Topic:
Enlightenment, American, and French
Revolutions (3.2)
Grade:
10th Grade World History
DBQ: The Reign of Terror: Was It Justified?
Included Standards: SS.912.W.5.2, SS.912.W.5.3, SS.912.W.5.4, SS.912.W.5.5, SS.912.W.5.6, SS.912.W.5.7, LACC.910.RH.1.1,
LACC.910.RH.1.2, LACC.910.RH.1.3, LACC.910.RH.2.4, LACC.910.RH.2.5, LACC.910.RH.2.6, LACC.910.RH.3.7, LACC.910.RH.3.8,
LACC.910.RH.3.9, LACC.910.WHST.1.1, LACC.910.WHST.1.2, LACC.910.WHST.2.4, LACC.910.WHST.2.5, LACC.910.WHST.2.6,
LACC.910.WHST.3.7, LACC.910.WHST.3.8, LACC.910.WHST.3.9, LACC.910.WHST.4.10
Score 4.0
Score 3.0
In addition to Score 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught.

Investigate how the ideals of the Scientific Revolution led Westerners to believe they were superior to non-Western societies
and peoples.
The student will understand how the ideals of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment provided Western
Civilization with a new vision in science and politics, and influenced the revolutionary movements in America,
France, Haiti, and Latin America.

Performs complex skills:
o Critique the major influences during the French Revolution (i.e. Jacobins, The Directory, National Assembly)
o Trace the development of Napoleon’s rise to power
o Compare and contrast the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions
o Assess the impact of the Enlightenment on the American and French Revolutions
o Evaluate the impact of Enlightenment ideals on economic, political, and religious thought
The student exhibits no major errors or omissions regarding the score 3.0 content.
Score 2.0
The student:
 Recognizes or recalls specific terminology:
Scientific Revolution, Galileo, scientific method, John Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau, Baron de Montesquieu, Seven Years’
War, The Three Estates, Declaration of the Rights of Man, Reign of Terror, Jacobins, National Assembly, The Directory,
Napoleonic Code, Waterloo, Congress of Vienna, social contract, Toussaint L’Ouverture, Simon Bolívar, Jose de San
Martín, Monroe Doctrine

Performs basic skills:
o Identify key figures of 19th century Latin American and Caribbean independence movements
o Examine how the French Revolution influenced the Haitian Revolution
o Describe Napoleon’s rise to power
o Identify the causes and effects of the American and French Revolutions
o Summarize major causes of the Enlightenment and its philosophical ideas
o Describe the key parts of the Scientific Revolution
No major errors or omissions regarding the score 2.0 content.
Score 1.0
Score 0.0
With help, I know some of 2.0 and 3.0.
Even with help, I am unable to understand.