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Due WEDNESDAY. Please annotate the new and improved "The French Revolution: Ultimate Causes" in VoiceThread. Every student must contribute ONE comment, minimum. Have empathy for your audience: could someone outside our awesome class understand the narrative of this presentation?

When the French National Assembly met in the summer of 1789, it is said that the representatives sat on the left or on the right according to their position on the political spectrum. We will be exploring what this spectrum meant back then and today in America. Please utilize the following two links in our inquiry:

• The Political Compass or Political Philosophy Quiz (shorter)
  
• Should Teachers Reveal Their Biases?

Using evidence from the film, handouts, and your textbook, place Napoleon Bonaparte on the political spectrum of the French Revolution. Yes, there is a good chance this could be an essay question.

Thinking about Reed's excellent point in class today, you are allowed to use any model you wish: 

1. The Political Spectrum
2. The Political Compass
3. The Political Horseshoe

We will write the essay in class this Thursday (our test day). Since we are practicing the writing process, you are allowed to bring in whatever sources you deem necessary. Just make sure you have decided what your thesis will be. Everything flows from that. And remember to use examples that are specific, not general and vague!

See, Think, and Wonder.