Germinal Lesson Plan

The French Revolution(s)

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will research and write about an incident of civil unrest in France.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1

Structure:

France is a country with a rich history of civil unrest, dating as far back as the 13th century. Most famous, of course, is the French Revolution, which began in 1789 and lasted for a decade. However, even today, that spirit of resistance is alive and well, with a number of incidents occurring throughout the 21st-century. Germinal is considered a seminal work of French literature, and so Zola's work may very well continue to have an...