ for if the lesson is set as cover, homework, or remote learning
Word documents and PDF versions of worksheets are both available to download.
In this activity, students will learn about the historical development of the ancien regime in France, including how the social and political system evolved from medieval feudalism to an absolute monarchy. They will explore the roles of different estates and understand the growing tensions that eventually led to the French Revolution.
It has 19 questions for students to answer, as well as a paragraph response section for them to demonstrate their understanding of the topic.
In this activity, students will learn about the historical development of the ancien regime in France, including how the social and political system evolved from medieval feudalism to an absolute monarchy. They will explore the roles of different estates and understand the growing tensions that eventually led to the French Revolution.
It has 13 questions for students to answer, as well as a paragraph response section for them to demonstrate their understanding of the topic.
These notes cover Louis XVI as king and the government and social divisions of the Ancien Regime. They are for the new a level specification and are to an A*standard.
These revision notes cover Louis XVI as king and the government and social divisions of the Ancien Regime. They are for the new a level specification and are to an A* standard.
4 resources for lesson 2 which focuses on the different social groups in France and why the people were angry because of the inequality of the ancien regime.
Lessons covering:
the structure and problems with the Ancien regime
Causes of social discontent
The influence of the Enlightenment and US War of Independence
Revision resources:
a timeline of 1774 - 1795
a crossword testing knowledge from the lessons
This is an A3 overview table of the whole course. It covers political, economic/financial, social, legal, administrative and international relations in the different major periods of the revolution: the Ancien Regime, Constitutional Monarchy, Republic, Terror, Directory, Napoleon and the Restoration.
This information booklet traces the course of the ancien regime, the French Revolution, the Terror under Robespierre and the rise and fall of Napoleon. It also looks at the reaction in Britain and the inspiration the French Revolution had on other revolutions in the 19th century.
Comes with knowledge organiser for key vocab, timeline and summaries of the booklet.
A full scheme of work for the French Revolution. Does not require a text book. Looks at the skills of chronology, change and continuity, sourcework, balancing an argument and interpretation.
Lesson 1 - Why did the French want a revolution (the Ancien Regime and attitudes to the monarchy)
Lesson 2 - Estate system/Tennis court oath
Lesson 3 - What did the Revolutionaries want?
Lesson 4 - The Storming of the Bastille
Lesson 5 - Why did the Revolution become extreme?
Lesson 6 - The Terror
Lesson 7 - Napoleon
Lesson 8 - inc. assessment: Did the revolution change France for the better
A good mixture of tasks including a nice sprinkling of short videos
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