Lesson+27-Napoleon's+Empire

Mr. Martinson Lesson World History, 11th Grade Lesson Plan

= I. Objective: Students will study Napoleon Bonaparte in order summarize his key accomplishments. = = = = Feb. 16 OBJECTIVE: Students will examine Napoleon's mistakes in order to write a letter about 100 Days. =



= VOCABULARY: = = -blockade = = -Continental System--->England = = -guerrilla = = -Peninsular War-->SPAIN = = -scorched-earth policy--->Russia = = -Hundred Days--->escaped from Elba and ruled for one hundred days before being defeated at the... = = -Battle of Waterloo--->lost last battle against British and Prussian = = -nationalism = = = = I. WARMUP: List Napoleon's Battles and the dates and who won. = = = = = = II. Introductory: Napoleon's costly mistakes. = = = = -smugglers = = -people ignored it = = -Great Britain created its own = || = -Spanish felt loyalty to Spain, and the German, Italians and British helped Spain fight. = = -usurped Spanish king and Napoleon put his brother on the throne. (coup d'etat) = = -weakened the French empire = = --guerrilla-Spanish peasant fighters = || = grain to France. When Napoleon invaded Czar Alexander conducted a scorched-earth campaign. Without reading what do you think Czar Alexander did? = || = -Tsar Alexander didn't surrender. Conducted scorched-earth policy to starve Napoleon's troops. June 1812- Dec. 1812 = = -Napoleon wanted Russia to stop selling grain to England, but they did anyways. So Napoleon turned against Russia. = = -Battle of Borodino lost 130,000 = = -only 10,000 of the 500,000 made it out, Napoleon's army was destroyed = || = = = IV. Guided: Continental System 234. = = V. Independent: see above Chart = = VI. Assessment: Quiz: I'll say a vocabulary word - you define it and explain how it fits in with one of the mistakes that contributed to Napoleon's defeat. = = VII. Closure: Congress of Vienna = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = -Napoleon Bonaparte = = -coup d'etat = = -plebiscite = = -lycee = = -concordat = = -Napoleonic Code = = -Battle of Trafalgar = = = = II. Warmup: 5 W's on Napoleon Bonaparte. = = In 1799 a man named Napoleon Bonaparte held a coup d'etat. = =What is a coup d'etat?=
 * = Napoleon's Mistakes = || = What was the cost? = ||
 * = Constinental System = || = not tight enough =
 * = __Peninsular War__: When Napoleon ousted the Spanish king and put his own brother Joseph on the throne it ignited nationalistic feelings in Spain and in Latin America. Page 254: What is nationalism and how did it affect Spain and Latin America? = || = -lost 300,000 men =
 * = __Invasion of Russia__: Czar Alexander stopped selling =
 * = Battle of Leipzig: What disadvantages did Napoleon have going into the battle. = || = = ||
 * = Hundred Days = ||  ||

1785 - Lieutenant in army. new weapons and tactics. At this time the French Revolution sweeps through France and Napoleon seizes the opportunity to be promoted in the revolution's army.

1789- France at war with Spain in Toulon. Napoleon is in command and has a plan to attack the British on sea instead of by land.

1795- Promoted as Brigadier General. Napoleon puts down rebels with grapeshot. Took down the rebels. France, Britain, Austria grow worried by French encroachment.

1800- Dictatorship of Napoleon begins. Napoleon first restores order by creating the National Bank of France and creates the Napoleonic Code which regulates French life and provides a uniform legal code for all of France. Napoleon signs a truce with the Catholic Church called the Concordat.

1804- Coronation of Napoleon by Pope Pius II. Napoleon removes the crown from Pius II and puts it on his own head, thereby showing French supremacy. Now emperor.

1809 - Napoleon engaged in countries all across Europe. France loses millions and many deaths. Many French think the cost is too high.

1812- Napoleon marches 600,000 soldiers into Russia. Russians respond with a scorched earth campaign. Due to the extreme cold and deadly fires, Napoleon has no choice but to march back home. At this point the Russians attack. There is no food, it is freezing and Napoleon rides comfortably while his soldiers die. Russians are remorseless towards the French and of the 600,000 soldiers only 10,000 survive.

April 1814-Napoleon has lost most of his imperial army due to the Russian Campaign. European countries begin assembling to go war with him. They demand complete surrender. Napoleon abdicates and exiled to Elba. June 18, 1815 - Napoleon escapes back to Paris and quickly assembles an army. He quickly takes back the position of Emperor and reigns for 100 Days. English Wellington and other European countries plot to take him out. Battle of Waterloo ensues and Napoleon uses an outdated method which Wellington and the Prussian army take advantage of. Napoleon this time is taken to St. Helena where he dies. = III. Instruction: p. 229 = = =