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The French Revolution: How did Europe respond to the French Revolution?
In this unit, pupils learn about British responses to the French Revolution and Napoleon's rise. They examine how revolutionary ideas spread to Ireland and end the unit by learning about the Napoleonic Wars and how this period was represented in political cartoons of the day.
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Prior knowledge
- Pupils know that kings had lots of power over their subjects.
- Pupils know that the lives of the rich and the poor were very different.
- Pupils know that the power of the king had been challenged through rebellions and uprisings.
Source curriculum references
- Understand historical concepts such as cause and consequence
- Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901
- At least one study of a significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections with other world developments [for example, Mughal India 1526-1857; China’s Qing dynasty 1644-1911; Changing Russian empires c.1800-1989; USA in the 20th century]
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