IES "DIEGO TORRENTE PÉREZ". SECCIÓN BILINGÜE EN INGLÉS

Listening to the beginning of this famous literature masterpiece, answer the following questions: a) Who was the author? b) Write the title? c) Transcribe the beginning of the video. c) Make a short summary about the book.

When told that starving French peasants lacked any bread to eat, the queen is alleged to have declared, “Let them eat cake!”.  There is no evidence, however, that Marie Antoinette ever uttered that famous quote, she would have shown a terrible out-of-touch and indifference.  a) Could you investigate who else was thought to have said this sentence? b) For how long didn't Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI consummate their marriage? c) What has to do "La belle poule" with Marie Antoinette? Let's leave Marie Antoinette alone. And try to guess: d) Which revolutionary French doctor and journalist was killed in his bathtub? Who killed him? e) During the Convention, France had a new calendar, could you tell me your birthday date with that calendar?

Guess who this person is and write a small summary about this person's life. a) He/She was a butcher's child. b) Opposed to the death penalty, and a republican, proposed to defend Louis Capet (Louis XVI's name as a citizen) and to spare him from the scaffold. c) He/She was an abolitionist. He/she made proposals to reform the marriage. d) He/She had her/his trial in the month of Brumaire, Year II of the Republic, He/She was charged with sedition. e) He/She was accused of having prepared a text or posters contrary to the revolution and the desire of the entire France. f) He/She was executed by guillotine in the month of Brumaire. g) His/her most important masterpiece is dedicated to the Queen Marie Antoinette. h) "Man, are you capable of being fair?"

Napoleón Bonaparte, small in stature left behind a huge legacy. To know more about him just visit  http://www.history.com/topics/napoleon And to know a curiousity, go to this link .  Here you can see the presentation we have seen in our course. Napoleón Bonaparte from Mencar Car And some videos about Napoléon:

Just a funny summary of the French Revolution:   And also a brief "unofficial" biography of Marie Antoinette. Anyway, I prefer much more the former video.

We have been talking today about the outbreak of the French Revolution. Let's see some scenes of a really good movie about this important event. It is a French movie, I have found some videos in youtube with English subtitles, anyway, you can see it in French, you can understand it or just imagine what they are saying, as we have studied in our course about this period.  

A watershed event in modern European history, the French Revolution began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. During this period, French citizens razed and redesigned their country’s political landscape, uprooting centuries-old institutions such as absolute monarchy and the feudal system. Like the American Revolution before it, the French Revolution was influenced by Enlightenment ideals, particularly the concepts of popular sovereignty and inalienable rights. Although it failed to achieve all of its goals and at times degenerated into a chaotic bloodbath, the movement played a critical role in shaping modern nations by showing the world the power inherent in the will of the people.