SUBJECT SPARKLER SPIN-OFFS

IDEAS FOR EDUCATORS

Your students, those eager learners leaning forward with bated breath awaiting the next pearl of wisdom to fall from your lips...and those staring out the window awaiting the dismissal bell, will become (believe it or not) the workers of tomorrow.

Please consider the following activities as sparks for your own imagination for extending your lessons while meeting the individual talents, ability levels, and interests of your students.

#1 Let Them Eat Cake

#2

Let Them Eat Cake

Future Historian

Write a paper explaining the similarities between the political conditions which led to the French Revolution and the conditions in Colonial America which led to the American Revolution.

Future Dancer

Perform a dance which was popular in France during the late 1700's.

Future Librarian

Compile a bibliography of materials about the French Revolution available in our school library and online.

Future Administrative Assistant

Assist the Historian and Librarian by typing, copying, and collating their work for the entire class.

Future Polititian

Choose a stance either with or against the aristrocracy of 1700's France. Write and present a speech defending your position.

Future Linguist

Create a French-English dictionary of common use phrases you would use in the markets of modern day Paris.

Future Hairstylist

Prepare a display of wigs which were in fashion during the French Revolution.

Future Immunologist

Write a report on the diseases troubling the French in the 18th and 19th Centuries.

Future Chef

Bake and decorate a sheet cake large enough to serve to the entire class.

Future Mathematician

Using the chef's recipe, refigure the recipe for serving 4, 48, and 100 people. Display the new figures on a spreadsheet.