Revolution Guidebook Project

Posted by Andrew Roberts in World History - Block - C on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 1:56 pm

Recently, my World History class finished a unit on revolutions. We studied several revolutions, past and present, in an attempt to answer the question: What is a revolution? We were then asked to make a video answering a question about revolutions in general. The question I asked was: How does a revolution start? Revolutions are not a simple event to start, it takes a lot for one to be successful.

We studies several aspects of revolutions, with a focus on the French Revolution and more recently the Arab Spring. We examined what type of actions made people want change, compared non-violent and violent revolutions, and looked at other parts such as the resolution and the result. I focused on how they started, and compared the sparks that light the fire of change. Enjoy!

Sources:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/26/world/americas/crude-weapons-help-fuel-unrest-in-bastion-of-venezuelan-opposition.html?_r=0

http://www2.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/history/revolution/revolution1.htm

http://www.masshist.org/revolution/teaparty.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Bouazizi

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/world/middleeast/02iht-letter02.html

Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution: Voices from Tunis to Damascus

By Layla Al-Zubaidi and Matthew Cassel

Revolution Project from Andrew Roberts on Vimeo.

Comments (3)

Zack Hersh

Very well done! The examples you used are effective and strongly help answer your question. My only complaint is the background noise was a bit distracting (I know there's not really that much you can do about that) and at points I would've liked if you had used different pictures/screenshots instead of clipart.

Lauren Thomas

I like that you include a multitude of revolutions that back up your point.

Myrna Yousuf

I like how you start off with general things and then talk about your question and provide the whole background on how a revolution started and compared it to other current/past revolutions.