1. Warm Up - Respond in your warm up section.
The year is 1799, and you are a poor citizen of France. The nation is getting out of hand with chaos! 40,000 people have died in the Reign of Terror, largely from a new killing machine called the Guillotine. The former King, Louis XVI, has had his head chopped off and there is no leadership in the crazy country. Maximilien Robespierre, the guy who was supposed to be in charge, has also been put to death by the guillotine. Nobody can afford bread, and nobody knows who’s in charge! Suddenly, a guy comes along and says, “I can fix our problems and bring order to the situation. Follow me, and I will save France!” Would you, a poor, tired citizen of France, listen to him? Why or why not?

2. Skills Practice
Which social class was the MOST affected by the Reign of Terror?
How many people from the First and Second Estates were killed during the Reign of Terror?
How many more Peasants than Clergy were killed?

3. Napoleon Blendspace
You will work with a partner to complete the Blendspace Activity for Napoleon.
Answer the questions in the document found in Google Classroom

4. Exit Ticket The French people welcomed Napoleon because
they thought he would pay off France’s debt
he was the grandson of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
all of the citizens wanted to become soldiers
he promised to restore order after the chaos of the revolution

5. Exit Ticket
2. The invasion of this country proved to be a military disaster for Napoleon.
Spain
Austria
Russia
Egypt

6. “Able was I ere I saw Elba.”
Just for Fun
Supposedly, when Napoleon was exiled, he uttered the sentence
“Able was I ere I saw Elba.”
This is a palindrome. It reads the same forwards or backwards. What other palindromes can you list?