Bastille Day
Holidays & Events
High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12
Bastille Day is the term English-speaking nations use for France’s national holiday (La Fête Nationale). This lesson includes a reading about the history of the storming of Bastille and the events leading up to the French Revolution.
Focus
topic-based
4-skills
monarch vs. monarchy
interpretive
Vocabulary
storm
fortify
monarchy
clergy
nobility
commoner
veto power
revolt
constitution
medieval