Daily Plans

HOOKING Lesson Plan I

 
Title of lesson: ​ Napoleon Bonaparte 
 
Your Name:​ Asa Wyers 
 
Length of lesson: ​58 Minutes 
 
Context of Lesson:​ ​This lesson is designed to conclude our unit on the French Revolution and 
Napoleon Bonaparte. As of right now, the students will be finishing their work from yesterday, 
simulating the Congress of Vienna. This will take up a good portion of the hour in which will 
bring us into the final discussion of the unit. 
 
Overview​: I will begin class by finishing up yesterday’s lesson on the Congress of Vienna. This 
will come in the form of a simulation and will take about 20-30 minutes to complete. We will 
then come up with a criteria for a hero and a tyrant in which we will come up with examples of 
each. This will then take us into a class discussion in which I will pose questions and give 
them time to debrief amongst themselves and we will conduct the class discussion.   
 
Central problem/ Essential question​: Napoleon Bonaparte: Absolute Dictator or Enlightened 
Despot? 
 
Standard: ​ ​HSCE 6.3.1 Europe – Analyze the economic, political, and social transformations in 
Europe by using historical and modern maps to describe how the wars of the French 
Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods and growing nationalism changed the political 
geography of Europe and other regions. 
 
HSCE 6.3.1 Europe – Analyze the economic, political, and social transformations in Europe by 
analyzing and explaining the impact of economic development on European society. 
 
Objectives​: 
 
● Students will discuss the issues presented at the Congress of Vienna. 
● ​Students will analyze the changes of Europe after Napoleon. 
● Students will be able to understand the relationship between point of view and 
historical interpretation. 
● Students will be able to learn to take a position and back up the position with evidence. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Materials/Evidence/Sources​:   
 
● White Board 
● Primary and Secondary Sources 
● Internet 
● PowerPoint 
● World Map 
 
Instructional Sequence​:  
 
1) Debrief on yesterday’s lesson and continue the simulation on the Congress of 
Vienna. (20-30 mins) 
 
2) As a class, we will then brainstorm criteria for a hero and a tyrant. We will then 
come up with examples of each of these which will bring us into class discussion. 
(10 mins) 
 
3) I have questions posed for them to discuss, but we will finish with the final question 
which is Napoleon: Absolute Dictator or Enlightened Despot. (15 mins)