Key Stage 3 History

Unit 10: France 1789-94 Why Was There a Revolution?

This application contains 30 Caspian interactive thinking tasks, covering the QCA unit - France 1789-94 Why Was There a Revolution?

Students explore exciting 3D environments such as a French town, a French church and the palace courtyard of Louis XVI.

They perform a range of thinking tasks to investigate:

Why are the events in France 1789 – 94 known as a revolution?
What causes led to the revolution?
Why did the revolutionaries think that the Tennis Court Oath was so important?
Why was the Bastille attacked and destroyed?
Why was the king executed?
Did all of the revolutionaries want the same things?
Did the revolutionaries want to help all of the underprivileged people?
Why did Robespierre lead a Reign of Terror?
Why was there a Revolution?